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8179557 |
Image forming apparatus for reading information from and writing information to a non-contact medium
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a controller that controls the image forming unit to form, on a recording medium, an image based on image data in accordance with a first...
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8179540 |
Image forming apparatus and management system utilizing counter and job log information for usage tracking
An image forming apparatus is provided that holds counter information obtained by integrating a consumption of a consumable that depends on usage of service provided by the image forming apparatus....
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8175467 |
Apparatus, method, and system for detecting a state of an apparatus
An apparatus, method, system, computer program, and product, each capable of detecting a state of an apparatus. The apparatus includes a plurality of devices. When at least one of the plurality of...
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8169639 |
Communication system providing services from a server to a client device
An image processing device is configured to provide a service relating to at least one of (1) the image data generated by the function of the image processing device and (2) image data representing...
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8145073 |
System and method for improving failure detection using collective intelligence with end-user feedback
Systems and methods are described that facilitate using end-user feedback to automatically distinguish between a normal behavior and a device failure which can be a hard failure (e.g., a device...
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8139245 |
Managing the processing of print data at printing devices based upon available consumable resources
An approach is provided for managing the processing of print data at a printing device based upon available consumable resources. A printing device includes a print process configured to determine...
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8139959 |
Print managing apparatus, system, and program
A management server is connected to an MFP and a client PC through LAN. The management server includes a leaving information acquiring portion that acquires leaving information related to recording...
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RE43257 |
Method and system of remote monitoring of image forming apparatus
A method and system for monitoring and controlling machines, such as printers, copiers, facsimile machine and other image forming machines. A server is used for transmitting and communicating...
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8130951 |
Intelligent electronic document content processing
A network device includes a content processing module that is configured to perform intelligent document content processing, such as confidential information processing, content optimization and...
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8131169 |
Apparatus and method for mounting an RF monitoring device onto a fuser roll
A replaceable unit monitor assembly includes a substrate member, multiple thermal insulating stand-off members, and a monitor device mounted on the substrate member. The stand-off members mount the...
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RE43227 |
Method and system of remote monitoring of image forming apparatus
A method and system for monitoring and controlling machines, such as printers, copiers, facsimile machine and other image forming machines. A server is used for transmitting and communicating...
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8115946 |
Methods and sytems for imaging device job definition
Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and devices for imaging device job definition. Some aspects relate to methods and systems whereby device capabilities are communicated...
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8107090 |
Image forming apparatus management server, service continuity score (SCS) calculating method of management server, and image forming apparatus management system
An image forming apparatus management server, a Service Continuity Score (SCS) calculating method of the management server, and an image forming apparatus management system. A setup manager sets a...
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8086115 |
Consumable management system and image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes: a predicting unit that predicts a prediction lifetime of a consumable that is detachably mounted in the image forming apparatus, based on consumption...
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8081326 |
Color imaging forming apparatus with image stabilization control and method therefore
An image forming apparatus performs image stabilization after a printed page count exceeds a first threshold, if either an end of a job or a mode switch from monochrome mode to color mode has been...
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8077333 |
Printing control apparatus and printing control method
This invention discloses a printing control apparatus capable of allowing even an inexperienced operator to execute a printing process by properly and efficiently using a plurality of printing...
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8059974 |
Image forming apparatus and information processing method thereof
In an image forming apparatus capable of communicating with a monitoring device for monitoring the operating states of a plurality of image forming apparatuses, the operating amount of a part is...
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8014012 |
Software upgrades from a printer module with on-board intelligence
An intelligent on-board monitoring system for replaceable module for a printing apparatus includes a memory element, an input for receiving information either from sensors on the replaceable...
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8004713 |
Creating and manufacturing documents that initially exceed equipment finishing capacity
Techniques described herein overcome many of the issues that have previously made the printing of a single copy of a book from a digital version unattractive and infeasible. According to one...
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7996283 |
System, method, and storage medium for inventory management of expendable supplies used in printing devices
It is an object of the present invention to provide a mechanism for efficiently performing inventory management, including storage places, of expendable supplies to be used in devices. Storage...
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7978348 |
Imaging device
An imaging device capable printing images in a plurality of print modes includes an image storage, a print mode data storage that stores a plurality of pieces of print mode data corresponding to...
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7965401 |
Image-forming apparatus to form an image based on print data, print-job control method, and print-job control program embodied in computer readable medium
In order to shorten the waiting time and to prevent confidential data from being seen by others, an MFP has a distance measuring portion to communicate with a radio communication terminal and...
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7962050 |
System and method for controlling ordering of printing supplies based on a service contract
A system and method for managing customer orders associated with at least one printer device for consumable supplies under a contract. The method includes receiving printer usage data from at least...
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7949263 |
Image forming apparatus having maintenance method setting function
An image forming apparatus of which maintenance work can always be conducted appropriately independent of time-degradation of the apparatus is provided. In the image forming apparatus of which...
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7941060 |
Systems and methods for remote diagnostics of devices
A device management system for a plurality of devices, including a data collecting device that acquires device data for one or more of the plurality of devices, and a transmission circuit that...
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7912395 |
Monitoring apparatus and monitoring system for image forming apparatus and control method for monitoring apparatus and monitoring system
A monitoring apparatus and a monitoring system monitor a person who removed an output sheet for a print job or a copy job from an image forming apparatus that can be used by a plurality of users....
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7907853 |
Image forming apparatus executing calibration and service person call
An image forming apparatus includes a condition determining device that calculates a deviation amount of image data from a normal condition and determines if the image forming apparatus is in an...
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7903271 |
Printing system, progress display processing method, computer readable program storage medium and program
To display appropriately the progress status for each processing device in one series of print operations so that the person in charge of each processing device may visually confirm the status. A...
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7885552 |
Driver system of image forming apparatuses and method of controlling the same
A driver system of image forming apparatuses whose structure is improved to receive a necessary service without additional confirmation by automatically requesting a management service and to...
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7885551 |
Terminal apparatus, a consumables residual quantity display program, and a recording medium
A terminal apparatus, a consumables residual quantity display program, and a recording medium are disclosed. The terminal apparatus, which is connected to a printing apparatus through a network,...
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7873876 |
Image forming device to perform a system diagnosis and method thereof
An image forming device which enables a user to determine a diagnostic item and to perform a system diagnosis easily. The image forming device includes a storage unit to store information...
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7873295 |
Image forming system, image forming apparatus, and method of recovering from energy saving mode
An energy-saving control unit detects a supply of power to an image forming apparatus and performs an energy saving control of an external controller. A switching unit switches a start and a stop...
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7865089 |
Soft failure detection in a network of devices
In a method for monitoring hardware devices of the hardware devices network to detect failures, past logged jobs are analyzed to determine a pattern of past usage of hardware devices by users of...
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7860424 |
Managing and utilizing error information relating to image processing
Image processing apparatus and method to perform an image processing job based on a received processing request, which includes a processing condition set by a user. Error protection is performed...
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7859697 |
Image transmission apparatus
An image transmission apparatus for transmitting image data to a designated destination including, a mode selection section for receiving a transmission mode selection, and a destination selection...
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7839526 |
Reservation of secondary printing devices in a substitute printing system
A printing system includes printing apparatuses connected to a network. A control apparatus of the printing system may send a print job to each printing apparatus and instruct each printing...
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7826760 |
Document processing system with configurable graphic display of print consumable level
Document processing systems and methods are presented in which the remaining amount of toner, replenisher, or other print consumable in a multi-dispenser bottle consumable supply system is...
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7800771 |
Digital copying machine, image formation system, and digital copying machine as slave machine
A digital copying machine is connected to at least another one of digital copying machines with which data communications can be performed. The digital copying machine has a link copy function that...
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7796899 |
Image forming system and use status display program
An image forming system includes: a computer; an image forming apparatus configured to be coupled to the computer; an inquiry unit which inquires, to the image forming apparatus, about a use status...
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7796900 |
Developer cartridge replacement scheme for electrostatographic printing
An electrostatographic printer includes a development housing for supplying developer to an image receptor, and a replenisher in communication with the development housing. In a basic state, a...
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7782475 |
Device management apparatus and device management method
A device management apparatus is adapted to be connected to devices which constitute at least one device group. An application is running in the device management apparatus. Each of the device...
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7773888 |
Image forming apparatus maintenance via error transmission
A maintenance system for image forming apparatuses, which make it possible to acquire appropriate maintenance information even when an exceptional trouble has occurred in an image forming...
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7773253 |
Gloss difference control in a plurality of networked image forming apparatus
A gloss difference control method includes: forming a predetermined image on a sheet in each of a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected to a network; measuring a glossiness of the image...
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7756425 |
Error notification device notifying of occurrence of error
When an error occurs in an image processor, error information including a performer of the job having been processed upon occurrence of the error, the type of the job, and the type of the error is...
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7751727 |
Expense recovery system for multi-function device with smart data entry
An expense recovery system for a digital MFD in the form of a modification to the application program interface of the MFD to allow input of identifiers for the user, the client and the job and to...
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7742999 |
Help center and print center applications
Various disclosed help center features provide help to a user without a staffed help center, provide help to a user before the user recognizes the need, or create targeted commerce opportunities...
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7742707 |
Function executing device
A function executing device for executing a function by utilizing a consumption article may be provided with a device main body, a sensor, an information output device, and a controller. A...
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7738808 |
Methods and systems for imaging device concurrent account use with remote authorization
Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for allowing a plurality of concurrent users to use a single imaging device account.
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7734210 |
Printing system, printing method and printer driver
There is described a printing system in which a computer terminal device and an image forming apparatus are coupled to each other through a communication network. The computer terminal device...
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7728997 |
Digital copying machine, image formation system, and digital copying machine as slave machine
A digital copying machine is connected to at least another one of digital copying machines with which data communications can be performed. The digital copying machine has a link copy function that...
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