Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Hidehiko Asai

Yasushi Shimizu

Kazuhiro Kasai

Kazuhiko Ushiyama

Satoshi Kaneko

Satoru Kutsuwada

Hiroyuki Kimura

Tadashi Suzuki

Hirokazu Takahashi

Hiroyuki Yaguchi

Noriaki Matsui

Hirohiko Tashiro

Keiju Kuboki

Kunio Yoshihara

Keishi Inaba

Makoto Kikugawa

Hideyuki Makitani

Toshiya Kanazawa

Hidenori Ozaki

Hirohiko Itoh

Masahiko Tominaga

Michiko Hirayu

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a printing system comprising accepting a request to print based on a capture image of an image projected by the projection unit; determining whether or not printing based on the capture image of the image projected by the projection unit is possible; in a case where it is determined that the printing of the image projected by the projection unit is possible, permitting the printer to print based on the capture image of the image projected by the projection unit on the basis of the request accepted; and in a case where it is determined that the printing of the image projected by the projection unit is not possible, restricting the printer from printing based on the capture image of the image projected by the projection unit on the basis of the print request accepted.

Printing system, method of controlling printing system, and storage medium comprising a projection unit that projects an image, accept a request to print a projected image, determining whether or not printing based on a captured image of the image projected is possible and restrict or permit printing based on the determination

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an image processing apparatus comprising: a reader that reads an image from a document; a projection unit that projects an image; a printer that prints an image onto a sheet; an operation unit that accepts a first instruction for the projection unit to project the image read by the reader and a second instruction for the printer to print the image projected by the projection unit; and a control unit, wherein in a case where the first instruction is accepted by the operation unit, the control unit causes the projection unit to project the image read by the reader, and in a case where the second instruction is accepted by the operation unit, the control unit causes the printer to print the image being projected by the projection unit.

Image processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium for projecting a scanned image and for printing a projected image

An image forming system has an image forming apparatus which has a printing unit which can perform a printing process of data of a storage unit which can store data of a plurality of jobs and which has a conveying unit which can convey a sheet from the print unit to a sheet processing device which can perform sheet processing, including at least a gluing process, for sheets from the printing unit, the system comprising: a controller adapted to permit a predetermined process related to the gluing process when the job to be processed is a job which meets a predetermined condition, and to inhibit the predetermined process related to the gluing process when the job to be processed is not a job which meets the predetermined condition, thereby overcoming obstacles to realization of an image forming system capable of a gluing process.

Image forming system, control method, recording medium, and program

A job processing method for an image forming system having an image forming apparatus capable of print-outputting additional information of a job on a sheet where image data of the job, stored in a storage unit capable of storing plural page job data, is print-outputted. Information related to an operating condition of the image forming apparatus is confirmed, and based on the information, the image forming apparatus is caused to operate in one of a first mode to print-output additional information, generated without an operator's intervention operation, on the sheet, and a second mode to print-output additional information, generated via the operator's intervention operation, on the sheet.

Image forming apparatus and image forming system, image forming method, job processing method, storage medium and program

To obtain proper output results regardless of the type of recording sheets and obtain the user's desired output results without having the user perform cumbersome operations, the user operates an operating section to select a sheet feeding stage, gives an instruction to start copying, and then a controller sectionof an image forming apparatus determines whether or not a 180&#xb0; rotation mode for rotating image data through 180&#xb0; is set and/or whether or not preprint sheets are used for recording. If the answer is negative, the image data are output based on normal settings. On the other hand, if the answer is affirmative, the image data are output after being rotated through 180&#xb0;.

Image forming apparatus and control method for rotating image data based on sheet type and orientation

An image forming apparatus that forms images of originals on sheets, includes a plurality of feeders for feeding sheets, a memory for storing sheet types in association with the plurality of feeders, and storing the priority between the sheet types, and a selector for selecting one of the plurality of feeders to be used for a sheet feeding operation in accordance with the sheet types and the priority stored in the memory.

Image forming apparatus having function of automatically selecting one of sheet feeders, method of controlling the image forming apparatus and storage medium

There is provided a double-sided printing device that can eliminate a user having to care about the orientation of double-sided recording sheets when such recording sheets are set. A type of a recording sheet to be fed from a feed cassette is designated. An obverse surface image and a reverse surface image are printed, respectively, on the obverse surface and the reverse surface of the recording sheet in a predetermined order. The predetermined order is reversed when the designated type of the recording sheet matches a predetermined type of recording sheet.

Double-sided printing device and method, image forming apparatus and control method therefor, and storage medium

An image forming apparatus that forms images of originals on sheets, includes a plurality of feeders for feeding sheets, a memory for storing sheet types in association with the plurality of feeders, and storing the order of priority between the sheet types, and a selector for selecting one of the plurality of feeders to be used for a sheet feeding operation in accordance with the sheet types and the order of priority stored in the memory.

To cope with a situation that kinds of recording sheets capable of being discharged by a discharger are limited, in an image forming apparatus which has plural discharge trays, the kind of recording sheet is first discriminated, it is judged whether or not the recording sheet of the discriminated kind can be discharged to the discharge tray to which recording sheets should be discharged, feeding of the recording sheet is controlled based on the judged result, and the contents of the controlling are displayed.

Image forming apparatus with different recording sheets feeding and discharging features

An image forming apparatus has: character data forming means for forming character data; synthesizing means for synthesizing the character data formed by the character data forming means with image data; image output means for printing a synthesis result of the synthesizing means onto a sheet; sheet post-processing means for performing a post-process to the sheet outputted by the image output means; and adjusting means for adjusting a printing position of the character data and a processing position of the sheet post-processing means.

Image forming apparatus, image forming method, medium for providing control program, and control program

An image forming system selects any one of plural image forming modes including a first mode, wherein an image forming process is performed such that plural images are arranged on an identical face of a sheet. The system performs the image forming process based on the selected image forming mode and inhibits a working process for the sheets on which the images have been formed When printing is performed for a postcard or the like, the system shortens a printing time necessary to print an output result desired by a user, obviates a user's erroneous operation, and prevents creating an unpurposed output matter.

Image forming system, method of controlling image forming system, and storage medium

An output signal of an optical reading line sensor is converted into a digital signal by an A/D converter and, thereafter, is shading corrected by a shading correction circuit, and is inputted to a magnification processing circuit through a selector. An optical reading scanning speed by the line sensor can be freely changed. There are a first mode for zooming a read image by changing the scanning speed of the line sensor, a second mode for zooming the read image by the magnification processing circuit, and a third mode for commonly performing the zoom by changing the scanning speed of the line sensor and the zoom by the magnification processing circuit. Any one of the modes is adaptively selected in accordance with a size of original and a reading resolution.

Image reading apparatus

An image formation apparatus capable of performing image formation to enable an accurate postprocess to a sheet on which an image has been formed is provided. When the sheet discharged from a printer unit is subjected to a book binding process by a finisher, the apparatus performs an image formation process that a nonprint area including a processed portion to which a process concerning the book binding process is performed by the finisher and an effective print area are set in an image formation area on the sheet, and an original image read by a reader unit is formed in the effective print area.

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Hidehiko Asai