Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

S-printing Solution Co., Ltd.

Hp Printing Korea Co., Ltd.

Kyeong-man Kim

Hyun-soo Oh

Woo-jun Chung

Mi-jung Jang

In-ho Park

Yeong-ho Ha

Goo-soo Gahang

Min-ki Cho

Nam-ju Shin

Seong-wook Han

Yoon-tae Lee

Hyun-cheol Kim

Jung-ho Bang

Jae-min Shin

Heui-keun Cho

Eun-ah Song

In-Su Jang

Dae-chul Kim

Wang-jun Kyung

Hyung-jong Kang

Hyung-soo Ohk

Joo-young Jung

Jeong-hun Kim

Jung-mo Hong

Se-eun Kim

Eul-hwan Lee

Won-kyoung Cho

Ho-jin Ahn

Min-uk Seo

Chang-hwan Son

An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a sensor to detect a toner concentration, and a processor to control a rendering of image-forming data to form an image on an image forming medium, according to a level of toner concentration saving that is adjusted based on the detected toner concentration.

Image forming apparatus and method for image forming

Provided is a color compensation method in an image forming apparatus. The color compensation method may include imaging a first color chart by a first image forming apparatus, scanning the imaged first color chart, comparing information regarding the scanned first color chart and information regarding a reference color chart to determine an international color consortium (ICC) profile of the first image forming apparatus, and performing color compensation on the first image forming apparatus based on the determined ICC profile.

Method and device for color compensation

An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense a toner concentration, a processor configured to determine at least one of a coring level and a total area coverage (TAC) level according to the detected toner concentration, and an image former configured to print the rendered print data.

An image forming apparatus and method thereof are provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a scanner configured to generate a scan image by scanning a document, a processor configured to generate color information of a medium representing content of the document using a predetermined area of the scan image, and to gamma-correct color of an entire area of the scan image based on the color information, and a printer configured to print the gamma-corrected scan image.

Image forming apparatus and control method of thereof

An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a storage configured to store a color conversion table; an image former configured to print a compensation chart corresponding to the color conversion table; a scanner configured to scan the printed compensation chart; and a changer configured to understand a range of brightness that the image former is able to represent using the scanned compensation chart, generate a gamma curve corresponding to the understood range of brightness, and change the color conversion table based on the generated gamma curve.

Image forming apparatus and method for revising color

An image forming apparatus having a toner saving function is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a printer configured to perform a printing job, a communicator configured to communicate with a host device, a storage configured to store information of a toner saving option which is differently set to respective data characteristics, and a controller configured to, in response to a print data being received from the host device through the communicator, control the printer to detect characteristics of the print data, and print the print data according to the toner saving option which is set to correspond to the detected characteristics.

Image forming apparatus having toner saving function and method for printing

A print control apparatus connectable to an image forming apparatus, an image forming apparatus, a print control method, an image forming method, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium are provided. The print control apparatus includes a manipulation inputter configured to receive a command to print a document, a controller configured to calculate a toner amount for each of a plurality of print saving modes applicable to the document, and determine a print saving mode to be applied to the document based on the calculated toner amount, a printer driver configured to generate print data on the document according to the determined print saving mode, and a communication interface configured to transmit the generated print data to the image forming apparatus.

Print control apparatus, print control method, image forming apparatus, image forming method and computer-readable recording medium

An image compensating apparatus includes an input unit to receive input of an photo image, a Gaussian filtering unit to perform Gaussian filtering on the photo image, a division-map generating unit to convert the photo image on which the Gaussian filtering is performed into a color space including a plurality of color components and then generating a chromaticity division-map based on a color coordinate value in the color space, a calculating unit to calculate average chromaticity of each respective region by using the chromaticity division-map, and a compensating unit to compensate chromaticity of each respective region of the photo image by using the average chromaticity of each respective region. Accordingly, a faded image input to the input unit may effectively be compensated.

Image compensation device, image processing apparatus and methods thereof

A print controlling apparatus includes a storage to store a plurality of color feature information, an acquirer to acquire color feature information of a second image forming apparatus, a moderator to moderate color converting table of a first image forming apparatus by using the acquired color feature information and the plurality of color feature information stored in the storage, and a controller to perform printing jobs regarding the first image forming apparatus by using the moderated color converting table.

Print controlling apparatus, image forming apparatus, method of color revising and computer-readable recording medium

A present color compensating method includes receiving selection of an input ICC profile and an output ICC profile, receiving selection of a plurality of color rendering intents to be applied to an ICC profile, generating a color conversion table using the selected input ICC profile, the selected output profile, and the selected plurality of color rendering intents, and generating print data using the generated color conversion table.

Print controlling terminal and method for compensating colors

An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit to store a color conversion table, a user interface unit to receive a color revision initiation command, an image forming unit to print a color chart generated based on the color conversion table if the color revision initiation command is received, the color chart having a plurality of CMYK mixed colors having at least one of brightness and chroma changed, a scan unit to scan the printed color chart, and a change unit to revise the color conversion table using the scanned color chart.

Image forming apparatus and method of color revising

A color conversion method includes determining a race by recognizing a skin region in an input image, selecting a preferred skin color to apply to the skin region based on a plurality of preferred skin color information preset per race, and correcting a color of the skin region using the selected preferred skin color. Additionally, a color conversation apparatus includes a control unit to determine a race by recognizing a skin region in an input image input, and to select a preferred skin color to apply to the skin region, based on the plurality of the preferred skin color information stored in a storage unit, and a compensation unit to correct a color of the skin region using the preferred skin color selected by the control unit. Hence, the skin color per race can be adequately converted to the color which can satisfy the user.

Color conversion apparatus and method thereof

An image forming apparatus, and a color table generating method and color document printing method of the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a color matching unit to match colors of a color document containing one or more images formed with a preset number of colors with colors available in the image forming apparatus, and a color table generator to generate a color table using the matched colors. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the color change caused by a difference in the characteristics between a printer and a scanner.

Image forming apparatus and color table generating method and color document printing method thereof

A printing method and a printing system are provided where a printing property of the printing system is stored, a printing compatibility of a printing data of an object to be printed is determined by comparing a data property of the printing data with the stored printing property of the printing system, and the determined printing compatibility is displayed to a user. Accordingly, a printing system and a printing method, which are capable of preventing user inconvenience and waste of resources due to re-printing are provided.

Printing system and printing method

An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a communication interface unit which receives print data, a rendering unit which converts the received print data into a bitmap image by rendering, a binarization unit which generates binary data by carrying out halftoning with respect to the bitmap image, a data combining unit which generates multi-bit data by combining a plurality of successive binary data of the generated binary data, and a print engine which forms an image on a print paper using the generated multi-bit data.

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Yongin-si, South Korea

Kyeong-man Kim