Disclosed is an image forming apparatus. The present image forming apparatus comprises: an input unit for receiving a scanning option; a communication unit for transmitting the received scanning option to another image forming apparatus; a scanning unit for scanning a first document according to the scanning option and generating first scanned data; and a control unit for receiving second scanned data in which a second document is scanned according to the scanning option in another image forming apparatus, and combining the first scanned data and the second scanned data.

The present invention relates to a method and system for closed-loop color correction based on a multidimensional table, and belongs to printing device correction methods in the field of image hardcopy. The method comprises a step of performing loop color correction for color conversion based on a multidimensional look-up table, wherein a mapping relationship is established between a set of input dots and a set of output dots using a multidimensional look-up table in the color conversion. With the method and system of this invention, for different combinations of papers, printing inks and devices, a color conversion may be corrected to a more accurate extent, getting a chromatic aberration and a visual appearance closer to that of a target color, so as to achieve the purpose of color consistency management.

A method for printing a coded document includes receiving a print job, generating a document-file identifier, storing a document-file table entry into a document-file table, and printing a coded document. The document-file table entry includes the document-file identifier and the original document-file path. The coded document includes the received document-file data and the generated document-file identifier. A method for scanning a coded document includes receiving scan-document data indicative of a coded document, extracting the document-file identifier from the scan-document data, and searching a plurality of document-file table entries for the scanned document-file identifier. Each of the plurality of document-file table entries includes an entry document-file identifier and an entry document-file path, and may also include a table entry lifetime and/or a plurality of document-file variations. A pull-copy system includes an image forming apparatus, a storage unit, and a processor. The processor may perform the methods for printing and scanning a coded document.

Disclosed are methods of printing high resolution images on edible substrates with dispersed pigmented inks using a drop-on-demand ink-jet printer. Dispersed pigmented white inks useful with the inventive methods are also disclosed. White images having a resolution greater than 200 dpi can be printed on chocolate using the methods and inks disclosed herein. The inventive methods and inks may also be integrated with a consumer-driven site vending or e-commerce application in which the consumer provides the image to be printed and edibles bearing the printed image are prepared for rapid turnaround

Display control is made so as to obtain an optimum setting picture plane in accordance with a change in designation of an outputting method of a distribution print, a multiple address print, an automatic substitute print, or the like without allowing the user to be conscious therewith.

A TV game system is composed of a TV game machine, which includes a TV game program recording medium 4, to which a TV game program and a print screen creation program are recorded, a read means (disc drive 12), and a control means (processor 11), and a printer 6. The control means causes a game to be played according to the TV game program as well as places a game screen in a still state while the game is being played by the manipulation of the controller 2 converts the game screen into image-editable image data as well as permits an arbitrary region in the game screen to be selected the manipulation of the controller 2, saves, when a region in the game screen is specified, the image data of the specified region in the memory, converts the image data into print data to a standard size card, and output the print data to the printer 6.

A digital camera for enabling the user to check the result of combining a subject image and a default image and check the subject image data recorded in memory in a short time is provided.

Default image data and subject image data are stored separately in nonvolatile memory and when the subject image data stored in the nonvolatile memory is displayed in a standard playback mode, the subject image data is displayed on an LCD 26 at a specific scaling factor (first scaling factor) determined by the image size of the subject image data regardless of whether or not default image data is set for the subject image data. On the other hand, when composite image data is displayed in a print preview mode, scaling processing to display the subject image data on the LCD 26 at a smaller scaling factor than the first scaling factor is performed so that the whole of the composite image data can be displayed on one screen of the display.

Digital processing of images (i.e. scanning or printing) in a network system including digital image processing devices provided with operating means and a display may be impeded or even be impossible, when a device selected for processing a job does not have the capabilities required for processing that job in accordance with the job settings.

If such a situation arises, the selected device automatically checks if any of the other devices can process the job in accordance with the job settings and if so, it displays advice on at least one of such devices on its display, so that an operator is informed, where he can have his job done properly.