KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160142585 | ELECTRONIC ARRAPATUS AND USER AUTHENTICATION METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is an electronic apparatus (EA) and a user authentication method thereof both can prevent information leakage and disadvantages caused by an unauthorized access to the EA. The EA is configured to store a combination of a recognizing-code and a key-code correlated therewith, the combination being in relationship with each of plural users, and to give a user an exclusive authority for executing a specific process if an inputted combination of a recognizing-code and a key-code=the stored combination of the recognizing-code and the key-code. In case of a request for accepting the specific process, if the inputted combination of the recognizing-code and the key-code is # the stored combination of the recognizing-code and the key-code, the EA notifies, without executing the specific process, initiating a receipt of instructing the specific process to user of the inputted combination. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142583 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM THAT PREVENTS INCREASING OF DATA AMOUNT OF PRINT DATA AND REDUCING OF PRINTING RESULT QUALITY, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming system includes a computer and an image forming apparatus. The computer includes a print data generating circuit to generate print data of an image. The image forming apparatus includes a rendering circuit to execute rendering of the image based on the print data. The computer includes an image generating circuit generates an image object to indicate a state where the objects are overlapped in the image with a reduced resolution at least partially. The print data generating circuit generates the print data including the at least one object included in the image and the image object generated by the image generating circuit. When the rendering circuit processes the image object, the rendering circuit enhances the resolution of a part corresponding to the object in the image object based on a shape of the object overlapped at upper side in the image object. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142577 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THAT USES PROGRAM FROM ANOTHER PROGRAM WORKING ON DIFFERENT PLATFORMS, AND METHOD - An electronic apparatus includes a storage device storing a first platform, a first program working on the first platform, a second platform, and a second program working on the second platform, and a control device that performs the first program working on the first platform so as to execute at least one component of the first platform. The first platform includes a second program using unit for the first program to use the second program executing at least one component of the second platform. The second program using unit loads a necessity component necessary for performing the second program among components of the second platform from the second platform so that the second program can work on a temporary platform constituted of the loaded necessity component. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142565 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - An image forming apparatus includes an image reading section, a storage section, a communication section, an acceptance section, and an operation control section. The storage section has a plurality of storage regions at least one or more of which are signage-specific storage regions associated one-to-one with the one or more digital signage devices. Each of the signage-specific storage regions stores the image data generated by the image reading section having read the original document. The operation control section is further configured to, when the acceptance section accepts the delivery instruction, allow the communication section to send the image data stored in the signage-specific storage region associated with the individual digital signage device designated in the delivery instruction to the digital signage device designated in the delivery instruction and allow the storage section to store the delivery instruction as history information in the associated signage-specific storage region. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142564 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - An image forming apparatus includes an image reading section, a storage section, a communication section, an acceptance section, and an operation control section. The storage section has a plurality of storage regions at least one or more of which are signage-specific storage regions associated one-to-one with one or more digital signage devices. Each of the signage-specific storage region stores: a plurality of pieces of image data generated by the image reading section having read a number of documents; and setting data indicating a display setting of how the relevant digital signage device displays the pieces of image data. When the acceptance section accepts a delivery instruction, the operation control section allows the communication section to send the pieces of image data and the setting data both stored in the signage-specific storage region associated with the relevant digital signage device designated in the delivery instruction to the relevant digital signage device. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142563 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - An image forming apparatus includes an image reading section, a storage section, a communication section, an acceptance section, and an operation control section. The storage section has a plurality of storage regions at least one of which is associated one-to-one with one or more digital signage devices. The operation control section is configured to, when the acceptance section accepts a delivery instruction, allow the image reading section to read an original document and generate image data from the read original document, allow the storage section to store the image data generated by the image reading section in the one or more respective storage regions associated with the one or more digital signage devices designated in the delivery instruction, and allow the communication section to send the image data stored in the one or more associated storage regions to the one or more respective digital signage devices. | 05-19-2016 |
20160139527 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes development sections having development rollers, photosensitive drums, primary transfer rollers disposed opposite to the photosensitive drums in one-to-one correspondence, an intermediate transfer belt, and a voltage application section. The voltage application section includes a first voltage application section and a second voltage application section. In forced toner discharge from the development sections, the first voltage application section applies opposite polarity voltage between each of three upstream primary transfer rollers among the primary transfer rollers and the corresponding one of the photosensitive drums. The second voltage application section applies positive polarity voltage between a most downstream primary transfer roller and the corresponding one of the photosensitive drums. | 05-19-2016 |
20160139524 | ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER - An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes toner particles that each include a toner core containing a binder resin and a shell layer disposed over a surface of the toner core. The binder resin includes a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous polyester resin. The crystalline polyester resin has a melting point of at least 80° C. and no greater than 120° C. When the electrostatic latent image developing toner is measured using a differential scanning calorimeter, a glass transition point is observed in a first run but is not observed in a second run. The shell layer contains a resin including a thermosetting component and a thermoplastic component. | 05-19-2016 |
20160134777 | DOCUMENT READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - A document reading device ( | 05-12-2016 |
20160132015 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, an intermediate transfer belt, a brush roller, a drive mechanism, a contact control mechanism, and an operation control unit. The image forming unit includes a photoconductor drum, and forms a toner image on an outer circumferential surface of the photoconductor drum. The operation control unit is configured to perform a cleaning mode including cleaning the brush roller while an image forming operation is not being performed, cause the contact control mechanism to set the photoconductor drum and the intermediate transfer belt to the non-contact phase in the cleaning mode, and cause the drive mechanism, in the non-contact phase, to drive the brush roller to rotate at a rotation speed higher than a rotation speed of the brush roller in the image forming operation, and drive the intermediate transfer belt. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132008 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a heat source, a pressing member and a first heating stop device. The fixing belt is provided to be rotatable around a rotation axis. The pressuring member is configured to be rotatable and to come into pressure contact with the fixing belt so as to form a fixing nip. The heat source is arranged at an inner diameter side of the fixing belt, provided at a position displaced from the rotation axis and configured to heat the fixing belt. The pressing member is configured to press the fixing belt to a side of the pressuring member. The first heating stop device is configured to face an outer circumferential face of a closest part to the heat source of the fixing belt and to operate at a first operating temperature so as to stop the heat source from heating the fixing belt. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132007 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device fixing an image on a recording medium includes a fixing belt rotatable around a first rotation axis, a pressuring member, a heat source body and a cover member. The pressuring member forms a nip part pressuring and making the recording medium pass through with the fixing belt. The heat source body is arranged inside the fixing belt and heats the fixing belt by emitting radiant heat. The cover member is arranged between the fixing belt and the heat source body and covers the heat source body. The nip part has a passing area where the recording medium passes through and a non-passing area outside the passing area in an axial direction. The cover member covers a part of the heat source body corresponding to the non-passing area and includes through holes formed so as to adjust surface temperature of the heat source body. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132005 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a heat source, a pressing member, a heating stop device, shape restricting members and biasing members. The fixing belt is provided to be rotatable around a rotation axis. The pressing member is provided to be rotatable and to come into pressure contact with the fixing belt so as to form a fixing nip. The heat source heats the fixing belt. The pressing member presses the fixing belt to a side of the pressuring member. The heating stop device faces an outer circumferential face of the fixing belt and to operate at an operating temperature so as to stop the heat source from heating the fixing belt. The shape restricting members are attached to both end parts of the fixing belt and restricts a shape of the fixing belt. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132004 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a heat source, a pressing member, a heating stop device and a deformation preventing member. The deformation preventing member is configured to face an inner circumferential face of the fixing belt. In a state where the fixing belt is not broken in a circumferential direction, the fixing belt and the deformation preventing member are arranged at an interval, and when the fixing belt is broken in the circumferential direction, the fixing belt is deformed and comes into contact with the deformation preventing member so that the fixing belt is prevented from being deformed to a side far from the heating stop device. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132003 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device according to the present invention includes a fixing belt ( | 05-12-2016 |
20160132001 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device according to the present invention includes a fixing belt ( | 05-12-2016 |
20160131996 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPER SUPPLY METHOD - An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a developing device. In a case body of the developing device, a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber are formed. A first agitating screw is provided in the first storage chamber and a second agitating screw is provided in the second storage chamber. A developing roller is provided in the second storage chamber. A control portion controls driving of a first motor and a second motor. When toner installation is performed, the control portion controls driving of the first motor at a rotational speed higher than a rotational speed for development operation in a state where the second motor is stopped. When a certain condition is satisfied, the control portion starts control of driving of the second motor, to drive rotation of the second motor. | 05-12-2016 |
20160129712 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a conveyance section, a plate member, and a negative pressure applying section. The recording head ejects ink onto a recording medium. The conveyance section conveys the recording medium to a position of image forming by the recording head and has a conveying surface on which the recording medium is to be placed. The plate member is located upstream of the recording head in a conveyance direction of the recording medium to form a narrow gap with the conveying surface of the conveyance section. The negative pressure applying section applies negative pressure to the narrow gap. A distance across the narrow gap in a direction perpendicular to the conveying surface is set so as to allow air flowing into the narrow gap from surrounding space to have a higher flow velocity in the narrow gap than before flowing into the narrow gap. | 05-12-2016 |
20160128152 | LIGHTING-ON/OFF CONTROL CIRCUIT AND LIGHTING-ON/OFF CONTROL METHOD - Provided is a lighting-on/off control circuit that can increase number of LEDs that can go on/off, without increasing number of control signal lines. It includes a control circuit outputting plural first and second signals, a first push-pull circuit receiving plural first signals, a second push-pull circuit receiving plural second signals, and an LED group capable of being connected in between one of outputs of first push-pull circuit and one of outputs of second one. When first signal has a first value and second signal has a second value, a first current flows from first to second push-pull circuit; when second signal has a first value and first signal has a second value, a second current flows from second to first push-pull circuit. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127612 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus has a sheet reading portion, an assimilation surveying portion, a color changing portion, and a printing portion. The sheet reading portion reads image data from a transparent sheet tinted with a predetermined color owned by a user. The assimilation surveying portion looks for, out of printable colors, a particular color that assimilates to the color of the read image data. The color changing portion changes, out of the data of a predetermined document accepted from the user, the color of the data of a concealable character, which is a character concealed when overlaid with the transparent sheet, to the found particular color. The printing portion prints, out of the data of the document, the data of the concealable character in the particular color. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127606 | IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An reading device includes: a reading region setting section setting a reading region set under an inclination correction by an inclination correction section to be larger than a reading region set without the inclination correction, an image reading section reading a document in the reading region to generate image data, and a determination section defining a target region from a whole region of the image data and analyzing a portion of the image data corresponding to the document in the target region thereby determining an attribute of the image data, defining, without the inclination correction, a region obtained by inwardly narrowing the whole region of the image data by a predefined first region as the target region, and defining, under the inclination correction, a region obtained by inwardly narrowing the whole region of the image data by a second region larger than the first region as the target region. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127589 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image processing portion determines that a black stripe is present when among a plurality of main scanning lines included in a back end side range from a last back end position of the reading image data in a sub-scanning direction to a predetermined position, a main scanning line in which a density value of a pixels in a predetermined position is higher than a first threshold density is present, sets, at a reference line, a main scanning line farthest from the last back end position among the main scanning lines in which the density value of the pixel in the predetermined position is higher than the first threshold density and replaces density values of all pixels included in a range from a position of the reference line in the sub-scanning direction to the last back end position with a density value corresponding to white. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127586 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESSING IMAGE SELECTION METHOD - Provided is an image forming apparatus with which, in selecting one of plural processing image areas in one image, even an inexpensive display unit will not lower the convenience. An information processing part of image forming apparatus includes a division number questioning part, answer receiving part, image dividing part, key highlighting part, processing image selection part, and reporting display part. Division number questioning part makes a question about a required image division number. Answer receiving part receives an answer. Image dividing part displays image, dividing it into plural processing image areas by the required image division number answered. Key highlighting part highlights keys corresponding to processing image areas. Processing image selection part selects processing image area corresponding to a key operated, as processing object. Upon a highlighted key being operated, reporting display part reports that processing image area corresponding to that key is selected as processing object. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127573 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a judgment portion, a job control portion, and an operation portion. When print data is received by a reception portion, the judgment portion checks whether or not a detection portion is outputting a detection signal. When the detection portion is found to be outputting the detection signal, the job control portion inhibits a printing portion from executing the print job for the print data received by the reception portion and instead stores the print data in a storage portion. The operation portion accepts an instruction to print for an image represented by the print data stored in the storage portion. When the instruction is entered on the operation portion, the job control portion makes the printing portion execute a print job for the print data stored in the storage portion. | 05-05-2016 |
20160125280 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus configured to: set, when an error occurs, a user who has a shorter take-away time than a user of a data transmission source as an additional notification destination; and transmit an error occurrence notification to the additional notification destination as well, and further configured to, when the take-away time of the user of the additional notification destination has elapsed since the error occurrence notification is transmitted to the additional notification destination without an error elimination operation being conducted: set a user who has a shorter take-away time than a time obtained by subtracting the take-away time of the user of the additional notification destination from the take-away time of the user of the data transmission source, as a new additional notification destination; and transmit the error occurrence notification to the new additional notification destination. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124379 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an exterior cover having a plurality of faces. The exterior cover is configured so that one face of the plurality of faces is divided into a plurality of cover boards. The plurality of cover boards are configured so that adjacent cover boards of the plurality of cover boards include respective overlapping parts overlapping onto each other formed in the respective adjacent cover boards and the one face is composed by overlapping the overlapping parts from the outside in predetermined order. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124372 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus ( | 05-05-2016 |
20160124366 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus in which a sheet conveyance speed is changeable includes a development section, a replenishment section, and a control section. The development section performs development with a developer. The replenishment section replenishes the development section with the developer. The control section controls the replenishment section to control an amount of the developer for replenishment of the development section in response to a change of the sheet conveyance speed. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124365 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONSUMABLE CARTRIDGE MANAGING METHOD - Provided is an image forming apparatus and a consumable cartridge managing method including a read/write part to read/write an information piece from/to the IC tag and a control part having a memory part on which a first apparatus intrinsic number is written. The control part determines whether or not a second apparatus intrinsic number is written on a use history region of the memory when the consumable cartridge is loaded. If the result is No, the control part writes the first apparatus number on the use history region and records additionally the first intrinsic number as the second apparatus intrinsic number on a replacement history region/loading history region of the memory part. If the result is Yes, the control part records additionally the second apparatus intrinsic number on the replacement history region/loading region of the memory part. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124344 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, TONER STORAGE MEMBER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a toner storage member which includes a substrate portion and which supplies a toner, a terminal portion and a determination portion. The substrate portion is one substrate which includes a remaining amount detection portion and a memory. The remaining amount detection portion includes a detection circuit which outputs a voltage corresponding to the remaining amount of toner. The memory stores an output value (empty output value) of the detection circuit when the toner storage member is in an empty state. The determination portion compares the empty output value with the output value of the detection circuit to determine whether or not the toner storage member is in the empty state. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124338 | NEUTRALIZATION DEVICE, NEUTRALIZATION METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There are provided a neutralization device, a neutralization method and an image forming apparatus including such a neutralization device. In the neutralization device that includes a plurality of light sources and that applies neutralization light to the charged circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum from the light sources to neutralize the photosensitive drum, the amount of neutralization light on the circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum can be made constant in the drum shaft direction. The neutralization device includes a light amount control wall portion that is extended in the drum shaft direction, and corresponding portions between the light sources adjacent to each other in the light amount control wall portion are formed in such a shape or formed of such a material that the amount of the neutralization light on the circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum is made constant in the drum shaft direction. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124335 | POSITIVELY CHARGEABLE TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - A positively chargeable toner for electrostatic latent image development includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner core containing boron nitride and a shell layer disposed over a surface of the toner core. The boron nitride is contained in an amount of no less than 0.05% by mass and no greater than 35% by mass relative to total mass of the toner core. The boron nitride has a thermal conductivity of no less than 40 W/m·K and no greater than 220 W/m·K. | 05-05-2016 |
20160122141 | PAPER FEED DEVICE AND PAPER FEED METHOD - A paper feed device and a paper feed method that, even in a case where the number of paper sheets remaining on a paper sheet stacking plate is low, allow paper sheet changing to be facilitated. There are included a paper sheet push-up member for pushing up from below a paper sheet batch on the paper sheet stacking plate and a push-up member driving device that, in a case where the number of paper sheets in the paper sheet batch on the paper sheet stacking plate is not higher than the prescribed number, makes at least a part of the paper sheet push-up member protrude upward beyond the upper surface of the paper sheet stacking plate. Thus, a lower surface of the paper sheet batch placed on the paper sheet stacking plate is pushed up from below, thereby creating a clearance. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121633 | PAPER FEEDING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PAPER FEEDING DEVICE - A paper feeding device includes a first tray, a first elevation motor for moving up the first tray, a second tray for placing paper sheets, a second elevation motor for moving up the second tray, a separation plate disposed between the first tray and the second tray, an upper sensor unit and a lower sensor unit attached to the first tray, a light blocking plate attached to the second tray, and a controller. The paper feeding device has a tray parallel elevation mode in which both the trays are moved up in parallel in a state where the separation plate is removed. | 05-05-2016 |
20160119505 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD HAVE PRINT FUNCTION TO PREVENT SEE-THROUGH - Provided is an image forming apparatus that can keep the character of a concealing area secret certainly even if it makes low the printing rate of a see-through preventive image. A concealing area specifying part specifies the concealing area that includes a concealing character string in the print data. A character discriminating part discriminates character attribute of the concealing character string. A see-through preventive image generation part sets the see-through preventing area where shape and a size are the same as the concealing area. Also, see-through preventive image generation part generates a see-through preventive image where multiple characters having the character attribute discriminated by the character discriminating part are generated at random. A printing part prints the see-through preventive image in the position piled up by the same direction for the concealing area at the time of enclosure. | 04-28-2016 |
20160119498 | DISPLAY INPUT APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM WITH DISPLAY INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - A display input apparatus includes a display section, a touch panel, a gesture acceptance section, a display control section, a job generating section, a communication section, and a communication control section. The job generating section is configured to, when a slide gesture in a predetermined first direction is made on a candidate image, generate an image formation job based on a piece of data represented by the candidate image. The display control section is configured to, when the slide gesture in the first direction is made on the candidate image, allow the display section to display a pending image indicating a piece of data pending on an image forming apparatus and thereafter, when the communication section receives a report indicating a completion of the image formation job, allow the display section to eliminate the display of the pending image. | 04-28-2016 |
20160116880 | SHEET CONVEYANCE DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveyance section ( | 04-28-2016 |
20160116856 | ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes toner particles that each include a toner mother particle. The toner mother particle includes a toner core, a shell layer disposed over a surface of the toner core, and inorganic particles. The inorganic particles are located at an interface between the toner core and the shell layer, or within the shell layer. The shell layer contains a thermosetting component. The toner mother particle has a BET specific surface area of at least 0.95 m | 04-28-2016 |
20160114587 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head having an ink discharge surface, a wiper blade that cleans the ink discharge surface of the recording head, and a controller. The controller causes the wiper blade to wipe ink off the ink discharge surface by causing the wiper blade to be pushed against the ink discharge surface and move. The wiper blade includes an ink carrying surface and a protrusion having an ink retaining surface. The ink retaining surface inclines at a predetermined angle relative to the ink carrying surface and is connected to the ink carrying surface. The ink retaining surface curves such that a distance from the ink retaining surface toward a tip end of the wiper blade increases from a central part toward opposite ends of the wiper blade in a width direction of the wiper blade. | 04-28-2016 |
20160114586 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head that has an ink discharge surface and that discharges ink onto a recording medium, a wiper blade that cleans the ink discharge surface of the recording head, and a controller. The controller causes the wiper blade to wipe ink off the ink discharge surface by causing the wiper blade to be pushed against the ink discharge surface and move in a predetermined movement direction. The wiper blade includes a protrusion protruding in the predetermined movement direction. The protrusion has an ink retaining surface that faces the ink discharge surface at a predetermined distance while the wiper blade wipes ink off the ink discharge surface. | 04-28-2016 |
20160112600 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A region separating section performs region separation to separate image data targeted for security printing into a text region only containing text characters and picture regions other than the text region. A masking region selection receiving section receives a user selection of a picture region to be masked. A masking region replacing section replaces each selected picture region with a blank region to generate masked image data. A print control section prints a masked print based on the masked image data. For restoration printing on the masked print, a picture region restoration receiving section prompts a user to place the masked print on a manual feed tray and receives, for each blank region in the masked image data, a designation of a picture region corresponding to the blank region. The print control section performs printing on the masked print to print each designated picture region on the corresponding blank region. | 04-21-2016 |
20160112594 | NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PRINTER DRIVER, AND PRINTING METHOD - Provided is a non-transitory storage medium storing a printer driver and a printing method, which enable to improve print quality even if an original is extremely reduced for printing. A computer, which executes the printer driver to be used by application software for generating a print script to be printed by an MFP from the original in accordance with ability of the MFP, obtains a scale factor on the basis of a size of a recording medium to be printed by the MFP and a size of the original (S | 04-21-2016 |
20160112581 | CALIBRATION SYSTEM, CALIBRATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR COORDINATING COLOR VALUE OF OUTPUT COLOR OF ONE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH COLOR VALUE OF OUTPUT COLOR OF ANOTHER IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A calibration system includes a photographing device, a first image forming apparatus, a second image forming apparatus, and a tone-characteristics correcting circuit. The first image forming apparatus prints a first chart including patches in a plurality of colors. The second image forming apparatus prints a second chart corresponding to the first chart. The tone-characteristics correcting circuit corrects tone characteristics of the first image forming apparatus. The tone-characteristics correcting circuit corrects the tone characteristics of the first image forming apparatus to tone characteristics of the second image forming apparatus based on a difference in color value of patches between the first chart and the second chart in a both-side print chart image generated such that the first chart and the second chart are simultaneously photographed by the photographing device. | 04-21-2016 |
20160110014 | TOUCH PANEL APPARATUS AND TOUCH PANEL CONTROL METHOD - Provided is a touch panel apparatus capable of easily setting a touch sense produced by oscillatory waves of plural piezoelectric elements according to a user's taste. To this end, a touch sense pattern table ( | 04-21-2016 |
20160109848 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body and a board holding member. The apparatus main body includes an image forming part. The board holding member is attached to the apparatus main body and configured to have a surface to which a board is fixed. The apparatus main body includes an engaging part and a supporting part. The engaging part is configured to engage with a side edge part of the board holding member. The supporting part is configured to support a part closer to an inside than the side edge part of the board holding member. The board holding member is rotated around the side edge part as a fulcrum so as to be opened and closed with respect to the apparatus main body. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109845 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a unit, a main high-voltage board, a sub high-voltage board and a connecting mechanism. The connecting mechanism is configured to electrically connect the main high-voltage board and the sub high-voltage board with the unit. The connecting mechanism includes a first connecting member and a second connecting member. The first connecting member includes a main-side terminal configured to be connectable with the main high-voltage board, a unit-side terminal configured to be connectable with the unit and a first conductive wire configured to connect the main-side terminal with the unit-side terminal. The second connecting member includes a sub-side terminal configured to be connectable with the sub high-voltage board, a relay terminal configured to be connectable with the first conductive wire and a second conductive wire configured to connect the sub-side terminal with the relay terminal. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109837 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a heat source, a heat transfer member, a pressure-contacting ember, a housing, and a shutter. The heat transfer member is heated by the heat source. The pressure-contacting member abuts on the heat transfer member. The housing stores the heat transfer member and the pressure-contacting member and is formed with a detection hole for detecting inner property from outside. The fixing device heats recording paper passing through between the heat transfer member and the pressure-contacting member to fix a toner image on the recording paper. The shutter opens and closes the detection hole in accordance with supply of the recording paper to a nip part by the heat transfer member and the pressure-contacting member. | 04-21-2016 |
20160107789 | PACKAGING BOX - A packaging box includes a bottom case, a covering case and a buffering member. The buffering member is formed with a protruding piece protruded on the bottom plate in a direction of the side plate of the bottom case. By causing the protruding piece to abut against the side plate of the bottom case, a gap into which the side plate of the covering case can be inserted is formed with respect to the side plate of the bottom case. The bottom plate is formed with a space in which the protruding piece can be housed, at a position corresponding to the protruding piece. When the side plate of the covering case is inserted inside the side plate of the bottom case, the protruding piece of the buffering member is pressed by the side plate of the covering case and then folded to be housed in the space. | 04-21-2016 |
20160103640 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes an interface section, a data storage section, an input section, an authentication section, and an image forming section. The interface section receives a print job from a terminal device. The print job is assigned terminal identification information that identifies the terminal device. The data storage section stores the print job. In accordance with whether or not the authentication section positively authenticates a user before a specified time elapses from the interface section receiving the print job, the interface section outputs the print job stored by the data storage section to the image forming section or the terminal device, and the data storage section deletes the print job stored. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103416 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a cover, a container holder, a detecting unit and a movable member. The cover opens/closes an opening attaching/detaching a toner container. The container holder is supported movably within the opening by attaching the toner container. The detecting unit includes a switching part switching a first position detecting an attaching condition of the toner container and a second position detecting a not-attaching condition of the toner container. The movable member interlocks with an opening/closing operation of the cover and switches the switching part of the detecting unit by moving. The movable member can move in a switching direction of the switching part from the second position to the first position when the cover is closed in the attaching condition. The movable member is restricted from moving in the switching direction by the container holder when the cover is closed in the not-attaching condition. | 04-14-2016 |
20160098237 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM THAT ENSURES PREVIEW DISPLAY BY USE OF PORTABLE TERMINAL OF USER AND INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL - An image forming system includes a portable terminal, an information processing terminal, and an image forming apparatus. The portable terminal has an imaging function. The information processing terminal generates print data. The image forming apparatus generates a printed matter based on the print data received from the information processing terminal. The portable terminal includes an imaging unit, an information acquiring unit, a preview image generating unit, and a display unit. The imaging unit images the preview-display code displayed in the display unit of the information processing terminal. The information acquiring unit acquires information necessary for the preview display based on the preview-display code acquired by the imaging unit. The preview image generating unit generates a preview image of the printed matter according to the information acquired by the information acquiring unit. The display unit displays the preview image generated by the preview image generating unit. | 04-07-2016 |
20160098006 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a unit, a high-voltage board and a connecting mechanism. The connecting mechanism includes a first connecting member, a first holding member, a coupling member and a second connecting member. The first connecting member includes a first spring terminal. The first spring terminal includes a first large diameter part and a first small diameter part. The first holding member has a first contact part coming into contact with an end part of the first small diameter part at a side of the first large diameter part in a state where the first holding member is coupled with the coupling member. The coupling member has a second contact part coming into contact with an end part of the first large diameter part at a side of the first small diameter part in the state where the first holding member is coupled with the coupling member. | 04-07-2016 |
20160096699 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding device includes a manual bypass tray, a pair of side-fences and restricting members. On the manual bypass tray, a sheet conveyed to an apparatus main body is placed. The pair of side-fences are arranged slidable in a width direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of the sheet so as to mutually approach/separate on the manual bypass tray. The restricting members are arranged attachable to/ detachable from the pair of side-fences. Each of the restricting members includes a first engaging part and a preventive portion. The first engaging part is engaged with the manual bypass tray to restrict slide of each of the pair of side-fence in the width direction. The preventive portion is arranged so as to be separated upwardly from the manual bypass tray to prevent the sheet on the manual bypass tray from uplifting. | 04-07-2016 |
20160096697 | BEARING MEMBER, SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying device includes a driving roller, a driven roller and a pair of bearing members. The pair of bearing members is configured to rotatably support both ends of a rotating shaft of the driven roller. The bearing member has a supporting part and a pressing part. The supporting part is formed by winding an end portion on one side of a wire rod in a spiral shape. The supporting part has a shaft hole through which one end of the rotating shaft can be inserted. The pressing part is formed by winding an end portion on the other side of the wire rod in a spiral shape in an orthogonal direction to the rotating shaft. The pressing part is disposed so as to press the supporting part in a direction in which the driven roller comes into pressure contact with the outer face of the driving roller. | 04-07-2016 |
20160094759 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT REPRODUCES COLOR TO BE PRINTED WITH SINGLE COLOR MATERIAL ALONE AND BLACK, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND COLOR CONVERSION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a control unit with a reduction mode using a reduced consumption of the color material. The reduction rule includes a rule of conversion configured to, in a constant hue plane of the input color value, move all color values on a straight line passing through a lowest brightness color value and the input color value in a direction from a highest saturation color value to a highest brightness color value, so as to convert into color values on a straight line passing through the lowest brightness color value and a converted input color value where the input color value is converted, the lowest brightness color value being indicative of a color value of lowest brightness, the highest saturation color value being indicative of a color value of highest saturation, the highest brightness color value being indicative of a color value of highest brightness. | 03-31-2016 |
20160094751 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus has a plurality of functions that includes at least one predetermined function on which a usage restriction is imposed. The image forming apparatus includes a printing section and a control section. The printing section supplies toner to an electrostatic latent image to develop the electrostatic latent image into a toner image and print the toner image on a sheet. The control section counts sheets printed by the printing section and removes the usage restriction on the at least one predetermined function when a cumulative number of sheets printed by the printing section reaches a predetermined number. | 03-31-2016 |
20160094743 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus reducing number of control signals in detecting nth connection stage of a paper feed cassette unit piled up, and increases noise resistance. It includes a main body part and a paper feed cassette unit that can be piled up in plural stages under main body part. Main body part has a start control line transmitting a start signal; a ready control line transmitting a ready signal; and a main body side control part generating start signal and detects nth connection stage of paper feed cassette unit on number of times of ready signal. Paper feed cassette unit has a cassette side control part delaying start signal inputted from an upper stage through start control line to output it to a lower stage, and while delaying start signal, generating a ready signal to output it toward ready control line to upper stage. | 03-31-2016 |
20160094736 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes: a display section displaying a first operation image for user operation; a display control section; a detection section detecting an approach direction of a predefined communication device approaching the display section; a storage section storing, besides the first operation image of the display section, plural second operation images associated with the approach direction; a communication control section reading, from the storage section, the second operation image associated with the approach direction detected by the detection section, allowing a communication section to transmit the read second operation image to the communication device, and to receive, from the communication device, an instruction corresponding to an operation inputted on the second operation image in the communication device; an instruction reception section receiving the instruction received by the communication section besides an instruction corresponding to operation on the first operation image of the display section; and an execution section. | 03-31-2016 |
20160094729 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus in an image forming apparatus development support system includes an apparatus control section and an output section. Upon receiving virtual apparatus information from a development computer, the apparatus control section perceives the image forming apparatus as if an unattached optional device were attached to the image forming apparatus despite the fact that the unattached optional device is not attached. The apparatus control section then controls an apparatus storage section to store the virtual apparatus information as apparatus information indicating the current apparatus state. Upon receiving an instruction for outputting a report indicating the state of the image forming apparatus while the virtual apparatus information is stored in the apparatus storage section, the output section outputs the report based on the virtual apparatus information in accordance with a report outputting program. | 03-31-2016 |
20160093342 | PORTABLE STORAGE DEVICE THAT CAN CHECK MEMORY FREE SPACE - A portable storage device is provided with a memory part, a free space detecting part, a vibration detecting part, a reporting part, and a controller. The memory part stores data. The free space detecting part detects a free space of the memory part. The vibration detecting part detects vibration. The reporting part reports the free space. The controller performs writing and reading of data for the memory part. If vibration is detected by the vibration detecting part, the controller causes the reporting part to report corresponding to the detection result of the free space of the memory part by the free space detecting part. | 03-31-2016 |
20160092710 | INFORMATION ACQUIRING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROVISION APPARATUS BOTH OF WHICH ARE BASED ON AUGMENTED REALITY - To provide a non-transitory computer-readable recording-medium storing an information acquiring program (IAP) that can be implemented by a computer controlling a mobile terminal (MT). The IAP includes five program codes (PCDs). The 1 | 03-31-2016 |
20160092436 | GLOSSARY MANAGEMENT DEVICE, GLOSSARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR GLOSSARY GENERATION - A glossary management device includes a read circuit, a storage circuit, an acquisition circuit, an analysis circuit, a term matching circuit, and a registration circuit. The storage circuit has a storage area for a glossary. The acquisition circuit acquires text data of a document if reading of the document is executed by a user. The analysis circuit performs analysis of the text data acquired by the acquisition circuit to identify a language of the document and parts of speech of text segments in the text data and extracts one or more text segments from the document based on the analysis. The term matching circuit performs matching for each of the extracted text segments against a public dictionary. The registration circuit adds to the glossary, each extracted text segment that does not match any entry term in the public dictionary. | 03-31-2016 |
20160091855 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a storage section and a job executing section including a printing section and a finishing processing section. The finishing processing section performs stapling processing on a paper sheaf based on a stapling pattern designated by a user that stipulates position and number of one or more stapling points. The storage section stores a threshold sheet number as a determination criterion for whether to execute damage restriction processing. When a target paper sheaf is smaller than the threshold sheet number, the job executing section executes, as the damage restriction processing, one or more of: first processing of ejecting paper without stapling processing; second processing of performing stapling processing after increasing the number of sheets in the target paper sheaf to the threshold sheet number; and third processing of performing stapling processing at a larger number of stapling points than stipulated by the designated stapling pattern. | 03-31-2016 |
20160091848 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes a printing section, a storage section, and a control section. The printing section prints a toner image on paper. The storage section stores prescribed image data for which printing is permitted using disposal-scheduled toner that is scheduled for disposal as waste toner. The control section determines whether or not a preset disposal condition is satisfied. Upon determining that the disposal condition is satisfied, the control section determines whether or not prescribed image data is stored in the storage section. Upon determining that prescribed image data is stored in the storage section, the control section sets the operating mode of the printing section as a waste toner reduction mode in which the printing section uses the disposal-scheduled toner to perform printing based on the prescribed image data. | 03-31-2016 |
20160091833 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a transferring member and a guiding part. The transferring member is configured to form a transferring nip with an image carrier and to transfer a toner image from the image carrier to a sheet at the transferring nip. The guiding part has an upper guiding member and a lower guiding member which are disposed oppositely to both faces of the sheet in a vertical direction along a sheet conveying path toward the transferring nip. The lower guiding member has a movable lower guiding plate and a plurality of elastic members. The movable lower guiding plate is made of a thin elastic material. The plurality of elastic members are disposed along a sheet width direction crossing the sheet conveying direction and supports the movable lower guiding plate to be displaceable in a direction apart from the image carrier. | 03-31-2016 |
20160089889 | METHOD OF INTRODUCING INK AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A replacement assisting liquid having a lower specific weight than an ink is introduced into a recording head filled with a preservative solution containing at least a moisturizing agent to discharge the preservative solution out of the recording head. Next, the ink is introduced into the recording head to discharge the replacement assisting liquid out of the recording head. | 03-31-2016 |
20160088173 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes a display section, a touch panel, an acceptance section, a communication section, and a communication control section. The display section is capable of displaying a first operating image in which a plurality of first operating keys are arranged. The communication section is capable of communicating with a mobile terminal device capable of displaying a second operating image in which one or more second operating keys operable in combination with the first operating keys are arranged. The communication control section allows the communication section to receive from the mobile terminal device operating information indicating that one of the second operating keys has been selected. When the one first operating key is selected while the communication section receives the operating information, the acceptance section accepts an instruction corresponding to a combination of the selected first operating key and the second operating key indicated in the operating information. | 03-24-2016 |
20160088172 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SCREEN OPERATION METHOD - Provided is an image forming apparatus mainly including a recognition part, a first determination part, and a second determination part. The recognition part recognizes the plural characters when a user performs a first operation tracing a sequence of plural characters out of the character group included in the screen displayed on the display part by bringing an indicator into contact with the touch panel part. The first determination part determines whether or not the plural characters recognized by the recognition part match with any of predetermined plural terms. The second determination part determines whether or not a user performs a second operation that is gesture different from the first operation by bringing the indicator into contact with the touch panel after the first operation is performed. | 03-24-2016 |
20160085210 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a fixing device, a sheet conveyance path, a conveyance guide member, a blower, and a control section. The conveyance guide member constitutes one of a pair of sheet conveyance surface portions of the sheet conveyance path. The blower is disposed on an opposite side of the sheet conveyance surface portion constituted by the conveyance guide member to the sheet conveyance path and blows air at a sheet passing through the sheet conveyance path. A ventilation port and an air passage recess are located in the sheet conveyance surface portion constituted by the conveyance guide member. The ventilation port allows air from the blower to flow into the sheet conveyance path. The air passage recess extends in a sheet width direction. The air passage recess allows air that has passed through the ventilation port to flow through the air passage recess. | 03-24-2016 |
20160085209 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus having a sheet conveyance path guiding a sheet to a sheet exit port after the sheet passes through a fixing device. A conveyance unit constitutes one of a pair of sheet conveyance surface portions of the sheet conveyance path. A first cooling fan is disposed within the conveyance unit and sucks air from an air introducing hole in the conveyance unit that is in communication with the sheet conveyance path. A second cooling fan is disposed on an opposite side of the sheet conveyance path to the conveyance unit and blows air at a sheet passing through the sheet conveyance path. A conveyance guide member is fitted to the conveyance unit and switches a conveyance direction of the sheet passing through the sheet conveyance path. The first cooling fan blows at the conveyance guide member air sucked from the air introducing hole. | 03-24-2016 |
20160085202 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a rotating brush, a collecting roller, a cleaning blade, a sealing member and a side sealing member. The sealing member has an extension part extending outside from each end of the collecting roller in an axial direction. The sealing member comes into contact with the collecting roller between a contact area between the rotating brush and the collecting roller and the cleaning blade and then prevents backflow of the residue. The side sealing member lifts the extension part toward the collecting roller on an outside at a predetermined interval from a position corresponding to each side edge of a maximum-width sheet passing region on the image carrier. | 03-24-2016 |
20160083979 | COVER OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THIS - A cover opening/closing device includes an engage mechanism and a lock mechanism. The engage mechanism is provided in an apparatus body. The lock mechanism is provided in a cover. The lock member includes a button, a lock member, and an interlocking mechanism. The button is provided to be able to move linearly. The lock member is provided to be able to move linearly between a lock position and an unlock position. The interlocking mechanism interlocks a movement of the button with a movement of the lock member. The interlocking mechanism includes a return member, an oblique groove, and a projection part. The return member returns the button to an initial position. The projection part fits movably along the oblique groove. The oblique groove guides a relative movement of the projection part so as to interlock an operation of the button with a movement of the lock member. | 03-24-2016 |
20160083205 | CASSETTE, FEEDER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cassette ( | 03-24-2016 |
20160080596 | IMAGE-READING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE - An image-reading device: detects, after a starting operation for starting a job has been performed on an operation part, the size of a document loaded on a document-loading tray; and when there is a difference between the size of the document detected before the starting operation and the size of the document detected after the starting operation, temporarily stops the job without resetting a setting received by the operation part prior to the start of the job. | 03-17-2016 |
20160080590 | STORAGE MEDIUM, DEVICE INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD - A portable terminal issues a response request to an electronic device. According to a response of the electronic device to the response request, the portable terminal determines a power state of the electronic device and issues a notification of a determination result of the power state. The portable terminal acquires, from an information carrier, location information indicating a location of a main power switch of the electronic device and issues a notification of the location information. | 03-17-2016 |
20160077657 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL OPERATION METHOD - A control section of an image forming apparatus includes a pinch-in detection section, a copy processing section, a pinch-out detection section, and a paste processing section. The pinch-in detection section detects a pinch-in operation performed on an object displayed on a touch panel. When the pinch-in operation is detected, the copy processing section copies the object or a character string included in the object. The pinch-out detection section detects a pinch-out operation performed on the touch panel. When the pinch-out operation is detected, the paste processing section pastes the object or the character string included in the object at a position at which the pinch-out operation is detected. | 03-17-2016 |
20160077469 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a transfer section, a transfer bias applying section, a conveyance section, an element, a current measurement section, and a control section. The transfer section forms, in conjunction with the image bearing member, a pressing part where a recording medium is pressed. The transfer bias applying section supplies transfer current to the transfer section to apply a transfer bias to the transfer section. The element conducts when a voltage equal to or greater than a prescribed value is applied thereto. The current measurement section measures a value of leak current. The leak current is a current flowing through the element. The control section controls a value of the transfer current. The control section changes the absolute value of the transfer current based on the absolute value of the leak current. | 03-17-2016 |
20160077464 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A developing device includes a developing container, a toner carrier, and a plurality of air outlet ports. The plurality of air outlet ports are formed in such part of a wall of the developing container as faces the toner carrier, along a longitudinal direction of the developing container, the air outlet ports communicating with a duct next to the developing container. The toner carrier includes a coat layer on the outer circumferential surface thereof. The coat layer is formed by dripping the toner carrier into a resin coating liquid with one end in the longitudinal direction thereof first, the one end being a lower end of during the dipping, and then lifting the toner carrier out of the resin coating liquid. The toner carrier is arranged such that the lower end of during the dipping is disposed on an upstream side with respect to an airflow direction in the duct. | 03-17-2016 |
20160075529 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding device ( | 03-17-2016 |
20160072978 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT CONTINUES WITHOUT HALT TO PERFORM PRINT JOB INCLUDING SIGN WHERE GLYPH IS INVALID DATA, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a print device, a sign printing circuit, and a sign analyzing circuit. The print device performs a print job onto a print medium. The sign printing circuit causes the print device to print a sign where a glyph is present in a font corresponding to a code based on the code included in print data. The sign analyzing circuit analyzes whether or not the glyph is invalid data where the sign printing circuit is not able to cause the print device to print. When the sign analyzing circuit analyzes that the glyph present in the font corresponding to the code of a target sign is the invalid data, the sign printing circuit causes the print device to print a specific alternative sign as an alternative to the target sign. | 03-10-2016 |
20160072967 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR CREATING COMMUNICATION APPLICATION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING APPLICATION CREATION PROGRAM FOR CREATING COMMUNICATION APPLICATION - An information processor includes: an application information reception section, a function information reception section, a communication setting reception section, and an application creation section. The application information reception section receives an input of application information. The function information reception section receives an input of print settings as the function information from an operator. The communication setting reception section receives an input of communication settings, including an URL of a data storage server, required for the communication with the data storage serve. The application creation section creates, by using the application information, the communication application for executing processing in accordance with the print settings and the received communication settings. | 03-10-2016 |
20160070515 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CREATING COMMUNICATION APPLICATION, COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM WITH APPLICATION CREATING PROGRAM FOR CREATING COMMUNICATION APPLICATION STORED THEREON, AND PROGRAMING TOOL - An information processing apparatus includes a tool storage section, an acquisition method acceptance section, a template specification acceptance section, and an application creating section. The tool storage section stores a programing tool having a function of acquiring print data from an advertisement delivery server and a function of managing the print data. The acquisition method acceptance section is configured to accept setting of a data acquisition method for acquiring the print data. The template specification acceptance section is configured to accept specification of a template for use in printing the print data. The application creating section is configured to use the programing tool to create a communication application allowing acquisition of the print data according to the accepted data acquisition method and generation of an image according to the accepted template. | 03-10-2016 |
20160070197 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a drum unit having a photosensitive drum: a developing device having a developing roller that supplies toner to the image bearing member and a developer container that rotatably supports the developing roller; and a main apparatus body to which the drum unit and the developing device are detachably attached. The drum unit and the developing device are integrally attachable to and integrally detachable from the main apparatus body. The developer container includes a pair of ribs on an upper surface thereof at positions corresponding to opposite axial ends of the developing roller. The ribs abut against a casing part of the main apparatus body while the drum unit and the developing device are being integrally attached to and integrally detached from the main apparatus body. | 03-10-2016 |
20160065775 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus has: a data communication portion for communicating with a first image forming apparatus holding an authentic prime key within the same local network, and a second image forming apparatus within the same local network; a storage portion for storing a key generation program for issuing an activation key based on the prime key; and a control portion for acquiring the prime key from the first image forming apparatus on receiving an activation request from the second image forming apparatus, generating the activation key for use on the second image forming apparatus, and transmitting the activation key to the second image forming apparatus. | 03-03-2016 |
20160065774 | IMAGE FORMING APPRATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD CAPABLE OF PREVENTING PRINTED MATTER FROM BEING TAKEN AWAY BY OTHER USERS - Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of preventing a printed matter from being inadvertently taken away by other users. The image forming apparatus mainly includes a first determination part, a second determination part, and a job control part. The first determination part determines whether there exists a second printing job to be executed subsequent to the first printing job. The second determination part determines whether the time measured by the timer part has passed a predetermined period if it is determined that there exists the second printing job. The job control part performs interval control for causing the printing part to execute the second printing job after the predetermined period has passed if it is determined that the predetermined period has not yet passed. | 03-03-2016 |
20160065773 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING METHOD - Provided is an image forming apparatus that converts a manuscript into an electronic file except for a blank page. A blank paper elimination processing part reads a manuscript, determines whether or not a blank paper for each page, and converts the manuscript into an electronic file except for a blank paper determining page determined to be a blank paper. An insertion page receiving part receives designation of the page inserted in the electronic file when there is restoration instruction for the blank paper determining page. Blank paper restoration processing part, when the page received by the insertion page receiving part is the blank paper determining page, as corresponded to the page number of the manuscript of the received page, the manuscript of the received page is converted into electronic file form and inserts between the pages of the electronic file. | 03-03-2016 |
20160065766 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes a display portion that displays a setting screen, a communication portion that receives, from an information processing apparatus, an information package including a setting history and configuration information of another image forming apparatus chosen in advance, a storage portion that stores the received information package, and a control portion that extracts, based on information included in the information package, a recommended value of a setting value settable based on a setting screen currently displayed at the display portion, and that makes the display portion display one or a plurality of extracted recommended values within a recommended-value display area. | 03-03-2016 |
20160065763 | DISPLAY PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD - A display processing device includes a display section, a touch location acquiring section, a magnification determining section, and an enlarging and displaying section. The display section has a display surface and displays a preview image based on image data. The touch location acquiring section acquires a touch location where a user touches the display surface. The magnification determining section determines a magnification based on the touch location. The enlarging and displaying section enlarges the preview image at the magnification to obtain an enlarged preview image and causes the display section to display a portion of the enlarged preview image. | 03-03-2016 |
20160065761 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes: a housing accommodating a plurality of component devices serving functions provided in the information processing apparatus; a plurality of tags mounted to individual locations on the housing relating to the respective associated component devices, each of the tags being embedded with a piece of device type information indicating the component device associated with the tag; a storage section configured to store a plurality of component device information sets indicating respective sets of information about the component devices; a communication section configured to send and receive data to and from a mobile terminal; and a communication control section configured to allow the communication section to receive data sent from the mobile terminal and allow the communication section to send back to the mobile terminal the component device information set about the component device indicated by the piece of device type information contained in the received data. | 03-03-2016 |
20160065754 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A white reference plate includes in addition to a rectangular portion disposed at an optical adjustment position, white reference portions between an optical adjustment position and a document size detection position outside a document reading region (i.e., outside contact glass) in a main scanning direction. In response to an opening and closing detecting section detecting opening and closing of a document conveyance unit during optical adjustment, a drive section moves a scanning section from the optical adjustment position to the document size detection position. The white reference portions are disposed at locations above respective opposite end parts of the scanning section in a main scanning direction, so that optical adjustment can be performed using an output value that the scanning section obtains by reading the white reference portions without interruption even during or after the movement. | 03-03-2016 |
20160065506 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM WITH COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - A communication device includes an acceptance section, a mail data generating section, and a transmission section. The acceptance section is configured to accept a plurality of destination addresses and a mail text to be sent to the plurality of destination addresses. The mail data generating section is configured to generate, for every one of the plurality of destination addresses, mail data that contains the mail text, destination information indicating the one of the plurality of destination addresses as a destination, and destination address list information which indicates a list of the plurality of destination addresses arranged in order and in which the one destination address is placed higher in order than when accepted by the acceptance section. The transmission section is configured to send the mail data generated by the mail data generating section. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062481 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT DISPLAYING VARIOUS KINDS OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE BY WEARING ON BODY - Provided is an electronic equipment that displays information in response to a variety of display requests of a user. The electronic equipment of the present disclosure is worn on the body. A communication circuit acquires various kinds of information from a various-information database in which the various kinds of information are stored via a network. A display circuit displays the various kinds of information. An imaging circuit images a real space. An object recognition circuit recognizes an object from an image imaged by the imaging circuit. A display request determination circuit determines a display request based on a combination of recognized different objects. Further, the display request determination circuit makes a transmission request for information to the various-information database in response to the display request through the communication circuit. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062306 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus ( | 03-03-2016 |
20160062294 | SHEET STORAGE CASSETTE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A sheet storage cassette includes a cassette base and a cover member. The cover member is supported swingably at both ends of a side surface portion of the cassette base on a first rotation fulcrum, which is composed of a first engagement hole and a first boss portion, and on a second rotation fulcrum which is composed of a second engagement hole and a second boss portion. A distance from a tip end portion of the second boss portion to an engagement position of the second engagement hole is smaller than a distance from a tip end portion of the first boss portion to an engagement position of the first engagement hole, and a swing limiting portion, which limits an open angle of the cover member at the opening position, is disposed on only a portion of the cassette base near the first rotation fulcrum. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062291 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - In absence of a paper feed source matching paper information specified in settings that are input by a user for a job to be executed, permission information associated with the user may not permit use of a manual feed tray as a substitute paper feed source. Upon completion of the job executed in response to selection of a forced execution key, a forced execution determination section determines whether or not an execution number exceeds a predetermined threshold. The execution number indicates how many times a job has been executed in response to selection of the forced execution key. When the execution number exceeds the threshold, a permission information updating section updates the permission information associated with the user so as to permit use of the manual feed tray as the substitute paper feed source. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062289 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO BE CONTROLLED DEPENDING ON ALARM LEVEL OF DISASTER INFORMATION - Provided is an image forming apparatus that controls a user authentication and a switching action for switching into a specific operation mode (either one of first and second power saving modes, and emergency stop), depending an alarm level of disaster information. A user authentication function circuit is for performing the user authentication. An operation mode switching circuit is for switching a current operation mode into the specific operation mode. A disaster information acquire circuit is for receiving disaster information representing the alarm level. A system control circuit controls, depending on the alarm level, the user authentication operation by the user authentication function circuit and a switching of one of the operation modes by the operation mode switching circuit. The aforementioned specified operation mode is either one of the user authentication mode, the first power saving mode, the second power saving mode, and the emergency stop. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062277 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus being capable of commonalizing a control signal for lighting of static eliminators, and controlling the static eliminators with a single port of CPU. The image forming apparatus includes a main body control part controlling image formation; a nip separation mechanism separating an intermediate transfer belt from color photosensitive drums; a separation control part driving nip separation mechanism on a separation control signal inputted from main body control part; a monochrome static eliminator comprised of a monochrome light guide body and a monochrome light source irradiating light on its end face; color static eliminators comprised of color light guide bodies and color light sources irradiating light on their end faces; and an irradiation location shifting mechanism shifting irradiation location of light emitted from color light source from end face of color light guide body when intermediate transfer belt is separated from color photosensitive drums. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062269 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A developer container includes a housing, a sealing member, and a winder mechanism. The housing includes a storage space and an opening. The sealing member is attached to the housing and sealing the opening. The winder mechanism winds up the sealing member while peeling the sealing member from the housing. The winder mechanism includes an interrupting member operable to interrupt transmission of a torque of a drive transmission mechanism owing to a tension of the sealing member caused by peeling a fold side of the sealing member that includes a first end from the housing. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062268 | DEVELOPER STORING CONTAINER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - Provided are a developer storing container, including a movable moving wall, and suppressing a developer from being leaked to a moving direction upstream side of the moving wall, and an image forming apparatus, provided with the same A toner container is provided with a container main body, a moving wall, a toner discharge port, and an inner wall seal. The toner container replenishes toner to a developing apparatus. The moving wall conveys the toner while being moved toward the toner discharge port inside the container main body. The inner wall seal forms an outer peripheral part of the moving wall, and is compressively deformed between an inner peripheral part of the container main body and the moving wall. A cross-sectional area of an internal space of the container main body is set so as to be decreased as a final position of the moving wall is approached. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062261 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming units that charge a surface of a photoconductor to form an image, a static eliminator that outputs static elimination light to eliminate a charge remaining on the photoconductor after image formation by the image forming unit, and a controller that controls the image forming unit and the static eliminator. The static eliminator includes a light source that emits the static elimination light, a light guide unit that guides the static elimination light from the light source to the photoconductors, and outputs the guided static elimination light to surface of the photoconductors, and a light shield unit provided inside the light guide unit, or between the light guide unit and the photoconductors in an optical path between the light source and the surface of each of the photoconductors, and configured to transmit or block the static elimination light. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062254 | TRIPHENYLAMINE DERIVATIVE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A triphenylamine derivative is represented by general formula (1). In general formula (1), R | 03-03-2016 |
20160062253 | TRIARYLAMINE DERIVATIVE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMEBER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A triarylamine derivative is represented by general formula (I). In general formula (I), R | 03-03-2016 |
20160060065 | SHEET DISCHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREWITH - A sheet discharging device has a discharge port, a discharge tray, a discharge roller including first and second rollers, a flick-out pulley, a sheet pressing member, and a pressing rib. The flick-out pulley is formed coaxially with the rotary shaft of the first roller at an interval from an end of the first roller, and has a circumferential edge and a plurality of projections protruding from it. The sheet pressing member is supported on a pivot axis provided on the downstream side of the discharge roller with respect to the sheet discharge direction to be swingable in the sheet discharge direction. A pressing rib is arranged at a position overlapping the flick-out pulley in the direction along the pivot axis as seen from the sheet discharge direction. | 03-03-2016 |
20160057299 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an image processing apparatus including a display part that has a display area on which output candidate images less then or equal to a predetermined number are selectably displayed, a distance detecting part that detects a spatial distance between the indicator and the display area, an area detecting part that detects an area of a projection image of the indicator on the display area when the detected spatial distance is less than or equal to a first distance, and a selection control part that executes a first selection process for displaying all the displayed output candidate images in a selected state when the detected area detected by the area detecting part is greater than or equal to a threshold and the detected area is not changed for more than a time limit. | 02-25-2016 |
20160057296 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SCANNER - An image forming apparatus ( | 02-25-2016 |
20160054866 | REMOTE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE REMOTE SUPPORT SYSTEM - In a remote support system, an image forming apparatus, a staff terminal, and a management apparatus are connected to one another for communication. The management apparatus accumulates a conversation pattern communicated in a conversation form between the image forming apparatus and the staff terminal, and when the management apparatus receives a guidance request from the image forming apparatus, the management apparatus forces the staff terminal to display a selection screen that displays, as choices, the conversation patterns, and forces a request sending apparatus to display a selected conversation pattern as a guidance. | 02-25-2016 |
20160054848 | DISPLAY CONTROLLING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display controlling device includes a display part, a distance detecting part, a coordinate detecting part and a magnifying and displaying part. The display part has a display area displaying images. The distance detecting part detects a space distance between an indication body used for indicating the image displayed on the display area and the display area. The coordinate detecting part detects coordinates on the display area corresponding to a position of the indication body when the space distance is equal or less than a first threshold value. The magnifying and displaying part, when detected coordinates are not varied for a limit time or more, executes magnifying and displaying process magnifying a periphery image displayed on a periphery area including the detected coordinates on the display area by a magnification ratio to create a periphery magnification image and displaying and superimposing the periphery magnification image on the periphery image. | 02-25-2016 |
20160054690 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING MOVING MEMBER TO BLOCK RADIANT HEAT AND MOVING BY A FRICTION FORCE BETWEEN A FIXING BELT AND THE MOVING MEMBER. - A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a heat source, a moving member and a biasing member. The moving member is movable between a first position where the moving member blocks the radiant heat from the heat source to the fixing belt and a second position where the moving member does not block the radiant heat from the heat source to the fixing belt. The biasing member biases the moving member to the first position. The moving member moves from the first position to the second position by a friction force between the fixing belt and the moving member against a biasing force of the biasing member when the fixing belt is rotated. The moving member moves from the second position to the first position by the biasing force of the biasing member when a rotation of the fixing belt is stopped. | 02-25-2016 |
20160054686 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section; a fixing portion; a discharging portion; a sheet transport passage including a curved portion and connecting between the fixing portion and the discharging portion; a reverse transport passage formed by branching off the curved portion; a transport roller pair rotatable in normal and reverse directions; a fixed guide portion provided on an inner corner side of the curved portion; and a swingable guide portion supported to be swingable. The swingable guide portion is arranged selectively either in a first position where it protrudes farther into the sheet transport passage than a guide rib formed on a transport surface of the fixed guide portion or a second position where its protruding height from the transport surface is equal to a height of the guide rib or where the swingable guide portion is retracted farther toward the transport surface than the guide rib. | 02-25-2016 |
20160054683 | TONER CASE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A toner case according to the present invention includes a toner supplying portion, a screw portion | 02-25-2016 |
20160054672 | TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER IMAGE INFORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - A two-component developer includes a toner and a carrier. The toner includes a plurality of toner particles. The carrier includes a plurality of carrier particles. Each of the toner particles includes a toner core and a shell layer disposed over the surface of the toner core. The toner has a charge decay constant of at least 0.020 and no greater than 0.050 as measured with the toner particles in an external additive-free state. The carrier has a volume resistivity of at least 1.0×10 | 02-25-2016 |
20160053859 | DRIVE TRANSMISSION MECHANISM THAT ENSURES EXTENDED SERVICE LIFE IN REDUCED SIZE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A drive transmission mechanism includes an electromagnetic clutch and a drive output gear. The electromagnetic clutch includes a clutch shaft, a clutch input gear, a clutch idler gear, and a clutch output gear. The drive transmission mechanism transmits driving power using a first drive transmission path or a second drive transmission path. The first drive transmission path includes the clutch idler gear, a first idler gear, and a first output gear unit to transmit driving power to a rotated member connected to a first output gear unit irrespective of the energizing or the non-energizing an electromagnetic clutch. The second drive transmission path includes the clutch output gear, a second idler gear, and a second output gear unit to transmit driving power to a rotated member connected to the second output gear unit only when the electromagnetic clutch is energized. | 02-25-2016 |
20160053815 | DRIVE TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Drive transmission device ( | 02-25-2016 |
20160052301 | CURL ELIMINATING DEVICE FOR RECORDING MEDIUM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A curl eliminating device includes a decurl roller pair including a first roller and a second roller pressed to contact with an outer circumference surface of the first roller so as to correct curl of a recording medium, a cleaning member for cleaning the second roller, and a pressure contact mechanism. The first roller is an elastic roller including an elastic layer formed on the outer circumference surface and contacts with a non-image formed side of the recording medium. The second roller is a roller having a smaller diameter than the first roller and higher hardness than the first roller, and contacts with an image formed side of the recording medium. The pressure contact mechanism presses the cleaning member to contact with an outer circumference surface of the second roller from the side opposite to the first roller. | 02-25-2016 |
20160048094 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A developing device includes a development roller, a toner supply roller, a casing having an inner wall portion facing toward the development roller, a flexible film member, an urging member, a linkage member, and a linkage member driving mechanism. The flexible film member is disposed on the inner wall portion and has ends in a direction of an axis of the development roller that are opposite to each other. The urging member is connected with one of the ends of the film member and pulls the film member. The linkage member is connected with the other of the ends of the film member. The linkage member driving mechanism drives the linkage member in accompaniment to rotation of a gear to intermittently pull the film member, so that the film member reciprocates in directions parallel to the axis of the development roller. | 02-18-2016 |
20160046128 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink-jet recording apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a recording portion, a wipe unit, a cleaning mechanism, a wipe moving-up/down mechanism, a transfer surface moving mechanism, and a control portion. The wipe unit has a wipe blade that wipes purged ink that is forcibly discharged from an ejecting nozzle. The cleaning mechanism has a cleaning member onto which ink adhering to a tip end surface of the wipe blade is transferred. The control portion controls the wipe moving-up/down mechanism to force the wipe blade to repeat contacting and leaving a plurality of times the transfer surface of the cleaning member substantially vertically to remove the ink present on the tip end surface of the wipe blade, and controls the transfer surface moving mechanism in such a manner that the tip end surface of the wipe blade contacts a clean portion of the transfer surface. | 02-18-2016 |
20160042171 | OPERATION DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD - An operation device includes a screen display section that displays a login screen on a touch panel, a key position changing section, a key information reception section, and a key information determination section. The key position changing section changes positions of a plurality of keys that are displayed on the login screen such that the keys are displayed for a current login process at positions that are different from previous positions at which the keys were displayed for a previous login process. The key information reception section generates input information representing a key pressed on the login screen. The key information determination section allows login of a user when a combination of pieces of input information corresponding to a plurality of key presses performed by the user matches registration information and does not allow login of the user when the combination does not match registration information. | 02-11-2016 |
20160041512 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a rotating member, a bearing and a heat insulating member. The rotating member fixes a toner image onto a recording medium. The bearing rotatably supports the rotating member. The heat insulating member is interposed between the rotating member and the bearing and rotated around a rotation axis. A notch part is arranged in a portion in a circumferential direction of the heat insulating member so as to continue from an end part at an inside to an end part at an outside in a direction of the rotation axis. At least one groove part is formed in a contact portion with the rotating member or the bearing in a circumference face of the heat insulating member. | 02-11-2016 |
20160041503 | DEVELOPING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH TONER CONCENTRATION DETECTION SECTION AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - A developing device includes: a container, a stirring member, a developing roller, a toner concentration detection section, a stirring plate, and a blade. The stirring plate is attached to the rotary shaft of the stirring member in a manner such as to be rotatable together with the rotary shaft, and has a tip part located in the radial direction at a predefined distance from the detection surface. The blade has elasticity, is attached to the stirring plate in a manner such as to surround a one-side surface, an another-side surface, and the tip part in a rotation direction of the stirring plate, has a sufficient length in the radial direction enough to abut the detection surface, and makes sliding-contact with the detection surface while rotating together with the stirring plate. | 02-11-2016 |
20160037012 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading device includes a reading unit, a drive section, an operation control section, an acquiring section, and a casing. The drive section moves the reading unit. The operation control section controls a drive operation by the drive section and a light emitting operation by a light emitting section. The acquiring section acquires status information indicating a state of the device. The casing constitutes an outer contour of the device. The casing has a symbol inscribed on a predetermined portion therein. The symbol corresponds to the status information item. When the acquiring section acquires the status information item, the operation control section controls the drive section to move the reading unit to a position corresponding to the portion on which the symbol corresponding to the status information item is inscribed and controls the light emitting section to emit light while the reading unit is located at the position. | 02-04-2016 |
20160037006 | DISPLAY INPUT APPARATUS, DISPLAY INPUT SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY INPUT APPARATUS - A display input apparatus according to a first aspect of the present disclosure includes a display portion, a touch panel portion, and a communication portion. The display portion displays a setting screen which disposes a plurality of images for accepting a setting operation. The touch panel accepts the setting operation on the setting screen and when accepting the setting operation, accepts a selection operation as well for selecting a non-permission image from the plurality of images that is an image not permitted to be displayed on a partner machine which is a communication destination. The communication portion transmits screen data for forcing the partner machine to display a screen to the partner machine, in which the non-permission image is removed from the setting screen, as a sharing screen and forces the partner machine to display the sharing screen. | 02-04-2016 |
20160037005 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - Provided is an electronic equipment facilitating a search for setting items associated with items to be set. The display management circuit manages to cause the display circuit to display a first setting item connected with various settings and an advanced setting menu associated with the first setting item. The operation receiving circuit receives an operation of the first setting item or the advanced setting menu. The uncertain operation detecting circuit detects an uncertain operation of the first setting item by confirming that no setting is conducted in the advanced setting menu, and a process is returned to the first setting item. The display management circuit manages to cause the display circuit to display the first setting item and a second setting item associated with the first setting item based on a detected result of the uncertain operation of the first setting item. | 02-04-2016 |
20160037003 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD SUITABLE FOR MANAGEMENT OF TONER - Provided is a control apparatus that manages expendable supplies appropriately so as a trouble unexpected to an image forming apparatus does not happen. An image forming apparatus has a detecting circuit that detects identification information of a container when replacing the container of expendable supplies and transmitting circuit that transmits event information including detected identification information to the control apparatus. The control apparatus has a receiving circuit that receives the event information. An identification information determining circuit of the control apparatus compares the identification information of the container included in the received event information with a management table that manages shipped expendable supplies. Thereby, the identification information of the container corresponds to the shipped expendable supplies is determined. If not correspond to the shipped expendable supplies, the notice circuit notifies content that shows not corresponding to the image forming apparatus. | 02-04-2016 |
20160037002 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD WHICH DETERMINE PRINTED MATTER CONDITION BASED ON CAMERA-CAPTURED IMAGE - Provided is an image forming apparatus that is capable of solving a problem caused at a discharge part in quick, effective manner. The discharge part is for placing a discharged printed matter. A camera captures an image of a sheet stacking surface of the discharged printed matter. A delivery decision processing part determines, based on the image captured by the camera, a current condition of the discharged printed matter that is placed in the discharge part. Then, the delivery decision processing part takes a specified action in response to the determination result. | 02-04-2016 |
20160037000 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Upon an image processing device receiving a message from a terminal device, a screen display section displays the message and a predetermined inquiry key in a predetermined screen image on the image processing device. The message is displayed using a font preregistered in the image processing device. Upon the image processing device receiving input of selecting the inquiry key, a screen image transmitting section transmits to the server the screen image in which the message is displayed and information specifying the terminal device as a transmission source of the message. Upon the server receiving the screen image, a screen image notifying section notifies the screen image to the terminal device based on the information specifying the terminal device as the transmission source of the message. Upon the server receiving a re-created message from the terminal device, a re-notification section notifies the re-created message to the image processing device. | 02-04-2016 |
20160036820 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS THAT NOTIFY UNAUTHORIZED USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE DURING DISCONNECTION TIME PERIOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE FROM NETWORK, RECORDING MEDIUM AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A device management apparatus for notifying unauthorized use of an electronic device includes a connection status detecting circuit, a usage log acquiring circuit, and a notification circuit. The connection status detecting circuit detects a connection status of the electronic device to a network. The usage log acquiring circuit acquires a usage log of the electronic device. The notification circuit notifies an unauthorized use of the electronic device. The notification circuit notifies the unauthorized use if the usage logs acquired by the usage log acquiring circuit before and after a time period of disconnection of the electronic device from the network are varied, a reconnection of the electronic device to the network being detected by the connection status detecting circuit. | 02-04-2016 |
20160036362 | STEPPING MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A stepping motor driving device includes a table, a driving pulse control part, an interpolation number indicating part and a driving part. The table stores thinned data which is thinned from original data and designates a pulse width of a driving pulse relating to a slow-up control or a slow-down control of a stepping motor. The driving pulse control part sequentially reads the thinned data from the table at predetermined intervals, to interpolate the thinned data in accordance with a given interpolation number so as to generate interpolated data and to output the driving pulse with the pulse width designated by the thinned data or the interpolated data by sequentially using the thinned data and the interpolated date at predetermined intervals. The interpolation number indicating part indicates the interpolation number to the driving pulse control part. The driving part drives the stepping motor in accordance with the driving pulse. | 02-04-2016 |
20160034774 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A font recognition section recognizes a font of characters depicted by character image data included in image data upon first character data corresponding to the character image data being acquired through character recognition. A font character recognition section compares the character image data to font character image data depicting characters in the recognized font and acquires second character data corresponding to font character image data when the font character image data matches the character image data. A recognized character determination section determines whether or not the first character data matches the second character data, and when determining that the first character data does not match the second character data, adopts the second character data, instead of the first character data, as recognized character data for the character image data. | 02-04-2016 |
20160034402 | STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR EXCHANGING DATA WITH SECONDARY STORAGE SECTION THROUGH CACHE - An information processing device includes a main control circuit including a central arithmetic processor that executes first processing through a first program, a sub-control circuit that executes second processing independently of the first processing, a primary storage circuit, and a secondary storage circuit. The secondary storage circuit has a slower access speed than the primary storage circuit. The secondary storage circuit stores a second program used for third processing executed once the first processing and the second processing are both complete. The main control circuit further includes a cache memory having a faster access speed than the secondary storage circuit and a cache controller. In a situation in which the second processing is not yet complete at a completion time of the first processing, the cache controller executes pre-reading of the second program from the secondary storage circuit and stores the second program into the cache memory. | 02-04-2016 |
20160034105 | DISPLAY AND INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A display and input device includes a display section, touch screen section, control section, and storage section. The display section displays thereon a screen image including an operation element image. The touch screen section detects a touch position on the screen image. The control section detects a set of touch position coordinates based on output from the touch screen section. The storage section stores therein detection coordinate data showing coordinate values associated with possible output values of the touch screen section, and a predetermined number of sets of touch position coordinates detected. On detecting a touch in a non-operable region the predetermined number of times in succession, the control section displays a target point image on the display section, determines an amount of deviation between the detected coordinates and the display coordinates of the target point image, and calibrates the detection coordinate data in accordance with the amount of deviation. | 02-04-2016 |
20160033930 | ATTACHMENT MECHANISM OF OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THIS ATTACHMENT MECHANISM - An attachment mechanism of an optical scanning device includes a frame body provided with a supporting base having engaging parts; and a position fixing member arranged between the optical scanning device and the supporting base to have an erection plate, a first supporting plate and a second supporting plate. The first or second supporting plate includes a fitted hole fitting with a positioning boss of the optical scanning device. The first and second supporting plates respectively include first engaged parts and second engaged parts. The position fixing member is attached to the supporting base by engaging one of the first engaged parts and one of the second engaged parts with the engaging parts. The position fixing member changes a plane position of the fitted hole by engaging positions of the engaging parts with the first and second engaged parts and changes a height of the fitted hole by inverting. | 02-04-2016 |
20160033919 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a guiding part, a discharge flow path and an airflow control mechanism. The guiding part is configured to form a sheet conveying path from a sheet feeding part to a transferring device between a development unit and the transferring device. The discharge flow path formed between the development unit and the guiding part communicates with a sheet feeding part-side space where the sheet conveying path faces the sheet feeding part and an image carrier-side space where the sheet conveying path faces the image carrier. The airflow control mechanism is configured to guide airflow generated in the sheet feeding part-side space when a rear end of the sheet is separated from the sheet feeding part in a direction spaced away from a developing nip. | 02-04-2016 |
20160033918 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying device includes a sheet detecting sensor, a resist roller, a supporting member and a positioning member. The sheet detecting sensor is configured to detect a position of a sheet in a conveying path. The resist roller is configured to control a conveying timing of the sheet, based on a detection result by the sheet detecting sensor. The supporting member is configured to detachably support the sheet detecting sensor. The positioning member is configured to engage with the supporting member to position and fixedly attach the sheet detecting sensor, supported by the supporting member, at a normal position. | 02-04-2016 |
20160033917 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a development device, an electrostatic transfer device, a stopping period measuring part, a driving period measuring part, a toner consumption amount measuring part, an environment measuring part and a transferring bias adjusting part. The driving period measuring part measures a driving period in which the development device is driven in order to form the toner image. The transferring bias adjusting part adjusts the transferring bias on the basis of the stopping period measured by the stopping period measuring part, the driving period measured by the driving period measuring part, the toner consumption amount measured by the toner consumption amount measuring part and the condition of the surrounding environment measured by the environment measuring part. | 02-04-2016 |
20160033903 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A toner container includes a container body, a toner discharge outlet, a moveable wall, and a stirring member. The container body includes an inner circumferential section having a tubular shape extending in a first direction and an internal space. The toner discharge outlet passes through the container body. The moveable wall includes a conveying surface and an outer circumferential section in sealed contact with the inner circumferential section of the container body. The moveable wall moves in the first direction while conveying developer toward the toner discharge outlet. The stirring member stirs toner in proximity to the toner discharge outlet. A first gear that transmits driving force to the moveable wall and a second gear that transmits driving force to the stirring member are located together outside of the container body. | 02-04-2016 |
20160033897 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A toner container includes a container body, a toner discharge outlet, and a moveable wall. The container body includes an inner circumferential section having a tubular shape extending in a first direction and an internal space. The toner discharge outlet passes through the container body. The moveable wall includes a conveying surface and an outer circumferential section in sealed contact with the inner circumferential section of the container body. The moveable wall moves in the first direction along a shaft while conveying developer toward the toner discharge outlet. The shaft includes a moveable wall support section that supports the moveable wall when the moveable wall reaches a final position. | 02-04-2016 |
20160033895 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TONER CONTAINER - An image forming apparatus includes a development section, a toner replenishment section, a toner sensor, and a determination section. The new toner container is filled with first and second toners that have different magnetic characteristics. The new container supplies the first toner to the toner replenishment section prior to the second toner. The determination section determines replacement of an existing toner container by a new one upon the output value of the toner sensor changing from a value out of a first-toner output value range to a value therewithin. The first-toner output value range is a range of an output value of the toner sensor in response to the magnetic characteristic of the first tone. | 02-04-2016 |
20160033893 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a first roller, a second roller, a first voltage applying section, and a control section. An electrostatic latent image is formed on the first roller. The second roller is located opposite to the first roller with a first gap therebetween. The first voltage applying section applies voltage to the second roller. The control section determines a first voltage value to be applied to the second roller during development of the electrostatic latent image. The control section determines a first distance non-uniformity value indicating a degree of non-uniformity of a distance across the first gap. The control section determines a first indicator value by increasing voltage applied to the second roller in stages and performing electrical discharge measurement at each of the stages. The control section determines the first voltage value based on the first distance non-uniformity value and the first indicator value. | 02-04-2016 |
20160033892 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD THAT PERFORM SMOOTHING - Provided is an image forming apparatus that performs smoothing in conversion of pseudo high resolution without using a large translation table. A smoothing process part performs smoothing based on a density of a peripheral pixel that adjoins a target pixel on edge. When a density change between both sides of the target pixel in a sub scanning direction is larger than a density change between both sides of the target pixel in a main scanning direction, a density of a plurality of pixels after conversion of pseudo high resolution of a sub scanning direction corresponding to the target pixel is mutually changed. Also, when a density change between both sides of target pixel in the sub scanning direction is not larger than a density change between both sides of the target pixel in the main scanning direction, the density set to the same. | 02-04-2016 |
20160033890 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical scanning device includes two cleaning holders. The two cleaning holders each include two cleaning members. The two cleaning holders are connected to a wire-shaped member. In accompaniment of circulation of the wire-shaped member, the two cleaning holders travel to cause the cleaning members to slide on corresponding transmissive members. Upon one of the two cleaning holders coming into contact with a first stopper at one end of its travel path, a circulating direction of the wire-shaped member is reversed. Upon the other of the two cleaning holders coming into contact with a second stopper at one end of its travel path, the wire-shaped member stops circulating. | 02-04-2016 |
20160033888 | TONER - A toner includes a plurality of toner particles each including a core and a shell layer disposed over a surface of the core. The shell layers include a resin containing a unit derived from a thermoplastic resin and a unit derived from a monomer or prepolymer of a thermosetting resin. The toner has an average roundness of no less than 0.965 and no greater than 0.975. The toner contains less than 0.5% by number of toner particles having a roundness of no greater than 0.85. The toner has a displacement rate of no less than 0.50% and no greater than 0.70% as measured in a micro-compression test that is performed on the toner under specified conditions. | 02-04-2016 |
20160033885 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER - An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a photosensitive layer containing a charge generating material, a charge transport material, and a binder resin. The photosensitive layer is a multi-layer type photosensitive layer or a single-layer type photosensitive layer. The multi-layer type photosensitive layer includes a charge generating layer that contains the charge generating material and a charge transport layer that contains the charge transport material and the binder resin, and in which the charge transport layer is located on the charge generating layer. The single-layer type photosensitive layer contains the charge generating material, the charge transport material, and the binder resin. The charge transport material is an enamine derivative represented by general formula (1). In general formula (1), R | 02-04-2016 |
20160031665 | PAPER FEED DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A paper feed device includes a plurality of paper feed sections and a selection control section. Selection periods include a specific selection period during which at least two selection signals among a plurality of selection signals are not at a normal level. Non-selection periods include a first normal period, a second normal period, a preceding non-selection period, and a succeeding non-selection period. The preceding non-selection period is between the first normal period and the specific selection period. A specific selection signal among the at least two selection signals is switched from the normal level to a selection level during the preceding non-selection period. The succeeding non-selection period is between the specific selection period and the second normal period. The specific selection signal is switched from the selection level to the normal level during the succeeding non-selection period. | 02-04-2016 |
20160028924 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus operated by a remote operation device includes a log-in managing part and a display controlling part. When log-in operation inputting log-in information is carried out, if a log-in user to the electronic apparatus does not exist, the log-in managing part logs-in the user to the electronic apparatus. When log-out operation logging-out the user from the electronic apparatus is carried out, the log-in managing part logs-out the user from the electronic apparatus. If the log-in managing part logs-out the user from the electronic apparatus, the display controlling part displays a re-login key for re-login of a log-out user on the remote operation device without inputting the log-in information. If operation of the re-login key is carried out, the log-in managing part logs-in the log-out user to the electronic apparatus by using the log-in information used when the log-out user is precedingly logged-in to the electronic apparatus. | 01-28-2016 |
20160028912 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a receiving section, a distance acquiring section, an arrival time calculating section, an execution order determining section, and a printing section. The distance acquiring section acquires a distance between a user and the image forming apparatus. The arrival time calculating section calculates a travel speed of the user based on variation per unit time in the distance acquired by the distance acquiring section and calculates an arrival time indicating an amount of time it will take for the user to arrive at the image forming apparatus based on the calculated travel speed and the acquired distance. The execution order determining section determines, an order of execution of print jobs based on the arrival times calculated by the arrival time calculation section. The printing section then executes the print jobs in the execution order determined by the execution order determining section. | 01-28-2016 |
20160028906 | RECORDING MEDIUM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When installing a driver program on a terminal device of a user who joins a group to which an image forming apparatus supported by the driver program is assigned, a non-transitory recording medium for installation of the driver program causes a computer in the terminal device to display an operation screen including a first and a second operation element. When the first operation element is selected, the computer is caused to create a document box for the user and add membership information of the user to group management data managed by a predetermined server. When the second operation element is selected, the computer is caused to create the document box, identify an image forming apparatus assigned to a former group of the user with reference to the group management data, delete a document box from the identified image forming apparatus, and add the membership information to the group management data. | 01-28-2016 |
20160028904 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a first storing part, a storage controlling part and a display controlling part. The storage controlling part stores, when a first remote operation device carries out an image output operation making the image processing apparatus process an output object image on a first process condition of the first remote operation device to create a first processed image and output the first processed image, the output object image in the first storing part with associating with the first process condition. The display controlling part processes, when a second remote operation device carries out a preview operation displaying the output object image stored in the first storing part, the output object image on a second process condition of the second remote operation device to create a second processed image and makes the second remote operation device display the second processed image on a displaying part. | 01-28-2016 |
20160028901 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SUITABLE FOR READING OF DOCUMENT - Provided is an image forming apparatus that eliminates the necessity for resetting a single-sided document even if a set error of the single-sided document is occurred. The automatic document feeder includes a switchback mechanism that inverts the front and back of the single-sided document to switch a surface of the single-sided document. The automatic document feeder control circuit controls to activate the switchback mechanism. When a blank paper is detected from the image data before inversion, the automatic document feeder control circuit controls to continue the activation of the switchback mechanism for a second document and succeeding documents of the single-sided document. Otherwise, when a blank paper is not detected from the image data before inversion, the automatic document feeder control circuit controls to stop the activation of the switchback mechanism for the second document and the succeeding documents of the single-sided document. | 01-28-2016 |
20160028779 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE - When a communication request sent by a communication requester includes a non-standard communication implementation request requesting implementation of non-standard communication, a control section selects a specified device as a communication partner even if an alternative device that performs communication with the communication requester for the specified device is assigned to the specified device. The specified device is a communication device specified as the communication partner by the communication requester. | 01-28-2016 |
20160028690 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - A communication device includes a communication section and an encrypting section. When the communication section receives from a communication control device alternative address information indicating an address of an alternative device registered as a transfer destination after a communication request for communication with a specified device is transmitted to the communication control device, the communication section determines the alternative device as the communication partner and transmits to-be-transmitted data that is encrypted by the encrypting section to the alternative device. The transfer destination indicates a transfer destination of the data to be transmitted to the specified device. | 01-28-2016 |
20160026563 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING NONVOLATILE MEMORY AND PROGRAM WRITING METHOD FOR UPDATING - Provided is an electronic apparatus avoiding to be a starting failure status even if power off happens during the writing of a program. The electronic apparatus includes a rewritable nonvolatile memory, volatile memory, and a processor. The nonvolatile memory memorizes a plurality of programs. The volatile memory memorizes a plurality of programs for updating. The processor makes the plurality of programs memorize in volatile memory and writes in the plurality of programs for updating in a nonvolatile memory. In this case, in the state of reserving the start processing program and the header information before updating, a processor writes in the start processing program for updating, beforehand. Subsequently, the processor writes in the header information for updating. After that, the processor writes in the executive operation program for updating. | 01-28-2016 |
20160026144 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a driving force transmitting mechanism transmitting a driving force from a driving source to a rotating member through a plurality of coupled driving force transmitting members. The driving force transmitting mechanism has a supporting member and a drive case. The support member supports the driving source and the rotating members. The drive case is provided on the support member and forms a closed space with the supporting member. The closed space stores the driving force transmitting members. The drive case is formed with a sound insulating part. The sound insulating part has at least either one of concave and convex parts at a position closest to the coupling part of the driving force transmitting members. | 01-28-2016 |
20160026137 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM INCLUDING PROGRAM FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE INCLUDED IN IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM INCLUDING PROGRAM FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming system includes a portable terminal device and an image forming apparatus. The device includes a first storage part, a transmitting part transmitting data of an image stored in the first storage part wirelessly, a displaying part, a first operation part receiving a first operation of selecting the image and a second operation of selecting printing, and a transmission controlling part carrying out first transmission control to cause the transmitting part to transmit the data before a print setting screen is displayed on the displaying part when the first operation and the second operation are carried out if a remaining amount of a battery is smaller than a predetermined threshold value. The apparatus includes a second storage part storing the data transmitted by the first transmission control and a printing part executing a print job printing the image of the data stored in the second storage part. | 01-28-2016 |
20160026133 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THIS - A fixing device ( | 01-28-2016 |
20160026126 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a heating member, a voltage applying part, a current detecting part, a moving member, a driving mechanism and a controlling part. The voltage applying part applies a heating voltage for heating the fixing belt to the heating member. The current detecting part detects current flowing through the heating member. The moving member is movable between a first position where the current becomes a first value and a second position where the current becomes a second value. The driving mechanism moves the moving member from the first position to the second position in conjunction with a rotation stop of the fixing belt. The controlling part stops the voltage applying part from applying the heating voltage to the heating member in conjunction with a change of the current from the first value to the second value. | 01-28-2016 |
20160026110 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a transfer device, a first charging device, a static elimination device, a second charging device, a light exposure device, and a development device. The transfer device transfers a developer image of a first polarity onto a recording medium from the image bearing member by receiving a transfer bias of a second polarity. The first charging device charges a region of the image bearing member that has undergone transfer to the first polarity by receiving a first charging bias of the first polarity. An absolute value of the first charging bias is greater during charging of a first region of the image bearing member than during charging of a second region of the image bearing member. The first region includes a trailing end contact section. The second region does not include the trailing end contact section or a leading end contact section. | 01-28-2016 |
20160021276 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD THAT REDUCES RESTRICTION OF FUNCTION EVEN IN CASE WHERE FAILURE HAPPENS IN STORAGE DEVICE - Provided is an image forming apparatus that enables use in a state even in a case where failure happens in a first storage device. The first storage device has a plurality of partitions that store data for each various function in connection with image formation. A second storage device stores an application program for executing the various function in about image formation. The second storage device has the same partition as the partition of the first storage device. A control part performs mounting process for each partition of the first storage device at the time of a start process. Next, the control part reads the application program in the second storage device. Also, control part performs mounting process for the same partition of the second storage device as the failed partition when the mounting process either of partitions fails. | 01-21-2016 |
20160021265 | TOUCH PANEL APPARATUS AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - A mode of a touch panel ( | 01-21-2016 |
20160018770 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a rotating member, a bearing and a holding member. The rotating member is configured to fix a toner image on a recording medium. The bearing is configured to support the rotating member so that the rotating member is rotatable around a rotation axis. The holding member is configured to hold the bearing. The holding member has a restricting part configured to face an outside face in the rotation axis direction of the bearing at an interval. | 01-21-2016 |
20160018761 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a developer container, a developer bearing member, and a plurality of stirring conveyance members. The developer container includes a plurality of developer conveyance paths and communication sections. At least one of the stirring conveyance members includes a conveyance fin configured to convey the developer toward one of the communication portions. The conveyance fin protrudes from a portion of the stirring conveyance member, the portion being located at a downstream end of the developer conveyance path in terms of a developer conveyance direction in the developer conveyance path. The conveyance fin is inclined at a specified angle to a direction of a rotational shaft of the at least one of the stirring conveyance members so that the developer being conveyed is turned by the conveyance fin in a direction at an acute angle to the developer conveyance direction in the developer conveyance path. | 01-21-2016 |
20160018760 | DEVELOPING DEVICE INCLUDING A DEVELOPER FEEDING MEMBER HAVING A ROTARY SHAFT, A FIRST TRANSPORT BLADE FOR STIRRING AND TRANSPORTING DEVELOPER, A BLOCKING PORTION FOR BLOCKING THE DEVELOPER, A PADDLE EXTENDING PARALLEL TO THE ROTARY SHAFT, AND A SECOND TRANSPORT BLADE FOR TRANSPORTING THE DEVELOPER IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO THE FIRST TRANSPORT BLADE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREWITH - A developing device includes first and second stirring/transporting members, a developer feeding member, and a developer container that accommodates those components. The first and second stirring/transporting members stir and transport developer. The developer feeding member feeds developer to the first stirring/transporting member. In the developer container, a feeding port through which developer is fed from the developer feeding member to the first stirring/transporting member is formed. The developer feeding member includes a rotary shaft, a first transport blade which stirs and transports developer, a blocking portion which protrudes substantially perpendicularly to the rotary shaft and blocks the developer transported by the first transport blade in a first direction, and a paddle which feeds the developer from a developer supply passage to a first transport chamber. | 01-21-2016 |
20160017975 | DRIVE TRANSMISSION MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH THE SAME - A drive-side coupling part of a drive transmission mechanism includes: a base including a first opposed surface facing a driven-side coupling part of the drive transmission mechanism in an attached state; a semispherical projection from the first opposed surface at a rotational center of the drive-side coupling part; and a cylindrical projection including an arcuate first projection centered on the rotational center, an arcuate second projection having a shorter inside diameter than the first projection, and a stepped portion between the first and second projections. The driven-side coupling part includes: a base including a second opposed surface facing the drive-side coupling part in the attached state; a columnar projection from the second opposed surface at a rotational center of the driven-side coupling part; a radially-extended peripheral projection on a periphery of the columnar projection; and a recess depressed from a top surface of the columnar projection at the rotational center. | 01-21-2016 |
20160016417 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS THAT ENSURES ACCURATE POSITION DETECTION OF WIDTHWISE END PORTION OF RECORDING MEDIUM - An ink-jet recording apparatus includes a belt conveying unit, a recording unit, an end-portion position detection sensor, a background member, and a rotary driving unit. The end-portion position detection sensor is arranged in an upstream of the belt conveying unit in a recording medium conveyance direction, and uses a reflected light to detect a position of an end portion of the recording medium in a recording medium width direction intersecting with the recording medium conveyance direction. The background member is arranged facing a detection surface of the end-portion position detection sensor. The background member is rotatable around a shaft extending along the recording medium width direction. The background member has an outer peripheral surface at least in a region facing the detection surface of the end-portion position detection sensor. The outer peripheral surface has two or more regions having mutually different colors circumferentially dividing the outer peripheral surface. | 01-21-2016 |
20160002001 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet post-processing device includes a tray, an evacuating member, a regulating member mounted on the tray, and a feed mechanism. The tray can receive sheets thereon. The evacuating member temporarily evacuates, from a conveyance path, sheets being conveyed, stacks the evacuated sheets into a pile, and conveys the pile of sheets onto the tray through the conveyance path. The feed mechanism includes a spongy elastic member and moves the pile of sheets along the tray toward the regulating member. When stacking three or more sheets into a pile, the evacuating member performs the stacking such that, in the pile conveyed to the tray, an edge of each intermediate sheet protrudes toward the regulating member beyond an edge of an uppermost sheet and an edge of a lowermost sheet. | 01-07-2016 |
20150381855 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND FACSIMILE MACHINE - An image processing device reduces an image in a sub-scanning direction at a reduction factor of 1/2 | 12-31-2015 |
20150381854 | DOCUMENT READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A document reading device includes: a document feed section; a contact glass plate on which an original document is fed from the document feed section; a white color reference member beside a front surface of the contact glass plate; a first reading unit beside a back surface of the contact glass plate, configured to read the original document on the front surface of the contact glass plate or the white color reference member; and a positioning member configured to position the white color reference member to be read selectively between a first reading position being the same position as the original document in contact with the front surface of the contact glass plate and a second reading position away from the front surface of the contact glass plate by a document passage clearance allowing the original document to pass between the contact glass plate and the white color reference member. | 12-31-2015 |
20150381851 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a punch hole detection section, a position calculating section, an image adding section, and an image forming section. The punch hole detection section analyzes image data of a scan image obtained through scanning of an original document to detect two punch hole images. The position calculating section calculates a midpoint between the two punch hole images in the scan image when the two punch hole images are detected. The image adding section adds image data of a midpoint indicating image to the image data of the scan image so that the midpoint indicating image is added to the scan image at a position corresponding to the midpoint. The image forming section performs image formation on a sheet based on the image data of the scan image to which the image data of the midpoint indicating image has been added. | 12-31-2015 |
20150381838 | IMAGE READING DEVICE - An image reading device includes a document conveyance section, a reading section, a determination section, an operation control section, a reading instruction request section, and a reading instruction reception section. The determination section determines whether a document sheet is an identifier sheet indicating identification information for identifying an information processing device that is a communication target. The reading instruction request section communicates with the information processing device identified by the identification information, thereby requesting the information processing device for an instruction pertaining to document reading. Upon the reading instruction reception section receiving the instruction, the operation control section causes the reading section to perform document reading in accordance with a reading setting indicated by the instruction in order to generate image data for document sheets from a document sheet directly after the identifier sheet through to a document sheet directly prior to a next identifier sheet. | 12-31-2015 |
20150379385 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a situation in which an error detecting section detects occurrence of consumable exhaustion during execution of a print job involving multi-page printing and the consumable exhaustion is resolved, a job managing section specifies a user who has resolved the consumable exhaustion. Upon determining that a print job of the specified user is to be executed using a consumable of the same type as the consumable of which exhaustion has occurred, the job managing section inserts the print job of the specified user at an error pause point to cause the printer to perform printing of the print job of the specified user directly after resolution of the consumable exhaustion. | 12-31-2015 |
20150379340 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - A binarizing section generates binary image data representing a binary image from raster image data representing a raster image. A white-pixel ratio determining section determines, based on the binary image data, a white pixel ratio for each line of the binary image and a position of each of lines having a white pixel ratio equal to or greater than a predetermined first threshold among the lines of the binary image, and also determines a white pixel ratio for an entirety of the binary image. An image-type determining section determines that the raster image is a photographic image when the white pixel ratio of the entirety of the binary image is equal to or less than a predetermined second threshold, and that the raster image includes a text image when the lines having a white pixel ratio equal to or greater than the first threshold appear cyclically in the binary image. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378647 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD SUITABLE FOR CHANGING BETWEEN THE NORMAL MODE AND SLEEP MODE - Provided is an image forming apparatus that is coping with the response and the energy-saving effect. The image forming apparatus has a host system and a proxy response system. The host system transmits response data for information request data in a normal mode. The proxy response system transmits the response data for the information request data in a sleep mode. The memory part of the proxy response system memorizes information of the response data from the host system, and sleep mode transit time. The sleep control part makes the host system shift from the normal mode to the sleep mode based on the sleep mode transit time. The sleep control part changes the sleep mode transit time according to quantity of the information of the response data memorized in the memory part. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378291 | INDUCTION HEATING UNIT AND FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THIS - A induction heating unit is configured to inductively heat a heating member being rotated in a predetermined rotating direction by magnetic flux. The induction heating unit includes a housing, a magnetic flux generating source, a core member and a securing member. The magnetic flux generating source is fixed to the housing so as to extend in a sheet width direction intersecting the rotating direction and is configured to generate the magnetic flux. The core member is made of magnetic material, is secured to the housing and is configured so as to make a magnetic path through which the magnetic flux passes. The securing member is made of thermal contraction material and is contracted by being heated at predetermined temperature to secure the core member to the housing. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378286 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The fixing device includes a fixing member heated from inside; and a pressing member forming a fixing nip with the fixing member. A toner image transferred on a sheet is heated and pressed so as to be fixed on the sheet at the fixing nip through which the sheet is nipped and conveyed. The fixing member includes, on an inner circumferential surface thereof, a heat absorbing layer containing heat-conductive fillers oriented in a direction intersecting with a conveying direction of the sheet. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378285 | TRANSFERRING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transferring device includes a conveying belt, a transferring roller, a stretching roller and a guide member. The conveying belt comes into contact with an image carrier carrying a toner image and conveys a sheet via a contact position to the image carrier. The transferring roller takes applying of voltage with a reversed polarity to a charged polarity of the toner forming the toner image and transfers the toner image carried on the image carrier onto the sheet at the contact position. The stretching roller stretches the conveying belt at a downstream side from the contact position in a conveying direction of the conveying belt and at a separation position of the sheet separated from the conveying belt. The guide member is arranged at a position facing to the sheet conveyed from the stretching roller to a fixing device to take applying of the voltage with the reversed polarity. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378269 | HYDRAZONE DERIVATIVE OF TRIPHENYLAMINE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER - A hydrazone derivative of triphenylamine is represented by general formula (1). | 12-31-2015 |
20150378268 | TRIARYLAMINE DERIVATIVE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER - A triarylamine derivative is represented by general formula (I). In general formula (I), R | 12-31-2015 |
20150377944 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PREVENTING ERRONEOUS DETECTION OF SENSOR OUTPUT DUE TO AC LINE NOISE AND ERRONEOUS DETECTION PREVENTION METHOD - Provided is an electronic apparatus that can prevent erroneous detection of a sensor output due to an AC line noise. A power supply circuit includes a noise filter, input rectifying smoothing circuit, converter circuit, and output smoothing circuit. The input rectifying smoothing circuit rectifies an input AC voltage passed through the noise filter to a pulsating flow and then smooth it. The converter circuit converts a DC voltage rectified and smoothed into a desired output voltage. The output smoothing circuit smoothes the convert output voltage to supply it to a control part. The noise determination part detects a noise that could not have been removed by the noise filter, as an AC line noise. The control part invalidates a detection signal outputted from the sensor for a previously set invalid period from the moment the AC line noise has been detected. | 12-31-2015 |
20150375956 | SHEET EJECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet ejecting device includes a sheet conveyance path, an exit port, at least one ejection roller pair, and a sheet detection portion. The sheet detection portion detects a sheet being ejected. The sheet detection portion includes an actuator and a sensor. The actuator moves by contact with a sheet passing along the sheet conveyance path. The sensor detects the actuator. The actuator moves between a detectable position where the actuator is detectable by the sensor and an undetectable position where the actuator is not detectable by the sensor. The actuator has a sheet guide portion. The sheet guide portion extends along a sheet conveyance direction. The sheet guide portion moves, in a direction transverse to the sheet conveyance direction such that the actuator moves to the detectable position, by contact with the sheet passing along the sheet conveyance path and guides the sheet in the sheet conveyance direction. | 12-31-2015 |
20150375950 | SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feeder includes a tray configured to load a sheet to be fed thereon. The tray has a tray upper face and a pair of cursors. The tray upper face has a recessed portion, a guide plate and a feeding route. The recessed portion extends along the width direction on an upstream side from the pair of cursors in the feeding direction. The guide plate is configured to cover an upper side of the recessed portion. The feeding route is formed between the recessed portion and the guide plate and extending from an inlet port positioned on an upstream side to an outlet port positioned on a downstream side along the feeding direction. The sheet in a state of being passed through the feeding route is aligned with the pair of cursors on the tray upper face and then fed. | 12-31-2015 |
20150375533 | CONVEYOR DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A conveyor device includes a conveyor belt and a suction section. The conveyor belt conveys a recording medium. The suction section sucks on the recording medium via the conveyor belt. The suction section includes a guide member that supports the recording medium via the conveyor belt. The guide member has a plurality of grooves including at least one pair of grooves that are adjacent in a conveyance direction of the recording medium. Each of the grooves in the pair has an end adjacent to an end of the other groove in the pair. The adjacent ends of the respective grooves in the pair each have a portion overlapping with a portion of the adjacent end of the other groove in the pair (groove overlapping region) in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction. | 12-31-2015 |
20150375513 | INK CONTAINER AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An ink container includes an ink pack and a housing. The ink pack includes an ink containing section made from a flexible film and containing an ink therein, an ink supply port in communication with the ink containing section, and an engaging counterpart portion. The housing houses the ink pack. The housing includes a fitting portion that fits to the ink supply port of the ink pack and an engaging portion that engages with the engaging counterpart portion of the ink pack, and holds the ink pack in an ink filled state at a predetermined position in the housing through the fitting portion and the engaging portion. The engaging counterpart portion is slidable relative to the engaging portion according to lengthening of the ink pack accompanying consumption of the ink. | 12-31-2015 |
20150375496 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING CAPABILITY OF PRINTING WRAPPING PAPER FOR PACKAGING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME CAPABILITY - Provided is an image forming apparatus that can easily print a wrapping paper for packaging a three-dimensional object. An image reading part acquires an image of an object matter placed on a document table. A dimension acquisition part acquires dimensions of the three-dimensional object on the basis of an image of one face of the three-dimensional object, and an image of another face, crossing the one face of the three-dimensional object, the images having been acquired by the image reading part. A paper selection part selects a paper capable of packaging the three-dimensional object on the basis of the dimensions of the three-dimensional object that have been acquired by the dimension acquisition part. An image forming part outputs a wrapping paper that has been printed with an image on the paper selected by the paper selection part. | 12-31-2015 |
20150373223 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THAT EXECUTE APPLICATION - Provided is the image forming apparatus, image formation method, and recording medium, which make unnecessary a change of the function in the side of a whole apparatus control platform, when the addition (extension) of the function of application is needed. Image processing service I/F, device operation service I/F, and network communication service I/F of a platform service I/F part are independent, without cooperating, respectively. Then, image processing service, device operation service, and network communication service of each part controlling service are called. That is calling a control service providing part of each part controlling service corresponding to the request from the standard application, directly, by each control service call part. | 12-24-2015 |
20150370207 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF WARNING LIFE OF CHARGING ROLLER IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a charging roller, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a sampling part, a life consumption degree calculating part and a warning processing part. The sampling part executes temperature/humidity inputting process inputting temperature of the temperature sensor and humidity of the humidity sensor. The life consumption degree calculating part calculates a life consumption degree of the charging roller from a last time to a present time in the temperature/humidity inputting process by applying respective representative values of last and present inputted temperature and humidity into a model formula. The warning processing part outputs a warning when an addition value of the life consumption degrees exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The life consumption degree calculating part uses the model formula deriving larger life consumption degree in a case where the representative value of the temperature and the representative value of the humidity are respectively larger. | 12-24-2015 |
20150370201 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressuring member, a heat insulating member and a coil spring. The fixing member is arranged rotatably. The pressuring member is arranged rotatably and configured to come into pressure contact with the fixing member so as to form a fixing nip. The heat insulating member is configured to cover an outer circumference of at least one of the fixing member and the pressuring member and to curve in an arc shape. The coil spring is electrically grounded and configured to come into contact with an outer circumference face of the heat insulating member so as to curve in an arc shape. | 12-24-2015 |
20150363679 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREON - An information processing apparatus includes: an image data acquisition section configured to acquire image data; an output target image specifying section configured to specify, from the image data, an output target image to be output; an image size calculating section configured to calculate an image size of the output target image based on a magnitude of a region where the output target image exists in the acquired image data; an actual size acquisition section configured to acquire, from the acquired image data, actual size information indicating an actual size of the output target image; a ratio calculating section configured to calculate a ratio of the calculated image size to the actual size indicated by the actual size information; an image processing section configured to enlarge or reduce the output target image according to the calculated ratio; and an output section configured to output the enlarged or reduced output target image. | 12-17-2015 |
20150362889 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier unit, a developing device, a unit support frame, a retainer, and a developing device moving mechanism. The retainer swings in a first direction, in which the image carrier unit and the developing device are mounted in the unit support frame, to perform positioning of an image carrier, and swings in a second direction, in which the image carrier unit and the developing device are drawn out from a main body of the image forming apparatus, to unlock a positioned state of the image carrier. The developing device moving mechanism associates with the swing of the retainer in the first direction to dispose the developing device at a developing position, and associates with the swing of the retainer in the second direction to dispose the developing device at a separation position. | 12-17-2015 |
20150362875 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing part, a first conveying part, a second conveying part, a biasing member and a separation supporting mechanism. The first conveying part following the fixing part includes rollers to convey a sheet at second linear velocity faster than first linear velocity of the fixing part. The second conveying part following the first conveying part conveys the sheet at third linear velocity faster than the first linear velocity near a heating rotation body of the fixing part from a first reference line passing through nip parts of the fixing part and first conveying part. The separation supporting mechanism supports one roller in a direction separating from another roller and receives force from the sheet in the separating direction to the one roller when the second conveying part conveys the sheet to withdraw the one roller in the separating direction from the first reference line. | 12-17-2015 |
20150355583 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A fixing device includes a heated roller member, a pressure member, a separation member, and a discharge state switching mechanism. The heated roller member is heated by heating means. The pressure member contacts with the heated roller member so as to form a fixing nip portion. The separation member is conductive and disposed with a predetermined gap to a surface of the heated roller member, so as to separate a recording medium after passing through the fixing nip portion from the heated roller member. The discharge state switching mechanism switches between a discharge permissive condition that permits discharge from the heated roller member to the separation member and a discharge restricted condition that restricts the discharge from the heated roller member to the separation member. | 12-10-2015 |
20150353309 | DOCUMENT FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A document feeder includes a lift plate, a storage section, and an operation display section. The lift plate lifts a document sheaf up to a feed position. The storage section stores a first travel amount. The first travel amount is a travel amount of the lift plate necessary for the lift plate to cause the document sheaf to arrive at the feed position in a situation in which the document sheaf has a maximum permitted thickness. When a second travel amount is less than the first travel amount, the operation display section informs that the number of the document sheets in the document sheaf exceeds a maximum sheet number. The second travel amount is a travel amount of the lift plate taken to cause the topmost part of the document sheaf to arrive at the feed position. | 12-10-2015 |
20150353302 | SHEET FEED CASSETTE, SHEET FEEDER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feed cassette includes a cassette main body, a sheet loading plate, a regulating member, and an auxiliary member. The sheet loading plate has a support surface and an opening. The support surface supports a sheet sheaf of one or more sheets. The regulating member is slidable within the opening in a sheet width direction perpendicular to a sheet feed direction. The regulating member regulates the sheet sheaf by coming into contact with an edge of the sheaf. The auxiliary member is supported by the sheet loading plate. The auxiliary member is in contact with the regulating member. The auxiliary member is turnable in parallel to the support surface in accompaniment to sliding of the regulating member. The auxiliary member supports a part of the sheet sheaf located over the opening. | 12-10-2015 |
20150350473 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT EXECUTES APPLICATION, IMAGE FORMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus is provided with a control circuit. The apparatus control platform where the control circuit manages the hardware resources on an operating system. The standard-application executing part executes the standard application using the managed hardware resources. The extended application platform makes the function of the standard application executed use, and makes the hardware resources use, and it has a standard application service interface part that provides the common interface corresponding to the function of the standard application as an interface for using the function of the standard application. The standard function service searches presence or absence of the standard application, and when the standard application does not present, cancels use of the standard function service from the extended application. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350472 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM THAT ALLOW APPLICATION TO RUN - Provided is an image forming device includes a control circuit having (1) a device control platform managing a hardware resource on an operating system, (2) a standard application execution part executing a standard application utilizing the hardware resource under the control of the device control platform, (3) an extended application platform with a standard function service that allows for a utilization of a function of the standard application executed by the standard application execution part, and (4) an install service adding, without having to change a configuration of a standard firmware, an interface in order to cope with a function that is not available and allowing for utilization thereof. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350269 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - To provide an information processing device that facilitates an audience to transmit information thereto. This information processing device is configured to include a memory part having an audience area and to be connected with first (presenter side) and second (audience side) terminals. The audience area records a various kinds of information including a presentation material of plural page numbers. The device operates to (1) read out only a character string added with a page number selected by the second terminal from the memory part and causes the second terminal to output the resulting string, (2) record additionally an information combination on an audience writing area which is formed of a character string entered from the second terminal, the selected page number, and a terminal ID, and (3) cause the first terminal to read out the information combination added with the selected page number and to output the resulting information combination. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347834 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to a processing period for OCR processing of image data for character recognition for a given page, the image processing section determines whether or not to generate image data for character recognition for a next page subsequent to the given page in accordance with an image quality setting different from that set for the given page. Upon determining generation in accordance with an image quality setting different from that set for the given page, the image processing section determines the image quality setting for the next page based on document type and size of the given page of the original document. The image processing section generates image data for character recognition for the next page in accordance with the determined image quality setting. | 12-03-2015 |
20150346675 | IMAGE CARRIER UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - An image carrier unit includes: an image carrier; a cleaning roller collecting a residual toner remaining on a circumferential surface of the image carrier; a conveyance member receiving the residual toner and conveying the residual toner towards a one-end part side in a rotation-axis direction of the cleaning roller; and an operating mechanism making the cleaning roller perform thrust operation in the rotation-axis direction. The cleaning roller is obtained by spirally winding, around a roller circumferential surface a plurality of times, a base cloth of a long shape in which a plurality of brush bristles are implanted, and a plurality of wound areas formed on the roller circumferential surface by the winding have a downstream side of the roller circumferential surface in a side view from a direction orthogonal to a rotating shaft is directed towards the one-end part side in the rotation-axis direction. | 12-03-2015 |
20150346668 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a discharge tray; a printing unit; a stacking controlling unit that determines a front side value related to toner amount on a front side of a sheet and a back side value related to toner amount on a back side, determines an absolute value of difference between the front side value and the back side value for each sheet, determines a correction value of each sheet based on the absolute value and correction value data, adds the correction value to a predetermined value for determining a corrected count value of each sheet, integrates the corrected count value, and detects full of the discharge tray when the integrated value reaches a predetermined upper limit value; and a storage unit for storing the correction value data in which the correction value is determined corresponding to the absolute value. | 12-03-2015 |
20150346667 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD HAVING TONER SAVING MODE - Provided is an image forming apparatus that can fully reduce toner consumption. The image forming apparatus includes a memory part and a toner saving processing part. The memory part memorizes a toner saving table having a toner saving mode, a toner remaining threshold, a printing permission language, a language changing permission, and a changed classification. The toner saving processing part selects, when a specific fixed form document is printed according to a setup of the toner saving table memorized in the memory part, a language allowable to print with a least dot number for a specific fixed form document from a plurality of set languages. The toner saving processing part has a first saving mode that selects the language for each page when remaining toner amount is within a first range. | 12-03-2015 |
20150346666 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an operation panel including a display section that displays buttons, a touch panel section, and piezoelectric elements. The image forming apparatus also includes a vibration control section and a determination section. The vibration control section outputs a drive signal to the piezoelectric elements that causes vibration of the piezoelectric elements and the touch panel section. The determination section determines for each maintenance target whether the maintenance target is an inspection target that preferably undergoes maintenance within a preset period of a current time. Upon operation of a button while no inspection target is present, the vibration control section causes the touch panel and the piezoelectric elements to vibrate under a normal vibration condition. Upon operation of a preset button while an inspection target is present, the vibration control section causes vibration of the touch panel section and the piezoelectric elements under a different vibration condition. | 12-03-2015 |
20150346665 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus includes a zero cross signal generator, a lower limit detector for detecting whether or not an absolute value of a peak voltage of an AC voltage is a lower limit value or lower, a determining unit to control a first up/down counter to increment by one when the absolute value of the peak voltage of the AC voltage is the lower limit value or lower in a half period and to decrement by one when the absolute value has not become the lower limit value or lower, and to determine that a to-be-recorded deviation for which information is recorded has occurred when a value of the first up/down counter becomes a predetermined lower limit reference value or higher, and a storage unit for storing deviation information indicating the deviation in a nonvolatile manner when the to-be-recorded deviation has occurred. | 12-03-2015 |