An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that performs processing for forming an image on continuous paper on the basis of image data and a processor configured to perform image preparation to convert the printing data into the image data and control the image forming section to execute forming of an image on the continuous paper based on the image data. The processor is further configured to perform, before the image formation, second forming speeds setting according to image sizes in a paper passing direction, predetermined first image forming speeds, and image preparation times related to the images.

A method for minimizing power consumption of a laser printer includes receiving page description language (PDL) data corresponding to a printing task, identifying commands corresponding to the received PDL data, computing a total predicted rendering time corresponding to the identified commands, computing a print deferral time according to the total predicted rendering time wherein the print deferral time corresponds to an amount of time by which printing drum initialization can be deferred without delaying completion of the printing task, and configuring a printing drum to begin operation according to the print deferral time. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.

A method for minimizing power consumption of a laser printer includes receiving page description language (PDL) data corresponding to a printing task, identifying commands corresponding to the received PDL data, computing a total predicted rendering time corresponding to the identified commands, computing a print deferral time according to the total predicted rendering time wherein the print deferral time corresponds to an amount of time by which printing drum initialization can be deferred without delaying completion of the printing task, and configuring a printing drum to begin operation according to the print deferral time. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.

The disclosure discloses a printer including an operation device, a display device, and a controller. The controller executes a condition deciding process, a determining process, a first mode switching process, and a second mode switching process. In the condition deciding process, printable conditions in a length and a width direction are decided. In the determining process, it is determining whether contents after the edit operation satisfy the printable conditions. In the first mode switching process, the operation mode is switched from a real-time preview mode to a text input mode in the case that the printable conditions are not satisfied. In the second mode switching process, the operation mode is returned from the text input mode to the real-time preview mode in the case that the printable conditions are satisfied after the operation mode is switched to the text input mode.

A method for minimizing power consumption of a laser printer includes receiving page description language (PDL) data corresponding to a printing task, identifying commands corresponding to the received PDL data, computing a total predicted rendering time corresponding to the identified commands, computing a print deferral time according to the total predicted rendering time wherein the print deferral time corresponds to an amount of time by which printing drum initialization can be deferred without delaying completion of the printing task, and configuring a printing drum to begin operation according to the print deferral time. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.

An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit and a controller causing the image forming unit to perform printing in printing periods after respective non-printing periods occurring alternately with the printing periods, determining a number of sheets to be printed in each of the printing periods in accordance with a number of sheets remaining to be printed in a print job, wherein, when printing periods include a first printing period and a second printing period, determining a number of sheets to be printed in the first printing period and determining a number of sheets to be printed in the second printing period which is in relation to the determined number of sheets to be printed in the first printing period, and determining a length of each of the non-printing periods in accordance with the determined number of sheets to be printed in each of the printing periods.

Provided is an image forming apparatus for shortening time to printout at time of receiving a print job in a sleep state when an image forming apparatus has an unmounting state of a storage device, such as HDD. A control part notifies printing preparation and a printing process to print engine based on a processing result of an analyzing part. At time of suppressing temperature of fixing device, if received data are analyzed and print data are generated, analyzing part sends a notice of first drawing object being generated to the control part. The control part confirms a connecting state of HDD in response to the notice. If HDD is in an unmounting state, the control part notifies the printing preparation to the print engine.

An information processing apparatus includes an acquirer configured to acquire printing tape width information; a storage storing a plurality of pieces of image data for which respective corresponding tape widths are predefined, and a generator configured to generate continuous print data for continuous printing of two or more print images. When the corresponding tape width predefined for at least one piece of image data among the two or more pieces of image data to be used for the continuous printing differs from the printing tape width, the generator is configured to convert the at least one piece of image data with the corresponding tape width different from the printing tape width into modified image data in which an image size is adjusted to match the printing tape width, and to generate the continuous print data based on the two or more pieces of image data including the modified image data.

A printing apparatus including a head; a conveyor; and a controller. The controller is configured to execute: a first obtaining process of obtaining information on drying risk of an ink; and a printing process. A partial image includes an overlap image and a non-overlap image. The controller is configured to execute a second obtaining process of obtaining, based on the information on the drying risk, a first or second mask pattern as a mask pattern of a mask to be applied to image data of the overlap image. A number of a mask part of the second mask pattern with respect to an end part, of the overlap image, located away from the non-overlap image is smaller than a number of the mask part of the first mask pattern with respect to the end part.

An inkjet printing method, an inkjet printing apparatus, and an electronic apparatus formed utilizing the same are provided. The inkjet printing method includes generating volume data by measuring a volume of an ink droplet discharged from each of a plurality of nozzles, generating particle number data by measuring a number of solute particles within the ink droplet discharged from each of the plurality of nozzles, forming a first nozzle group by grouping, based on the volume data and the particle number data, nozzles that are to discharge ink into a first region from among the plurality of nozzles, and discharging the ink into the first region by the nozzles of the first nozzle group.