An inkjet recording apparatus (1) includes a recording head (21) which ejects a liquid; a bubble countermeasure means for executing a bubble countermeasure treatment determined as a countermeasure against bubbles generated in the liquid; a bubble generation amount calculation means for calculating an amount of bubbles generated from the liquid; and a control device (38) which strengthens the bubble countermeasure treatment when the amount of bubble generation calculated by the bubble generation amount calculation means is larger than a predetermined amount.
B41J 2/19 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre caractérisés par la manipulation de l'encre pour éliminer les bulles d'air
B41J 2/17 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre caractérisés par la manipulation de l'encre
B41J 2/195 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre caractérisés par la manipulation de l'encre pour contrôler la qualité de l'encre
A first reference portion includes a lower surface of a first color. A second reference portion, adjacent to the first portion in a first direction, includes a lower surface of a second color. An end reference portion, arranged in an end portion of a movable region for a scanning unit, is adjacent to the first portion in a second direction. The end reference portion includes a lower surface of specific colors aligned in a primary scanning direction. One of the specific colors is a third color. A data processing section determines a color for reference pixel data included in line image data and corresponding to a reference region. A driving apparatus positions the scanning unit at a home position, by successively selecting from a plurality of trial drive operations according to the determined color, and the scanning unit is moved a different distance or direction in each trial operation.
A tenant management system includes an image processing system that executes save processing which is a process of saving image data or text data received from outside in a storage service or a database service, by Web servers different for respective save processing; and a cloud controller that executes scale-out processing, scale-in processing or time-out processing, which is a process of performing scale-out, scale-in or time-out of the image processing system as necessary. The cloud controller executes the scale-out processing before execution of the save processing by the image processing system for respective save processing, executes the scale-in processing periodically, or executes the time-out processing which is a process of stopping a Web server when an elapsed time since a start time of the save processing being executed by the Web server is not shorter than a time-out period set as a time for the time-out of the save processing.
In an image forming apparatus, a light source emits light having a first spectrum (blue light) and light having a second spectrum, and a control device determines, as a ratio between an amount of reflected light of the blue light from a calibration original document prepared for calibrating the light having the second spectrum and a calibration reference value as a reference of the amount of reflected light, a correction value for calibration of an amount of the light having the blue light, and corrects the correction value by multiplying the calibration reference value by a sum of: a value of a Z reference value, i.e., a reference of a Z value in an XYZ color system based on the amount of reflected light of the blue light, divided by the Z value; and a weight according to a value of the Z value subtracted from the Z reference value.
A degassing device (40) includes a liquid tank (32) which stores the liquid; a pressure reducing device (62) which reduces pressure in the liquid tank (32); a circulation flow path (47) which connects different positions of the liquid tank (32); and a circulation device (67) which circulates the liquid through the circulation flow path (47). When air dissolved in the liquid in the liquid tank (32) is removed, the degassing device (40) is switchable into a first degassing operation in which while the circulation device (67) circulates the liquid through the circulation flow path (47), the pressure reducing device (62) reduces the pressure in the liquid tank (32), and into a second operation in which the circulation device (67) stops the circulation of the liquid through the circulation flow path (47) and the pressure reducing device (62) reduces the pressure in the liquid tank (32).
B41J 2/19 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre caractérisés par la manipulation de l'encre pour éliminer les bulles d'air
An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a cover, a driving source, a joint, a driving lever, a sensor, a cleaning assembly, and an interlocking mechanism. The joint is movable between a coupling position of a driving member and a driving source and a decoupling position between the driving member and the driving source. The driving lever moves in one direction and the opposite direction to move the joint to the coupling position and the decoupling position. The interlocking mechanism causes the cleaning assembly to clean a detection surface of the sensor and moves the driving lever from the coupling position to the decoupling position in accordance with an opening operation of the cover, and causes the cleaning assembly to clean the detection surface of the sensor and moves the driving lever from the decoupling position to the coupling position in accordance with a closing operation of the cover.
G03G 21/16 - Moyens mécaniques facilitant la maintenance de l'appareil, p. ex. structures modulaires
G03G 15/00 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge
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A toner storage container includes a container body and a cap member. The cap member includes a hook portion that takes a restricting posture or a non-restricting posture. The hook portion has a base part and an arm part. The arm part extends in a straight line along the axial direction from the base part, has a tip facing the protruding part along the axial direction in the restricting posture, and elastically deforms such that, in the non-restricting posture, the tip is retracted radially outward so as not to face the protruding part along the axial direction. The hook portion has an operation hole formed in it extending radially inward from its radially outer face.
G03G 15/08 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour développer en utilisant un développateur solide, p. ex. développateur en poudre
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT PRINTS IMAGE BY ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY
A controller causes laser diodes adjacent to each other to form detection patches on a sheet, each including a plurality dot patterns of a same shape, arranged in a main scanning direction and a sub scanning direction at predetermined intervals, with respect to each of the dot patterns, acquires the density of the detection patches, among which the dot pattern is different, from a density detection device, calculates a beam pitch shift amount using the density of each of the detection patches, and adjusts light emission timing of the light beam emitted from a laser diode, using the beam pitch shift amount calculated. A light amount of the light beam emitted from the laser diode to form the dot pattern is set to a predetermined light amount for adjustment, smaller than a normal light amount to form a normal electrostatic latent image.
G03G 15/043 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour exposer, c.-à-d. pour projeter optiquement l'image originale sur un matériau d'enregistrement photoconducteur avec des moyens de commande de l'éclairage ou de l'exposition
G03G 15/00 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge
G03G 15/04 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour exposer, c.-à-d. pour projeter optiquement l'image originale sur un matériau d'enregistrement photoconducteur
An inkjet ink includes: a pigment; a cyclohexylmethacrylate/methacrylic acid block copolymer; styrene acrylic particles having an average particle diameter of 50 nm or more and 100 nm or less; and water. A weight ratio of the cyclohexylmethacrylate/methacrylic acid block copolymer to the pigment is 0.05 or more and 0.1 or less. In the inkjet ink, a content of the styrene acrylic particles is 0.5 mass % or more and 1.5 mass % or less.
A toner conveying device incudes a vertical conveying portion, a horizontal conveying portion, a conveying member, and a loosening member. The vertical conveying portion conveys toner, or developer containing toner, by letting it fall vertically. The horizontal conveying portion is coupled to a lower end part of the vertical conveying portion and conveys, with a conveying member, the toner or developer horizontally. The loosening member has a wound spring portion and a weight fixed to a lower end part of the wound spring portion. In the wound spring portion, a press-in portion in a hollow cylindrical shape is formed in which turns of the metal wire material are put in close contact together. The weight has an inserted portion press-fitted in the press-in portion and a projecting portion rising from an outer circumferential edge of an upper end part of the inserted portion so as to taper off upward.
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G03G 15/01 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour reproduire des copies multicolores
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SHEET POSTPROCESSING APPARATUS THAT PROCESSES PLURALITY OF SHEETS PLACED ON PROCESSING TRAY, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM
A sheet postprocessing apparatus restricts, when a plurality of sheets are placed on a processing tray, and a next sheet is switched back by a switchback roller, restricts a pair of cursors from moving, during a period from start of the switchback transport of the next sheet by the switchback roller, to a time that the sheet conducted toward the siding path reaches a prespecified position where the sheet is kept from interfering with the pair of cursors.
The sheet postprocessing device includes a stacking tray, a conveyance unit, a discharge tray, and an air blower. The discharge tray is placed on a downstream side of the stacking tray in a sheet conveyance direction, permitting sheets to be discharged thereon. The air blower blows an air flow, toward the downstream side in the sheet conveyance direction, to between a lower surface of the sheet conveyed from the conveyance unit to the stacking tray and a sheet laying surface of the stacking tray or an upper surface of the sheet stacked on the stacking tray.
B65H 29/24 - Délivrance ou progression des articles à la sortie des machinesProgression des articles vers ou dans les piles par appareil à jet d'air ou aspirant
A document conveying device includes a pair of conveying guides, a reading section, a pair of first conveying rollers, a pair of second conveying rollers, and a first contact member. The conveying guides face to both surfaces of a document conveyed in a predetermined conveyance direction. The reading section is provided on the one conveying guide for reading an image from the document. The first conveying rollers is provided at an upstream side of the reading section in the conveyance direction for holding and conveying the document. The second conveying rollers is provided at a downstream side of the reading section in the conveyance direction for holding and conveying the document. The first contact member is provided on the other conveying guide between the reading section and the second conveying rollers and have a distal end part protruding toward the one conveying guide in contact with the document.
H04N 1/00 - Balayage, transmission ou reproduction de documents ou similaires, p. ex. transmission de fac-similésLeurs détails
G03G 15/22 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge impliquant la combinaison de plus d'une phase de traitement comprise dans les groupes
H04N 1/10 - Dispositions de balayage employant des supports d'images plans
A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a nip forming member, a sliding member, and a pressing member. The nip forming member is disposed radially inward of the fixing belt and has an opposing face that faces the inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt at the fixing nip portion and a non-opposing face that does not face the inner circumferential surface. The sliding member is sheet-form and is disposed between the inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt and the opposing face of the nip forming member such that the inner circumferential surface of the rotating fixing belt makes contact with, while sliding across, the sliding member. The sliding member is formed integrally with the non-opposing face of the nip forming member.
A printing system includes a printing device having one or more paper trays. A print job is received for the printing device having at least one attribute. A digital front end (DFE) of the printing device parses a print ticket for the print job to determine the attribute. One or more media definitions for papers within the printing system are determined based on the attribute. The media definitions are compared to a paper catalog for the printing device. A list of papers is generated from the paper catalog that supports the media definitions. The DFE determines whether a paper of the list of papers is assigned to a paper tray. The print job is matched to the paper tray and the paper related to the media definitions. The print job is processed using the paper in the paper tray.
An inkjet ink includes: a pigment; a cyclohexylmethacrylate/methacrylic acid block copolymer having an acid value of 200 mg KOH/g or more and 240 mg KOH/g or less; and water. A weight ratio of the cyclohexylmethacrylate/methacrylic acid block copolymer to the pigment is 0.05 or more and 0.1 or less. The inkjet ink has surface tension of 28 mN/m or more and 30 mN/m or less.
A fixing device includes a fixing support member supporting rotatably a pressuring roller, a fixing-side joint member supported rotatably and slidably in an axial direction on the fixing support member to transmits rotational force to the pressuring roller, and a lever member supported rotatably on the fixing-side joint member and slidably in the axial direction integrally with the fixing-side joint member. When the lever member rotates from one-side to other-side while contacting the inclined surface portion of the fixing support member, the fixing-side joint member is axially slidden from the inside to the outside and is positioned at a connected position to a main body-side joint member. When the lever member rotates from other-side of one-side while contacting the inclined surface portion, the fixing-side joint member is axially slidden from the outside to the inside and is positioned at a separated position to the main body-side joint member.
A printing system includes a printing device having one or more paper trays. A print job is received for the printing device having at least one attribute. A digital front end (DFE) of the printing device parses a print ticket for the print job to determine the attribute. One or more media definitions for papers within the printing system are determined based on the attribute. The media definitions are compared to a paper catalog for the printing device. A list of papers is generated from the paper catalog that supports the media definitions. The DFE determines whether a paper of the list of papers is assigned to a paper tray. The print job is matched to the paper tray and the paper related to the media definitions. The print job is processed using the paper in the paper tray.
The present invention aims at avoiding a situation where convenience of a user is impaired while securing an effect of power-saving control. When a plurality of target devices are in a normal state, a control portion (51) causes an organic electro-luminescence display panel (3b) to display a first menu screen that includes a first background image in a color other than black and a plurality of first icon images provided on the first background image (S102). Further, when the plurality of target devices are shifted from the normal state to a pause state, the control portion (51) causes the organic electro-luminescence display panel (3b) to display a second menu screen that includes a second background image in black and a plurality of second icon images provided on the second background image (S110).
H04N 1/00 - Balayage, transmission ou reproduction de documents ou similaires, p. ex. transmission de fac-similésLeurs détails
G06F 3/04817 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] fondées sur des propriétés spécifiques de l’objet d’interaction affiché ou sur un environnement basé sur les métaphores, p. ex. interaction avec des éléments du bureau telles les fenêtres ou les icônes, ou avec l’aide d’un curseur changeant de comportement ou d’aspect utilisant des icônes
G06F 3/0482 - Interaction avec des listes d’éléments sélectionnables, p. ex. des menus
G09G 3/3208 - Dispositions ou circuits de commande présentant un intérêt uniquement pour l'affichage utilisant des moyens de visualisation autres que les tubes à rayons cathodiques pour la présentation d'un ensemble de plusieurs caractères, p. ex. d'une page, en composant l'ensemble par combinaison d'éléments individuels disposés en matrice utilisant des sources lumineuses commandées utilisant des panneaux électroluminescents semi-conducteurs, p. ex. utilisant des diodes électroluminescentes [LED] organiques, p. ex. utilisant des diodes électroluminescentes organiques [OLED]
A document conveying device includes a document feed tray, a pickup roller, a conveying guide and a projection portion. On the document feed tray, a document is stacked. The pickup roller picks up the document stacked on the document feed tray in a predetermined conveyance direction. The conveying guide is provided at a downstream side of the pickup roller in the conveyance direction and faces to a recording surface of the document. The projection portion has a shape projected from the conveying guide and contacts a part of the recording surface of the small-sized document including both ends of a width direction intersecting the conveyance direction.
B65H 5/38 - Guides ou lissoirs pour articles, p. ex. mobiles pendant le travail fixes pendant le travail
B65H 1/04 - Supports ou magasins pour les piles dans lesquelles on prélève des articles adaptés pour supporter les articles en position sensiblement horizontale, p. ex. pour les enlever en partant du haut de la pile
B65H 1/12 - Supports ou magasins pour les piles dans lesquelles on prélève des articles avec moyens pour faire avancer la pile en vue de présenter les articles à un dispositif d'enlèvement comportant des ressorts
B65H 3/06 - Rouleaux ou séparateurs rotatifs analogues
B65H 5/06 - Transfert des articles retirés des pilesAlimentation des machines en articles par rouleaux
H04N 1/12 - Dispositions de balayage utilisant l'avance de la feuille comme composant de balayage lente
A test method includes: by a control circuit of a test apparatus executing a test program, obtaining a configuration value and/or history information of a test target electronic device; recording the obtained configuration value and/or the obtained history information as backup data in a storage device; executing a test on the test target electronic device; and restoring the backup data in the test target electronic device after the test is executed.
An image forming apparatus includes a controller that causes ink heads to perform a flushing operation, including ejecting ink from each of nozzles to one of a plurality of openings, at a different timing from a timing for executing an image forming operation, according to a flushing pattern, by which an ink ejection position is specified. The flushing pattern is determined by increasing the number of nozzles of each of the ink heads, specified with respect to each of the openings, by the number of nozzles of each of the ink heads that are required to eject the ink in duplicate to the opening, to perform an overlapping operation.
B41J 2/165 - Prévention du colmatage des ajutages, p. ex. nettoyage, obturation par un capuchon ou humidification des ajutages
B41J 2/045 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre caractérisés par le procédé de formation du jet en produisant à la demande des gouttelettes ou des particules séparées les unes des autres par pression, p. ex. à l'aide de transducteurs électromécaniques
B41J 11/00 - Dispositifs ou agencements pour supporter ou manipuler un matériau de copie en feuilles ou en bandes
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head and a maintenance unit. A guide member of the maintenance unit is supported to the maintenance unit so as to be reciprocatable from a maintenance surface of the maintenance unit in a normal direction thereof toward and away from an ink ejection surface of the recording head and contacts the recording head during a maintenance process.
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer, and a protective layer. The photosensitive layer includes a charge generating agent. The protective layer is a top surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor. The protective layer includes a compound represented by a formula (A). In the formula (A), R21 represents a hydrogen atom, Li+, or K+, and R22 and R23 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 or more and 4 or less carbon atoms substituted with at least one halogen atom.
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer, and a protective layer. The photosensitive layer includes a charge generating agent. The protective layer is a top surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor. The protective layer includes a compound represented by a formula (A). In the formula (A), R21 represents a hydrogen atom, Li+, or K+, and R22 and R23 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 or more and 4 or less carbon atoms substituted with at least one halogen atom.
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ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer, and a protective layer. The protective layer is a top surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor. The protective layer includes a photocurable resin. The photosensitive layer includes a charge generating agent and a hole transporting agent. The hole transporting agent has a molecular weight of 580 or more and includes a compound represented by a formula (1), (2), (3), or (4).
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer, and a protective layer. The protective layer is a top surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor. The protective layer includes a photocurable resin. The photosensitive layer includes a charge generating agent and a hole transporting agent. The hole transporting agent has a molecular weight of 580 or more and includes a compound represented by a formula (1), (2), (3), or (4).
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G03G 5/047 - Couches photoconductrices caractérisées en ce qu'elles ont plusieurs couches ou caractérisées par leur structure composite caractérisées par les couches de génération ou de transport de charges
G03G 15/02 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour déposer une charge uniforme, p. ex. pour sensibiliserDispositifs pour la décharge corona
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IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND CLOUD PRINT SERVER
A cloud print server 3a receives a print setting of a print job from a terminal device 4, transmits a prohibition determination request together with the print setting to a image forming device 1, receives a prohibition determination result, which corresponds to the prohibition determination request, from the image forming device 1, and transmits the prohibition determination result to the terminal device 4. The image forming device 1 also: specifies a prohibition condition for the image forming device 1; upon receiving the prohibition determination request and the print setting, determines whether the print setting satisfies the prohibition condition; and transmits, to the cloud print server 3a, a prohibition determination result indicating whether the print setting satisfies the prohibition condition.
According to the present invention, when state information indicates that an image forming device (1) has been registered with a cloud printing service (3), if a connection disconnection detecting unit (33) detects that a connection with a server of the cloud printing service has been disconnected, a registration management unit (31) immediately checks the registration state of the image forming device (1) in the cloud print service (3), and if it is determined by the registration state check that the image forming device (1) is not registered, the registration management unit (31) automatically changes the state information to indicate that the image forming device is not registered with the cloud printing service (3).
A job management unit (31) acquires a print job of a user. A prohibition determination unit (32) specifies a prohibition condition of a printing device (21), and determines whether the print settings for the print job satisfy the prohibition condition. Then, if it has been determined that the print settings satisfy the prohibition condition, the job management unit (31) corrects the print settings such that the print settings do not satisfy the prohibition condition, and displays, to a user, the corrected print settings and a message prompting the input of printing approval/disapproval, executes the print job using the printing device (21) if the printing approval/disapproval input from the user indicates that printing is approved, and cancels the print job if the printing approval/disapproval input from the user indicates that printing is not approved.
A job information acquiring unit (31) acquires attribute information of print jobs spooled in a cloud printing service (3). A job management unit (32) generates a job list on the basis of the acquired attribute information and displays the job list on a display device (24a). Here, the attribute information includes values for a plurality of items, and the job list comprises a display area for each print job. Then, the job management unit (32) displays, in the display area for each print job, the value of a specific item among the plurality of items for the print job, and displays, on the display device (24a), a detailed information window showing the values for the plurality of items for a print job selected from the job list.
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer, and a protective layer. The photosensitive layer includes a charge generating agent, a hole transporting agent, and a binder resin. The hole transporting agent has two or less chain ethene-1,2-diyl groups or no chain ethene-1,2-diyl group. The protective layer is a top surface layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor and includes a photocurable resin. A ratio A/B of first absorbance A of the protective layer to second absorbance B of the protective layer is 0.160 or less, the first absorbance and the second absorbance being measured by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The first absorbance is the highest absorbance in a wavenumber range of 1627 cm−1 or more and 1647 cm−1 or less. The second absorbance is the highest absorbance in a wavenumber range of more than 1647 cm−1 and 1800 cm−1 or less.
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G03G 5/09 - Sensibilisateurs ou activateurs, p. ex. colorants
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OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE SAME
An optical scanning device includes first and second light source portions that emit first and second light beams, and a scanning optical system including a polygon mirror, a scanning lens, a plurality of turn-back mirrors. The turn-back mirrors include a first mirror that reflects the first and second light beams having passed through the scanning lens, a second mirror that directs the first light beam reflected by the first mirror to an image carrying member, and third and fourth mirrors that direct the second light beam reflected by the first mirror to an image carrying member. The second and third mirrors are disposed, as seen from the main scanning direction, closer to the polygon mirror than the first mirror, and the fourth mirror is disposed, as seen from the main scanning direction, farther from the polygon mirror than the first mirror.
G03G 15/04 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour exposer, c.-à-d. pour projeter optiquement l'image originale sur un matériau d'enregistrement photoconducteur
G02B 26/12 - Systèmes de balayage utilisant des miroirs à facettes multiples
G03G 15/01 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour reproduire des copies multicolores
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of container groups, and a container housing. The container groups include a plurality of toner containers containing toner of different colors arranged in a left-and-right directions. The container housing houses the container groups in arranged an upper-and-lower direction. The toner containers of the container groups arranged in the upper-and-lower direction are shifted in the left-and-right direction. The container housing includes a lower rail, an upper rail, and an opening frame. The lower rail houses lower halves of the toner containers of the container group. Then upper rail houses upper halves of the toner containers of the container group and is connectable to the lower rail. The opening frame has openings to and from which the toner containers are attached and detached. A container rail assembly in which the lower rail and the upper rail are connected is assembled to the opening frame.
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IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING DEVICE
In this image forming device (1), a job information acquisition unit (31) acquires job information from a cloud print service (3). A job management unit (33) displays a list of the job information on a display device (24a). A user management unit (32) performs login processing of a registered user. The job information acquisition unit (31) periodically acquires job information about a user who has not logged in from the cloud print service and stores the job information. The job management unit (33) displays the list of the stored job information after the login processing of the user.
One or more print jobs designating an image forming apparatus (1) are temporarily stored in a cloud print service (4). The relay server (2) acquires job information pertaining to the one or more print jobs designating the image forming apparatus (1) from the cloud print service (4), collects the acquired job information into one job information list, and transmits the job information list to the image forming apparatus (1).
In an image-forming apparatus (1), an event control unit (31) acquires a print job from a cloud print service (3) and transmits a state change notification indicating a state change of the image-forming apparatus (1) to the cloud print service (3). A job control unit (32) executes the print job. Before the print job is completed, the event control unit (31) determines whether there is a subsequent print job following the print job. If there is a subsequent print job, the event control unit does not transmit the state change notification to the cloud print service (3) when the print job is completed. If there is no subsequent print job, the event control unit immediately transmits the state change notification to the cloud print service (3) when the print job is completed.
A computer-implemented method for optimizing document upload throughput in multi-tenant configuration are disclosed. The method includes analyzing metadata and attributes embedded in documents, assigning a tag to the documents based on the attributes, processing the documents with the assigned tag, determining the metric exceed a threshold, reconfiguring the tagged documents into one or more processing units that satisfy the threshold, uploading the processing unit under a plurality of tenants, receiving the processing unit under a plurality of tenants, queuing the processing unit based on a policy of a scheduler, dispatching the processing units by the scheduler, processing the processing units by a processing device, adding markers to the processing unit, storing the documents based on the tag, and aggregating tagged documents using the markers to reconstruct the tagged documents. A corresponding system and non-transitory computer-readable medium are also disclosed.
Apparatuses, systems and methods relate generally to cloud-based equipment of a cloud network. In such a system, a network prediction module is configured to use first machine learning to predict network conditions using first historical data to provide predicted network conditions for the cloud network. A dynamic scheduling module in communication with the network prediction module is configured to determine optimal times for operations by the cloud-based equipment based on the predicted network conditions. A predictive load balancing module in communication with the network prediction module is configured to use second machine learning to forecast server loads using second historical data to provide forecasted server loads and to distribute tasks in response to the forecasted server loads to reduce high-load conditions on any single server of servers of the cloud-based equipment.
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DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DEVICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, USER TERMINAL, JOB GENERATION PROGRAM, AND SYSTEM
According to the present invention, a device management system 20 for managing an image forming apparatus collects printing function information and printing-related state information as information pertaining to printing settings that can be implemented by the image forming apparatus, identifies an appropriate-printing-capable device as the image forming apparatus capable of implementing the printing settings included in a candidate request, on the basis of the printing function information and the printing-related state information, upon receiving the candidate request as a request for a job execution candidate as a candidate of the image forming apparatus for executing a print job from a user terminal 40 (S224), and notifies the user terminal 40 of the appropriate-printing-capable device as the job execution candidate (S227).
Provided is a document processing system comprising a rule generation unit that generates a document naming rule using a document naming rule generation model, which is a machine learning model for generating the document naming rule for giving a filename of a document image, which is an image of a document, wherein: the document naming rule determines the filename of the document image in accordance with metadata of the document image; the document naming rule generation model outputs a candidate for the document naming rule when the filename of the document image and the metadata are input; and the rule generation unit inputs, into the document naming rule generation model, the filename of the document image and the metadata that are stored in a storage unit, thereby generating the document naming rule (S123).
According to the present invention, if a document image exists in a first folder having the same name as a category identified in S122 from text generated in S121 through execution of first OCR on a specific document image (first OCR in S123, YES in S124, and YES in S125), an image processing system stores the specific document image in the first folder (S126), and if the first folder does not exist (NO in S124), the image processing system stores the specific document image in a second folder having the same name as a category identified in S122 from text generated in S128 through execution of second OCR having a higher accuracy than the first OCR on the specific document image (second OCR in S123, and S126).
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CHARACTER ACQUISITION SYSTEM, CHARACTER ACQUISITION DEVICE, CHARACTER ACQUISITION PROGRAM, AND SYSTEM
This character acquisition system includes: an MLLM 30c serving as a model in which a document image serving as an image of a document and descriptive text for the document image are input to thereby output characters included in the document image; and an application 30d for acquiring characters serving as an output of the MLLM 30c in S292 by inputting an acquisition object document image serving as a document image from which characters are to be acquired and the descriptive text to the MLLM 30c (S290). The descriptive text includes character position identification sentences serving as sentences for identifying the positions of characters as values for each field in the document image.
[Problem] To provide an image processing system with which the effort of a user can be reduced. [Solution] Provided is an image processing system (20) characterized by comprising an image processing unit (25a) that processes image data by using storage destination determination information for determining the storage destination of the image data, wherein: the storage destination determination information includes a combination of the storage destination and a condition for determining the storage destination; the image processing unit (25a) stores the image data in a storage destination associated, in the storage destination determination information, with a condition satisfied by the result of performing character recognition on an image based on the image data; when the result does not satisfy any of the conditions in the storage destination determination information, the image processing unit (25a) has a user designate the storage destination for storing the image data and stores the image data in the storage destination designated by the user; and when the storage destination for storing the image data has been designated by the user, the image processing unit (25a) includes, in the storage destination determination information, a new combination of a new condition corresponding to the result and the storage destination designated by the user.
[Problem] To provide: a cloud print system with which the number of times a printing job is communicated until the printing job reaches an image-forming device can be reduced; and a system. [Solution] A host system (20) that serves as a cloud print system that transmits a printing job to an image-forming device (40), and is characterized in that the printing job is transmitted by means of a specific communication scheme to the image-forming device (40) registered in the host system (20), and, when the image-forming device (40) registered in the host system (20) is made available for use by another system (30) serving as a cloud print system outside of the host system (20), the specific communication scheme is transmitted to the other system (30).
This image processing system comprises an extraction processing unit and an identification processing unit. The extraction processing unit extracts, in a preset order, handwritten characters and typed characters included in an image indicated by image data of a processing target. The identification processing unit identifies, as a series of character strings, one or more handwritten characters and one or more typed characters which are extracted by the extraction processing unit in consecutive order, on the basis of the positional relationship between the handwritten characters and the typed characters extracted by the extraction processing unit and one or more preset item name candidate character strings included in the typed characters.
This image processing system comprises an extraction processing unit and an identification processing unit. The extraction processing unit extracts handwritten characters included in an image represented by image data to be processed. The identification processing unit identifies an item group corresponding to the handwritten characters, on the basis of: the results of executing named entity extraction processing for extracting a named entity from the handwritten characters extracted by the extraction processing unit; and a plurality of item groups preset in association with the image data.
Apparatuses, systems and methods relate generally to a cloud-based network. In such a method, a machine learning model is trained on historical data to predict network conditions for the cloud-based network. Scheduling recommendations are generated for cloud-based devices of the cloud-based network based on predicted network stability and latency of the network conditions predicted for the cloud-based network. Load distribution is balanced across ones of the cloud-based devices of the cloud-based network using predictive analytics to anticipate future demand and prevent overloading. Device scheduling of one or more of the cloud-based devices is dynamically adjusted based on real-time predicted network conditions for the cloud-based network.
This image forming device for executing print jobs is characterized in that, among print jobs managed by a job management system that manages print jobs and addressed to the image forming device itself, only print jobs of a specific user are downloaded from the job management system upon the arrival of a regular timing (NO in S231, YES in S234, and S236 to S238).
This service providing system that provides a specific service to an image forming apparatus as an electronic apparatus registered in the service providing system itself registers the image forming apparatus in the service providing system itself (S243) if a direct registration request as a request for registration of the image forming apparatus is received and the same tenant name as a tenant name included in the direct registration request is managed in advance in association with the service providing system itself (YES in S242).
[Problem] To provide an information processing system and an information processing device capable of reducing the possibility of verification errors occurring. [Solution] An information processing system (20), which comprises a character extracting unit (25a) that extracts information from an image electronic document by character recognition processing for each of a plurality of attributes, and a verification unit (25a) that causes a user to perform work to verify the information extracted by the character extraction unit (25a), is characterized in that: each of the plurality of attributes is associated with a work classification; at least some of the plurality of attributes can be associated with any of a plurality of classifications in which at least some of the operations required to complete the verification are different from each other; and the verification unit (25a) causes the user to perform the work corresponding to the classification associated with the attribute corresponding to the information (S226).
[Problem] To provide an information processing device, an information processing program, and a system that make it possible to improve the ability of a user to select an appropriate printing device. [Solution] An information processing device (40) that transmits printing data is characterized by making it possible to acquire the status and printing capabilities of a printing device (30) that is registered to a printing management system (20) that manages printing from the printing device (30) itself and to display the status and printing capabilities of the printing device (30) before allowing a user to select the printing device (30) as a transmission destination for printing data.
[Problem] To provide a cloud print system and a system that make it possible to reduce the number of times a print job is communicated until the print job reaches an image-forming apparatus. [Solution] A host system (30) serving as a cloud print system for transmitting a print job to an image-forming apparatus (40), the cloud print system being characterized in that, when the print job is transmitted to the image-forming apparatus (40) registered in another system (20) as a cloud print system outside the host system (30), a specific communication method by which the other system (20) transmits the print job to the image-forming apparatus (40) registered in the other system (20) is acquired from the other system (20), and the print job is transmitted to the image-forming apparatus (40) according to the acquired specific communication method.
[Problem] To provide an image processing system and an image processing device with which it is possible to improve the possibility that a generated thin-line character image represents an original feature of a character. [Solution] An image processing system 20 is characterized by: executing a pixel classification assessment process for assessing the classifications of individual pixels constituting thin lines in a thin-line character image serving as an image of a character configured from thin lines; executing a branch point erasing process for erasing, from the thin lines, a first range including the pixels for which the classification assessed through the pixel classification assessment process is "branch point"; and executing a connection process for linking the thin lines using a fitting function serving as a function for fitting to the thin lines in the thin-line character image in which the first range was erased from the thin lines through the branch point erasing process.
This image processing system comprises a first processing unit, a second processing unit, and a third processing unit. The first processing unit extracts: a character region included in an image indicated by image data to be processed; and characters included in the character region. The second processing unit specifies, as the number of rows in the character region, the number of characters present in a specific direction, specified in advance, in the character region. The third processing unit specifies, in the character region, characters included in each row of the number of rows in the character region specified by the second processing unit.
This image processing system comprises an extraction processing unit and an identification processing unit. The extraction processing unit extracts characters included in an image indicated by image data to be processed. The identification processing unit determines whether or not two consecutive lines of text extracted by the extraction processing unit are related to each other, and executes identification processing for identifying the two lines of text as a series of text if it is determined that the two lines of text are related to each other.
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IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
This image processing system comprises an extraction processing unit and an output processing unit. The extraction processing unit extracts handwritten annotations including one or both of handwritten annotation characters and handwritten annotation graphics included in an image indicated by image data to be processed, and constituent elements of a diagram included in the image. The output processing unit generates summary information on the basis of the handwritten annotation extracted by the extraction processing unit and, from among the constituent elements, target constituent elements to be annotated by the handwritten annotation.
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An image forming apparatus is connected to one or more optional devices holding setting information, and includes a storage processing portion, a reception processing portion, and a restoration processing portion. The storage processing portion stores the setting information of each of the optional devices connected to the image forming apparatus which is acquired from the optional device in a storage portion provided outside the optional device. The reception processing portion receives a designation operation for designating one of the optional devices connected to the image forming apparatus. The restoration processing portion restores the setting information of a designated device designated by the designation operation stored in the storage portion by the storage processing portion in advance in the designated device.
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a storage device that stores relationships between each keyword and operation mechanisms to be released from a predefined power saving state, a receiver, and a controller. In a case where the receiver receives the voice instruction when the image forming apparatus is in a power saving state, the controller releases the operation mechanisms associated with a keyword indicated by the voice instruction received by the receiver from the power saving state and brings the operation mechanisms into an ordinary operating state, and causes the operation mechanisms not associated with the keyword indicated by the voice instruction to be maintained in the power saving state.
A document management system uploads documents and stores them. The documents include customer-filled forms having a form template and fields within each form having variable data. The data within the fields is extracted and stored in a database. The data can be plain text, confidential text, a signature, or an image. The data for the confidential text and the signature is encrypted prior to storage. The extracted data is placed in a customer form data file that is stored with other data files for the plurality of filled forms along with the form template. The form template and data file is retrieved to regenerate the form with the data within the fields.
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METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM USING ATTRIBUTE-BASED MEDIA CATALOG SELECTION
A printing system includes a printing device having one or more paper trays. A print job is received for the printing device having at least one media attribute. A digital front end (DFE) of the printing device parses a print ticket for the print job to determine the media attribute. The media attribute is compared to a paper catalog for the printing device. A list of media catalog entries is generated from the paper catalog that supports the media attribute. The DFE determines whether a media catalog entry of the list of media catalog entries is assigned to a paper tray. The print job is matched to the paper tray and the media related to the media catalog entry. The print job is processed using the paper in the paper tray.
An image forming apparatus includes a supply processing portion, a first sensing processing portion, and a first setting processing portion. The supply processing portion supplies developer to an image forming portion from a developer storing portion attached to a specific attachment portion. The first sensing processing portion senses state transition from a first state in which an amount of the developer remaining in the developer storing portion attached to the specific attachment portion exceeds a first threshold to a second state in which the amount is less than or equal to the first threshold. The first setting processing portion sets any of a plurality of attachment portions as the specific attachment portion on the basis of a setting status of the specific attachment portion up to time of sensing of the state transition in a case where the state transition is sensed.
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT COLLECTS STATUS OF CONVEYING BELT
An image forming apparatus includes a conveying belt, an image pickup device, a storage device, and a control device. The control device includes a processor, and acts as a controller when the processor executes a program. The conveying belt transports a recording sheet, by performing a revolving movement. The image pickup device shoots an image of the conveying belt. The controller calculates a belt status value on a basis of the image of the conveying belt shot by the image pickup device, at a predetermined first time interval, and stores the calculated belt status value in the storage device.
An image forming apparatus includes s main body, a container, an outer cover which includes a fitting region and an inner cover. When the container is not fitted into the fitting region, the inner cover is held in a first position, and when the container is fitted into the fitting region, the inner cover is pressed by the container to be displaced to a second position. The main body includes a restriction unit, and when the outer cover is turned to a closed position in a state where the inner cover is held in the first position, the inner cover abuts against the restriction unit to restrict the outer cover from reaching the closed position.
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A toner includes a toner particle. The toner particle includes a toner core. The toner core contains a binding resin, a magnetic particle and a carbon nanotube. The content of the magnetic particle in the toner core is equal to or greater than 30.0% by mass and equal to or less than 50.0% by mass, and the content of the carbon nanotube in the toner core is equal to or greater than 0.10% by mass and equal to or less than 1.00% by mass.
A developer carrying member includes a shaft, a magnet, a sleeve, a flange and an adhesive. The flange includes a fitting portion. The fitting portion includes a first support portion, a second support portion and a groove portion. The adhesive is disposed in the groove portion. When accuracy of runout required during rotation of the sleeve is R (μm), the length of the sleeve is L (mm), a distance from an end of the first support portion to an end of the second support portion is S (mm) and each of outside diameters of the first support portion and the second support portion is D (mm), the value of the R is 50, and R>L/(S×D)×1.9 is satisfied.
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A cleaning apparatus cleans a wire electrode of a charging apparatus that charges a surface of a photoconductor, where an electrostatic latent image is to be formed on the surface. The cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning member and an operation member. The cleaning member is brought into contact with the wire electrode to clean the wire electrode. The operation member is exposed to an exterior of an apparatus body of an image forming apparatus through an opening through which a photoconductor unit that includes the photoconductor and the charging apparatus is exposed externally. The operation member moves the cleaning member in a length direction of the wire electrode in response to being operated from the exterior.
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING INCREASE OF NUMBER OF PORTS OF CONTROL PORTION AND SUPPRESSING INCREASE OF NUMBER OF TYPES OF SUBSTRATES
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of units, a control portion and a switching portion. The plurality of units share in executing part or all of an image forming process. The control portion accesses a non-volatile storage portion provided in each of the units. The switching portion switches a connection target connected to the control portion via one communication line between the plurality of storage portions corresponding to the plurality of units.
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An information processing method is a method of controlling display of a display device in a target apparatus (image forming apparatus) including the display device that displays an operation screen and an operation device that detects an operation on the operation screen. In the information processing method, one or more processors execute: transmitting specific data stored in advance by the target apparatus to an external system, and receiving external content generated by the external system on the basis of the specific data; and displaying the received external content on the display device in a state being superimposed on the operation screen.
A recording head includes an ink ejection portion and an ink reservoir coupled to the ink ejection portion. The ink reservoir includes an in-head flow passage coupled to a common flow passage for circulating ink, an air bubble separation portion that separates air bubbles contained in ink flowing through the in-head flow passage, a valve member that opens and closes an air bubble discharge port formed in a top part of the air bubble separation portion, and an ink discharge flow passage extending downward from an ink inflow port formed in a lower end part of the air bubble separation portion and coupled to the ink ejection portion. The in-head flow passage is coupled substantially horizontally to the ink discharge flow passage and a junction portion between the in-head and the ink discharge flow passages is below the ink inflow port.
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A fixing deviceincludes a cylindrical fixing belt, a heater, a pressure roller, a pair of holding members, and a separation guide. The cylindrical fixing belt has flexibility and is rotatably supported. The heater heats the fixing belt. The pressure member is rotatably supported and faces the heater across the fixing belt to form a pressurized region for heating and pressurizing toner on a sheet between the fixing belt and the pressure member. The pair of holding members hold both end portions of the fixing belt. The separation guide separates the sheet passed through the pressurized region from the fixing belt. The separation guide is positioned with respect to the pair of holding members such that its tip faces the fixing belt at a predetermined interval and is supported movably in a direction away from the fixing belt.
A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressure member, a pair of holding members, and a pair of side plates. The pair of side plates are arranged in parallel to the conveying direction, and have recesses to which the pair of holding members are mounted along a mounting direction intersecting the conveying direction. Each of the pair of holding members includes a shaft support portion, a regulating surface, and an upstream groove and a downstream groove. The regulating surface regulates movement of the fixing member in the axial direction. The pair of holding members are configured such that, when the pair of holding members are mounted in the recesses such that the side plates are fitted into the upstream groove and the downstream groove, a distance between the regulating surfaces is widened from the upstream side to the downstream side in the conveying direction.
An image forming apparatus is an image forming apparatus connected to an authentication server via a network, including a storage unit, a reception unit, and an authentication control unit. The storage unit stores at least one hot folder. The reception unit accepts a use of the image forming apparatus by the user and an access to the hot folder using user information including a user ID for identifying at least a predetermined user. The authentication control unit transmits the user information used when accessing the hot folder to the authentication server, requests authentication, and acquires job authorization information that includes authorization for at least a printing function of the image forming apparatus for the authenticated user information.
An estimating system includes an estimator that obtains an estimated value of power consumption caused when an electronic apparatus executes a job, using a power consumption estimating model that is a regression model used to estimate the power consumption. The regression model is created by a decision tree algorithm. A target variable of the regression model represents the power consumption. An explanatory variable of the regression model represents execution information regarding execution of a job, set-value information regarding a set value for a state of the electronic apparatus, and time information regarding a time taken for the job or duration of the state. There exists a plurality of the explanatory variables of the regression model depending on a type of a setting for the job or the state of the electronic apparatus.
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An electronic apparatus includes a carbon dioxide emission estimator that obtains an estimated value of carbon dioxide emissions caused when the electronic apparatus executes a job, using a carbon dioxide emission estimating model represented by a formula used to estimate the carbon dioxide emissions, and a setting for the job. Data used to generate the carbon dioxide emission estimating model is categorized into groups on the basis of attributes. The carbon dioxide emission estimating model is generated for each group. The carbon dioxide emission estimator uses the carbon dioxide emission estimating model generated for the group related to an attribute of the electronic apparatus. The carbon dioxide emission estimating model is represented by the formula in which an expression corresponding to a multiple regression formula used to obtain an estimated value of power consumption caused when the electronic apparatus executes the job, is multiplied by a carbon-dioxide-emission coefficient.
A gateway device is connected between a server device and at least one of one or more client devices for the server device and monitors the one or more client devices, the server device and the one or more client devices being connected to each other via a network, the gateway device including a control circuit that displays a GUI on a display device, the GUI displaying a troubleshooting button for starting troubleshooting of a target client device that is one of the client devices, and starts the troubleshooting of the target client device when the troubleshooting button is operated by a user.
A contactless communication apparatus includes a board, a semiconductor component, an antenna pattern, a first ground pattern, a second ground pattern, a first wiring portion, a second wiring portion, a third wiring portion, and a return path. The board includes a first surface and a second surface that is situated opposite to the first surface. The semiconductor component includes an output terminal and a ground terminal, and is provided on the first surface. The antenna pattern includes a start end that is an outer peripheral end, and a termination end that is an inner peripheral end. The antenna pattern is a coil-shaped pattern that is formed on the second surface. The first ground pattern is formed along a peripheral edge portion of the first surface. The second ground pattern is formed in an air-core portion of the antenna pattern formed on the second surface, and is connected to the first ground pattern. The first wiring portion connects the output terminal and the start end. The second wiring portion includes a capacitor and connects the first wiring portion and the first or second ground pattern. The third wiring portion connects the first or second ground pattern and the ground terminal. The return path passes through the first wiring portion, the second wiring portion, the first or second ground pattern, and the third wiring portion. The area of a portion surrounded by the path accounts for 25% or less of the area of the first surface.
A circuit board has a mounting hole in which terminals of a laser diode are inserted, the terminals extending to the side opposite to a laser beam emitting direction. A peripheral wall portion has a guide member. The guide member protrudes from an outer circumferential surface and is inserted into a board insertion hole formed in the circuit board. A distal end of the guide member is positioned on an opposite side of the laser beam emitting direction with respect to a distal end of the laser diode terminal.
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT VARIES DIAMETER OF INK DROPLET EJECTED FROM NOZZLE
An image forming apparatus includes a controller that controls a drive waveform for varying an ink droplet diameter, when ejecting an ink droplet from a nozzle onto a solid portion in an image to be printed. Along a main scanning direction, the controller alternately uses an M waveform for ejecting the ink droplet of M size, and an LL waveform for ejecting the ink droplet of LL size, originally supposed to be used for non-ejection correction, for one of even-numbered rows and odd-numbered rows, and uses only a 0 (zero) waveform that restricts the ink droplet from being ejected, for the other of the rows. In a column direction along a sub scanning direction, the controller alternately uses the M waveform and the LL waveform, in a cycle of either of the even-numbered rows and the odd-numbered rows.
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT VARIES DIAMETER OF INK DROPLET EJECTED FROM NOZZLE
An image forming apparatus includes a controller that controls a drive waveform for varying an ink droplet diameter, when ejecting an ink droplet from a nozzle onto a solid portion. Along a main scanning direction, the controller alternately uses M waveform for ejecting the ink droplet of M size, and LL waveform for ejecting the ink droplet of LL size, to be used for non-ejection correction, for one of even-numbered rows and odd-numbered rows, and alternately uses S waveform for ejecting the ink droplet of S size and 0 (zero) waveform that restricts the ink droplet from being ejected, for the other of the rows. In a column direction along a sub scanning direction, the controller alternately uses M waveform and LL waveform, in a cycle of one of the rows, and alternately uses S waveform and 0 waveform, in the cycle of the other of the rows.
B41J 2/045 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre caractérisés par le procédé de formation du jet en produisant à la demande des gouttelettes ou des particules séparées les unes des autres par pression, p. ex. à l'aide de transducteurs électromécaniques
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An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head and an ink circulation portion including an ink storage container. The ink storage container includes a main body portion, a lid portion, an ink inflow port, an ink outflow port, and a bubble discharge port. The ink circulation portion includes a plurality of ink storage containers for one recording head. The recording head has a plurality of ink feed ports. The plurality of ink feed ports are connected respectively to the ink outflow ports of the corresponding ink storage containers and feeds the ink flowing out through the ink outflow ports of the corresponding ink storage containers to the recording head.
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INDUSTRIAL PRINTING SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND PROCESSING MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR OPTIMALLY SCHEDULING JOBS BY MACHINE LEARNING
Provided is an industrial printing system that efficiently schedules jobs using AI and other methods. The scheduling management unit centrally manages the schedule setting for processing jobs on component apparatuses. The processing database stores characteristic data and processing result data for processed jobs, as well as processing performance data for the component apparatuses. The learning unit trains a model that optimally allocates the jobs to the component apparatuses based on the characteristic data, processing result data, and processing performance data stored in the processing database. The processing management unit allocates an unprocessed job to available schedule setting based on the model output results for the unprocessed job in accordance with instruction information that includes conditions to be prioritized, and it causes the corresponding component apparatus to process them.
An image reading apparatus includes an operation device, a communication device, and a controller. The operation device allows a user's instruction to be input. The communication device performs communications via a network with an information processing device. When accepting specification of a port number through the operation device, the controller allows the communication device to use a specified port corresponding to the specified port number to send to-be-sent data to a shared folder on the information processing device. Upon failure to establish a connection with the information processing device using the specified port, the controller allows the communication device to use another port different from the specified port to send the to-be-sent-data to the shared folder.
An electronic apparatus includes an estimator that obtains an estimated value of carbon dioxide emissions caused when the apparatus executes a job, using a carbon dioxide emission estimating model represented by a formula used to estimate the carbon dioxide emissions, and a setting for the job. The estimating model is represented by the formula in which an expression corresponding to a multiple regression formula used to obtain an estimated value of power consumption caused when the apparatus executes the job, is multiplied by a carbon-dioxide-emission coefficient. A plurality of explanatory variables exists in the estimating model depending on a type of the setting for the job or a state of the apparatus. The variable represents a time feature amount of a time taken for the job or duration of the state. The estimating model represents use frequency or a use period using the time feature amount.
Various initial settings are performed appropriately and easily for a user during installation or initial setup of an application. A setting value management unit of a management server sets one or more setting values for one or more setting items of a client application. A setting key management unit of the management server generates and manages a setting key linked to a group of the one or more setting values set for the one or more setting items. A setting key supply unit of the management server supplies a download URL for an installer of the client application and the setting key to an electronic device on which the client application is installed. A setting value supply unit of the management server receives the setting key from the electronic device and transmits the group of the one or more setting values set for the one or more setting items linked to the setting key to the electronic device.
An inkjet recording apparatus includes an endless conveying belt, a recording head, a sheet detection portion, and a control portion. The conveying belt has, over its entire circumference along its travel direction, a plurality of detection holes arrayed in a sheet conveying area. The sheet detection portion includes a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion facing each other across the conveying belt such that the light emitted from the light emitting portion passes through the detection holes to be received by the light receiving portion. Based on the light-blocked time for which the optical path between the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion is blocked from light by the conveying belt that moves at a predetermined speed, the control portion judges the presence or absence of the sheet.
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head and an ink circulation portion including an ink storage container. The ink storage container includes a main body portion, a lid portion, an ink inflow port, an ink outflow port, and an air bubble discharge port. The ink circulation portion includes an ink storage container and a syringe. During an air bubble discharge process, the control portion makes the ink forcibly flow in through the ink inflow port and makes the ink flow out through the air bubble discharge port. During a printing process, the control portion makes the ink flow in through the ink inflow port and makes the ink flow in also through the air bubble discharge port.
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A degassing device (40) a removes air dissolved in a liquid under a reduced pressure atmosphere. The degassing device (40) includes a liquid tank (32) in which the liquid is stored; a pressure reducing device (80) which reduces pressure of the liquid tank (32); a circulation flow path (47) which connects different positions of the liquid tank (32); and a circulation pump (67) which circulates the liquid through the circulation flow path (47). The pressure reducing device (80) includes a pressure reducing tank (81) connected to the liquid tank (32); a first pressure reducing valve (521) provided between the liquid tank (32) and the pressure reducing tank (81); and a pressure reducing pump (62) which reduces pressure in the pressure reducing tank (81).
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A system and method for optimizing OCR (optical character recognition) processing on a bulk of uploaded documents are disclosed. The system and method categorize the uploaded documents to large documents and small documents based on their file sizes in comparison with a predetermined file size threshold. The small documents are sent to at least one OCR node for processing. The large documents, on the other hand, are split into a number of segmented small document files, which are then sent to the at least one OCR node for processing. Each of the number of segmented small documents are inserted with a marker. After the OCR processing, the number of segmented small documents are combined together based on the markers inserted therein to restore the original large documents.
A system and method for optimizing OCR (optical character recognition) processing on a bulk of uploaded documents are disclosed. The system and method categorize the uploaded documents to large documents and small documents based on their file sizes in comparison with a predetermined file size threshold. The small documents are sent to at least one OCR job queue. The large documents are split into a number of segmented small document files, which are then sent to the at least one OCR job queue. The system and method prioritize the documents files of the at least one OCR job queue so that the small documents have a higher priority than the segmented small document files.
A system and method for optimizing OCR (optical character recognition) processing on a bulk of uploaded documents are disclosed. The bulk of uploaded documents are sent to an OCR job queue for the OCR processing. The system and method estimate a total file size of documents files received in an OCR job queue or predict a total processing time for OCR-processing the documents files received in the OCR job queue. Based on the estimation or prediction, the system and method automatically increase or decrease the number of OCR nodes needed to optimize the OCR processing.
An image forming apparatus comprises an imaging device, a fixing device, an ejecting device, and a roof section.
An image forming apparatus comprises an imaging device, a fixing device, an ejecting device, and a roof section.
The imaging device forms a toner image on a medium.
An image forming apparatus comprises an imaging device, a fixing device, an ejecting device, and a roof section.
The imaging device forms a toner image on a medium.
The fixing device thermally fixes the toner image to the medium.
An image forming apparatus comprises an imaging device, a fixing device, an ejecting device, and a roof section.
The imaging device forms a toner image on a medium.
The fixing device thermally fixes the toner image to the medium.
The ejecting device ejects the medium from an ejection port provided at an upper portion of the apparatus body toward an ejection tray.
An image forming apparatus comprises an imaging device, a fixing device, an ejecting device, and a roof section.
The imaging device forms a toner image on a medium.
The fixing device thermally fixes the toner image to the medium.
The ejecting device ejects the medium from an ejection port provided at an upper portion of the apparatus body toward an ejection tray.
The roof section is positioned above the ejecting device and formed as a cantilever beam facing the ejection tray across a space. The roof section comprises a diffusion suppression plate extending along a medium ejecting direction from the apparatus body above the ejection port, and a diffusion suppression rib protruding downward from a downstream end of the diffusion suppression plate in the ejecting direction and facing a part of the ejecting device at an interval.
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HOLE TRANSPORT MATERIAL, INTERMEDIATE OF HOLE TRANSPORT MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLE TRANSPORT MATERIAL USING SAME, AND ORGANIC SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT USING HOLE TRANSPORT MATERIAL
12144 may be the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 4 or fewer carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 4 or fewer carbon atoms.
C07C 217/84 - Composés contenant des groupes amino et hydroxy éthérifiés liés au même squelette carboné ayant des groupes amino et des groupes hydroxy éthérifiés liés à des atomes de carbone de cycles aromatiques à six chaînons du même squelette carboné ayant des groupes amino et des groupes hydroxy éthérifiés liés à des atomes de carbone de cycles aromatiques à six chaînons non condensés du même cycle aromatique à six chaînons non condensé l'atome d'oxygène d'au moins un des groupes hydroxy éthérifiés étant lié de plus à un atome de carbone acyclique
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An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a development voltage power supply, a current detection mechanism, and a control portion. The image forming portion includes an image carrying member having a photosensitive layer on its surface and a developing device that has a developer carrying member carrying two-component developer containing magnetic carrier and toner, and attaches toner to an electrostatic latent image on the image carrying member, forming a toner image. The development voltage power supply applies a development voltage at least containing a direct-current voltage to the developer carrying member. The current detection mechanism detects, with the development voltage applied to the developer carrying member, a development current between the developer carrying member and the image carrying member. The control portion adjusts image density of the toner image according to a development current with a development condition changed by a plurality of levels.
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G03G 15/08 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour développer en utilisant un développateur solide, p. ex. développateur en poudre
Magnetic one-component toner includes a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a magnetic powder, and an external additive attached to the toner base particle. The external additive contains first and second silica particles with positive and negative chargeability, respectively, to non-coated ferrite carrier. When 10 g of non-coated ferrite carrier and 0.1 g of silica particles are weighed in a plastic bottle of 10 mL and mixed to determine the charge amounts after mixing for one minute and 10 minutes as an initial and an after-mixing charge amount, respectively, the ratio of the absolute value of the initial charge amount of the second silica particles to that of the first silica particles is 10% to 50%; the falling and rising rates of the after-mixing charge amount to the initial charge amount of the first and second silica particles, respectively, are both 20% to 50%.
A packaging member is formed by bending a single sheet material and includes a bottom plate portion, a first side wall portion, a second side wall portion, a top plate portion, and a support plate portion. The support plate portion is connected to an end of the top plate portion near the first side wall portion in a second direction and is bent from the top plate portion so as to be folded vertically downward toward the bottom plate portion, with a distal end thereof abutting against the article to be packaged. The top plate portion is bent along a first folding line. The support plate portion is bent from the top plate portion along a second folding line. The support plate portion is positioned on an inner side relative to the first side wall portion in the second direction.
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH FOLLOWER ROLLING ELEMENT CAPABLE OF RETAINING CONSTANT DISTANCE BETWEEN SHEET TRAVELLING IN DIRECTION OF SHEET CONVEYANCE AND STATIC ELIMINATING SHEET
The static eliminator and the first guide are provided downstream of the transfer nip in a direction of conveyance of the sheet, and on the same side as the transfer roller opposite to the drive roller. The follower rolling element is supported by the first guide to locate downstream of the static eliminator in the direction of conveyance of the sheet and allow for driven rotation. The follower rolling element is disposed with a center of rotation thereof located on the same side as the transfer roller with respect to an imaginary travel line on which a leading edge of the sheet having passed through the transfer nip is assumed to travel under assumption of absence of the follower rolling element and with a rotating surface of the follower rolling element projecting to the same side as the drive roller beyond the imaginary travel line.
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SUBSCRIPTION PLAN MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
A document management system includes a customer intelligence platform that collects customer market data for customers of the document management system to generate recommendations for actions to be taken on behalf of each customer. The customer market data includes customer characteristics, an engagement status, and a usage pattern of the customer. Analysis is done of the customer market data to generate a baseline heuristics assessment that includes a cyclicality factor having a probability score and a seasonality factor having a probability score. This data is applied to a predictive heuristics model to generate a plurality of actions. A price optimization model is applied to the plurality of actions along with the customer market data to identify an action, such as a optimum pricing plan, and to determine whether the action should be taken based on a score for the action and a threshold.
A printing system includes a printing device having a digital front end (DFE) and an estimation system. A paper catalog for the printing device is accessible by the DFE. The printing system also includes a user interface for the printing device. The system performs an initial consumable estimation of a consumable for a job to be printed at the printing device based on a media. A plurality of print conditions is identified corresponding to a paper catalog entry for the media within the paper catalog. Additional consumable estimations for the media are determined corresponding the plurality of print conditions. A comparison of the overall consumable estimations are generated and displayed within the user interface.
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a development voltage power supply, a current detection mechanism, and a control portion. The image forming portion includes an image carrying member having a photosensitive layer on its surface and a developing device that has a developer carrying member, opposite the image carrying member, carrying two-component developer containing magnetic carrier and toner, and that attaches toner to an electrostatic latent image on the image carrying member, forming a toner image. The development voltage power supply applies a development voltage at least containing a direct-current voltage to the developer carrying member. The current detection mechanism detects, with the development voltage applied to the developer carrying member, a development current between the developer carrying member and the image carrying member. The control portion adjusts image density of a halftone image according to a development current when the halftone image is formed.
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G06K 15/12 - Dispositions pour produire une présentation visuelle permanente des données de sortie utilisant des imprimantes par impression photographique
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a development voltage power supply, a current detection mechanism, and a control portion. The image forming portion includes an image carrying member having a photosensitive layer on its surface and a developing device that has a developer carrying member, opposite the image carrying member, carrying two-component developer containing magnetic carrier and toner. The development voltage power supply applies a development voltage at least containing a direct-current voltage to the developer carrying member. The current detection mechanism detects, with the development voltage applied to the developer carrying member, a development current between the developer carrying member and the image carrying member. The control portion estimates the amount of charge on toner based on a blank part current i.e., the development current passing between the developer carrying member and a non-image part of the image carrying member.
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