An image forming apparatus includes first storage, a writing controller, a reading controller, a conveyance section, a detector, and a main controller. The conveyance section conveys a recording medium. The detector detects an overrun. Write addresses are designated in a predefined sequence from among addresses. Read addresses are designated in the predefined sequence from among the addresses. The writing process and the reading process are performed in storage areas included in the first storage in a first order. The overrun indicates that the writing and reading processes are performed in the storage areas included in the first storage in a second order that is opposite to the first order. While the conveyance section conveys the recording medium, the main controller controls the writing controller or the reading controller based on a detection result of the detector.

Disclosed is an advertisement product and method that allows a user of said product to create durable, weatherproof and professional signage and similar type product, more specifically advertisement signage. A single said advertisement product and related methods provide the user with several custom and/or standard signage creation options; whereby signs are created by printing predefined and in some cases customizable data group data to durable sign stock. Another disclosed and said advertisement product and method provides the user with an option of creating custom sized and printed labels for application to specific areas of related third party advertisement products, displays, apparatuses and signage, and in doing so creating a professional looking and legible advertisement display products. Further disclosed is a method and process by which system linked contact information as applied to said created advertisement products make available powerful system services to aid in advertising processes.

An image forming apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: generates image data for composition; and divides the image data for composition into bands; an output memory; a storage that determines whether image data of each band coincides with image data of another band, secures a unique region, transfers the image data of the band to the unique region and associates the band with the unique region, secures common regions, transfers the image data of one of the bands to the common region and associates any one of the common regions to each of the bands; a reader that reads the image data from the region associated with each band and outputs the image data for composition; a composer that composes the image data for composition with the image data to be printed; and an image former that forms an image based on the composed image data.

A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a printer to print image data to a medium. The printer includes a first pass channel including a first set of pel forming elements to print a first component of the image data and a second pass channel including a second set of pel forming elements to print a second component of the image data, wherein the first component of the image data and the second component of the image data occupy a same region on the print medium. The printing system also includes a print controller to perform uniformity compensation based on a combined compensation of the first pass channel and the second pass channel.

A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a printer to print image data to a medium. The printer includes a first pass channel including a first set of pel forming elements to print a first component of the image data and a second pass channel including a second set of pel forming elements to print a second component of the image data, wherein the first component of the image data and the second component of the image data occupy a same region on the print medium. The printing system also includes a print controller to perform uniformity compensation based on a combined compensation of the first pass channel and the second pass channel.

An exposure device includes a predetermined number of light emitting elements. A sheet setting unit accepts a user setting of the sheet on which the image is to be formed. The sheet on which the image is to be formed includes at least a first sheet and a second sheet different from the first sheet. The first sheet is a maximum sheet which can be used by the image forming apparatus. A controller determines a width of a margin based on the user setting of the sheet on which the image is to be formed. The margin is a region provided on each of both sides of the direction orthogonal to the sheet and on which the image is not formed. The controller forms the image on the sheet set by the user by controlling the exposure device according to the determined margin width.

The printing apparatus of the present invention includes: a memory storing a program; at least one processor configured to execute the program and function as: an interpretation unit configured to interpret print data of the page to obtain objects contained in the page; an optimization prediction unit configured to check each of the obtained objects to identify the at least one object to be subject to the predetermined conversion process, and to predict, in accordance with the identified object, characteristics of the new objects which are to be obtained by the predetermined conversion process without performing the predetermined conversion process; and an estimation unit configured to estimate a time required for the rendering process of the page, based on at least parameter values corresponding to the predicted characteristics.

When a file name corresponding to newly received print data is not stored, a control portion calculates a paper feed control time and associates the paper feed control time with the file name corresponding to the newly received print data and stores the paper feed control time and the file name in a storage portion whereas when the file name corresponding to the newly received print data is stored, with timing at which the paper feed control time associated with the file name corresponding to the newly received print data elapses after the start of RIP processing on a first page, the control portion starts the paper feed of a first sheet.

Disclosed is an advertisement product and method that allows a user of said product to create durable, weatherproof and professional signage and similar type product, more specifically advertisement signage.

A single said advertisement product and related methods provide the user with several custom and/or standard signage creation options; whereby signs are created by printing predefined and in some cases customizable data group data to durable sign stock.

Another disclosed and said advertisement product and method provides the user with an option of creating custom sized and printed labels for application to specific areas of related third party advertisement products, displays, apparatuses and signage, and in doing so creating a professional looking and legible advertisement display products.

Further disclosed is a method and process by which system linked contact information as applied to said created advertisement products make available powerful system services to aid in advertising processes.

A control device for controlling a printer includes a conveyer and a print head. The control device performs: acquiring first image data representing a first image and second image data representing a second image; determining, based on the first image, a plurality of head positions of the print head relative to the first image; and determining a relative position of the second image relative to the first image such that, when the number of partial printings for printing the first image and the second image is increased from the number of partial printings for printing the first image, the relative position can minimize the increment.