The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
May. 29, 2009
Saori Iura, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyuki Igarashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Masateru Kumagai, Yokohama, JP;
Daisuke Okada, Wako, JP;
Saori Iura, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyuki Igarashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Masateru Kumagai, Yokohama, JP;
Daisuke Okada, Wako, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus to print an image on a recording medium based on print data. The image forming apparatus includes a storing unit to store the print data, an image processing unit to perform image processing on image data included in the print data; a printing operation specification unit to specify implementation of a printing operation; a marking unit to embed marking data in the image data, a marking printing operation specification unit to specify implementation of a marking printing operation, a printing operation implementation unit to implement the printing operation or the marking printing operation, a print data determination unit to determine whether or not the print data includes a setting for the marking printing operation, and a printing operation change unit to change a printing operation performed by the printing operation implementation unit.