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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eiji Enami, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/385 ; G03G 1/304 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/385 ; G03G 1/304 ;
Abstract
Image data is read in through a scanner unit, and, when a toner saving mode is set, the image data having a pixel value larger than a predetermined threshold is converted into a predetermined PWM pattern, while, for the image data having a pixel value not larger than the predetermined threshold, no output is made.