Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-kaisha

Koichi Tsugimura

Shunsuke Minamikawa

Wataru Hasegawa

Satoru Arakane

Haruka Azechi

Yasuhiro Nakano

Masashi Ohhashi

Yushi Deura

Isao Kobayashi

Yusuke Arai

Taichiro Kimoto

Yuki Kitahashi

Sadaaki Miyazaki

Ayaka Hotta

Naoyuki Nakamura

An image recording apparatus includes a controller configured to control a conveyor and an image recording engine to perform borderless image recording. To perform the borderless image recording, the controller performs, when a medium length is equal to or less than a particular length, a first enlargement process to enlarge an image to a size with a first overhang area by which the enlarged image extends beyond an image recording target area, the first overhang area having an overhang width of a first value. The controller further performs, when the medium length is not equal to or less than the particular length, a second enlargement process to enlarge the image to a size with a second overhang area by which the enlarged image extends beyond the image recording target area, the second overhang area having an overhang width of a second value smaller than the first value.

Image recording apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and method for appropriately enlarging image in borderless image recording

An image forming apparatus having a first container, a second container, an image forming device, a medium conveyer, a command acquiring device, and a controller, is provided. When a length of the medium to be conveyed is equal to or smaller than a first predetermined length, the controller controls the medium conveyer to convey the medium from the first container and the image forming device to perform an image forming operation on one of a first side and a second side of the medium, and, after the medium is accommodated in the second container in an orientation with the other of the first side and the second side to be used as the image-formable side, control the medium conveyer to convey the medium from the second container and control the image forming device to perform the image forming operation to the medium conveyed from the second container.

Image forming apparatus

A processing apparatus includes a consumer receptacle and a controller to determine whether the processing apparatus is in a contracted status where a delivery contract for consumables is concluded or in an uncontracted status before the delivery contract is concluded. The consumable receptacle is configured to hold any of an exclusive consumable that is unusable when the processing apparatus is in the uncontracted status and a non-exclusive consumable different from the exclusive consumable. When the processing apparatus is in the contracted status, and the non-exclusive consumable is held in the consumable receptacle, the controller determines whether a specific condition for execution of a first particular process in which the non-exclusive consumable is consumed is satisfied. The controller allows the execution of the first particular process when the specific condition is satisfied, whereas restricting the execution of the first particular process when the specific condition is not satisfied.

Processing apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and method for determining whether to restrict execution of particular process

In a consuming device, a controller is configured to perform, when an operating mode is set to a non-billing mode: executing. The executing executes, in response to receiving an execution instruction, a prescribed operation consuming a consumable. The prescribed operation is executed while consuming the consumable irrespective of a permitted consumption quantity without decreasing the permitted consumption quantity. The controller is configured to perform: when the operating mode is set to a billing mode: acquiring; and executing. The acquiring acquires the permitted consumption quantity including a newly purchased consumption quantity paid for by a user. The executing executes, in response to receiving the execution instruction, the prescribed operation. The prescribed operation is executed while consuming the consumable and decreasing the permitted consumption quantity acquired in the acquiring until the decreased permitted consumption quantity reaches a predetermined quantity.

Consuming device operating while consuming consumable and consumption management system including server and the consuming device

An image forming device performs image formation on a medium selected by a computer. When a cutting device is unusable, a long sheet-type medium accommodated in a first medium container is unusable. However, a conveyance passage used for conveying a short sheet-type medium is usable in at least one of a first state where the cutting device is unusable or a second state where the sheet-type medium is unable to pass through the cutting device. A necessary condition to make both the long sheet-type medium and the short sheet-type medium selectable includes the detector detecting neither the first status nor the second status. A necessary condition to make the long sheet-type medium unselectable and make the short sheet-type medium selectable includes the detector detecting one of the first status and the second status.

Image forming system and image forming device

A printing apparatus, having a container to store a printing medium therein, an acquisition device to acquire image data, a printing device to print an image on the printing medium, a cutter assembly to cut the printing medium, and a controller, is provided. In a case where a size of the image contained in the image data acquired by the acquisition device is smaller than a size of the printing medium stored in the container, the controller generates rotated image data containing a rotated image, which is an image rotated from an original posture of the image in the image data acquired by the acquisition device, controls the printing device based on the generated rotated image data to print the rotated image on the printing medium, and controls the cutter assembly to cut the printing medium having the rotated image printed by the printing device thereon.

Printing apparatus

A printing apparatus, having a conveyer, a first conveyer path, a printer, a cutter assembly, and a controller, is provided. The controller controls the printer to print images for at least two pages on a first side of a printing medium; after printing the images on the first side of the printing medium, controls the conveyer to move the printing medium to a second conveyer path being a different path from the first conveyer path through a switchback action and invert the printing medium by conveying in a second conveying direction; after inverting the printing medium, controls the printer to print an image in a predetermined part on a second side opposite to the first side of the printing medium; and after printing the image in the predetermined part on the second side of the printing medium, control the cutter assembly to cut the printing medium.

Printing apparatus with cutter and inverting mechanism

In a printing apparatus, a controller is configured to: receive compressed image data; store the compressed image data into a memory; individually identify partial compressed data in the stored compressed image data, the partial compressed data corresponding to separate images; store the partial compressed data into the memory or store information identifying each of the partial compressed data, into the memory; a first creating processing for decompressing one of the partial compressed data and creating print data based on partial decompressed data obtained by decompressing the one partial compressed data; and a first output processing for outputting the created print data. The controller repeats the first creating processing and the first output processing a number of times corresponding to the number of the partial compressed data. The printing apparatus performs printing based on the print data output in the first output processing.

Printing apparatus and module

In a printing apparatus, a job-management module causes a computer to: determine whether the computer executes a second conversion processing; when the second conversion processing is to be executed, input a first instruction to a first sub-module to execute a first conversion processing to store first converted data into the memory, input a second instruction to a second sub-module to execute a second conversion processing to store second converted data into the memory, and input a third instruction to a third sub-module to execute a third conversion processing to output print data; and when the second conversion processing is not to be executed, input a first ganged-fashion-execution instruction to the first sub-module to execute the first conversion processing to input the first converted data to an electronic circuit, and input a second ganged-fashion-execution instruction to the third sub-module to output the print data.

Printing apparatus capable of converting image data

In a printing apparatus, a controller is configured to: receive compressed image data created by compressing image data for pages; store the compressed image data into a memory; individually identify partial compressed data corresponding to the pages in the stored compressed image data; store one of the partial compressed data into the memory or stores information identifying each partial compressed data in the compressed image data, into the memory; execute a first creating processing for decompressing the one partial compressed data and creating print data for one page based on decompressed page data; and execute a first output processing for outputting the created print data. The controller repeats the first creating processing and the first output processing a number of times corresponding to the number of pages contained in the compressed image data. The printing apparatus performs printing based on the output print data.

In a printing apparatus, a controller is configured to: receive compressed image data created by compressing image data for pages; store the compressed image data into a memory; read the compressed image data to determine the number of pages contained in the compressed image data without decompressing the compressed image data; register page jobs for the respective pages; create print data based on image data corresponding respectively to the registered page jobs and output the created print data; determine whether there is a next page job based on the registered page jobs each time when the created print data is output; and when the controller determines that there is the next page job, drive a drive device to start rotating a supply roller before completion of printing on a sheet for the current page job.

An image processing apparatus including: a processor; and memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the image processing apparatus to perform: acquiring target image data configured by a plurality of pixels and representing a target image including a character; acquiring a character code corresponding to the character in the target image; acquiring an index value relating to a number of a plurality of character pixels configuring the character in the target image by using the character code corresponding to the character in the target image; determining a first extraction condition by using the index value; and extracting the plurality of character pixels satisfying the first extraction condition from the plurality of pixels in the target image.

Image processing apparatus, information processing method and storage medium for generating an image file by extracting character pixels of a target image

An image processing apparatus includes: a controller configured to perform: acquiring objective image data representing an objective image, the objective image data being obtained by optically reading a manuscript; analyzing the objective image data; generating an image processing command in which image processing to be executed for the objective image data is described, by using a result of analysis of the objective image data; and generating an image file including the objective image data and the image processing command. The image processing command is to be executed when a reproduction image is reproduced at a reproduction unit by using the image file.

Image processing apparatus and medium storing program executable by computer

An image processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to receive selection of one of options including a first-kind option and a second-kind option, and receive designation of a saving format and a compression level; acquire scan data generated; and generate a compressed file by compressing the scan data, wherein in a case where the first-kind option is selected and where a specific saving format is designated as the saving format, the processor configured to generate the compressed file by using a first compression scheme, regardless of the designated compression level. In a case where the second-kind option is selected and where the specific saving format is designated as the saving format, the processor configured to select one compression scheme from the first compression scheme and the second compression scheme, according to the designated compression level, and generate the compressed file by using the selected compression scheme.

Image processing apparatus and operations of selecting compression scheme to generate compressed file

An image processing apparatus includes a processor and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the image processing apparatus to: acquire scan data from a scan data generating unit, the scan data generating unit being configured to generate the scan data by optically reading a sheet being conveyed, the scan data representing a scanned image that includes an image indicative of the sheet, the sheet having a plurality of sides; detect a plurality of edge lines from the scanned image by analyzing the scan data, the plurality of edge lines representing the plurality of sides, respectively; determine whether the plurality of edge lines include a non-linear edge line; and correct, when the plurality of edge lines is determined to include a non-linear edge line, the scan data so that the non-linear edge line is changed to a linear edge line.

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Koichi Tsugimura