Image Overlay Printing System with Priority-Based Page Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image forming devices using overlay printing can only overlap the same image on multiple pages, lacking the ability to arbitrarily print different images on specific pages.
Innovation Solution
An image forming processing system that includes a display control unit, operation input unit, and image setting unit, allowing users to select and prioritize overlay images to overlap with specific pages using various selection methods, enabling the image forming device to set and print desired images on desired pages based on predefined priority orders.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If overlay printing is performed using the same image on multiple pages, then printing efficiency is improved, but flexibility in printing different images on specific pages deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the overlay image selection process into multiple independent selection methods (all pages, odd pages, even pages, arbitrary pages). Each selection method can be independently configured with different images, allowing flexible combination while maintaining efficient batch processing capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamic priority-based selection where multiple selection methods can coexist with different priority levels. The system dynamically determines which selection method applies to each page based on priority orders, enabling both efficient bulk overlay printing and flexible per-page customization.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple selection methods are used to select target pages for overlay images, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements automated priority-based resolution where the system automatically determines which selection method applies to each page based on predefined priority orders. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for complex manual configuration and conflict resolution, reducing operational complexity while maintaining high adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal selection framework that handles multiple selection methods (all pages, odd pages, even pages, arbitrary pages) through a single priority-based mechanism. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require separate complex control systems for each selection method.
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AI summary
There is provided an image forming device capable of performing overlay printing in which a desired image overlaps with a desired page. An image processing system includes a display control unit that displays a setting screen which enables at least one overlay image overlapping with a page to be selected from predetermined overlay images and which enables at least one target page to be selected from pages, an operation input unit that receives an operation, an information obtaining unit that obtains selected image information indicating a selected overlay image in the setting screen, target page information indicating a target page selected as a target with which the selected overlay image overlaps, and selection method information indicating a selection method used to select the target page, and an image setting unit that sets an overlay image.