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Printing apparatus, printing control apparatus and printing control method

US8879081B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 28, 2012
Grant dateNov 4, 2014
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/1239
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multifunction machine includes, a print setting section that performs setting to contribute to a reduction in the environmental load, based on designated content with respect to an operating panel of the multifunction machine or an external computer, an eco-printing judging section that judges whether printing according to the applied setting corresponds to eco-printing which is environment-friendly printing, a logo image attaching section to attach a logo image to an image when the result of the judgment is a correspondence to eco-printing, and a printing controlling section which is caused by a printing engine to print an image to which a logo image is attached.

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