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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2006
Applicant:
Shingo Matsuura, Setagaya-ku, JP;
Inventor:
Shingo Matsuura, Setagaya-ku, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A printer includes a reading unit to read an original that includes a machine-readable code, an extraction unit to extract the machine-readable code from the original, and a scaling unit to reduce the original. The printer further includes a detection unit to detect a margin area in the reduced original, a combining unit to combine the extracted machine-readable code with the reduced original in the margin area if the size of the margin area is larger than the size of the machine-readable code, and a printing unit to print the combined data.