An endless belt includes a resin and conductive particles, in which a content of the conductive particles with respect to the endless belt is 5% by volume or more and 20% by volume or less in terms of a volume ratio, a Young's modulus of the endless belt is 3,000 MPa or more, and the number of times of bending endurance of the endless belt measured by an MIT test specified in JIS P8115:2001 is 10,000 or more.
G03G 15/16 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern
An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photoreceptor that includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate, the electrophotographic photoreceptor having an outermost surface layer that contains a binder resin, a charge-transporting material, and a fluorine-containing resin particle, the fluorine-containing resin particle containing 0 or more and 30 or less carboxy groups per 106 carbon atoms, a charging device that charges the electrophotographic photoreceptor, an electrostatic latent image forming device that forms an electrostatic latent image on the electrophotographic photoreceptor that is charged, a developing device that houses a developer containing a toner and that develops, with the developer, the electrostatic latent image formed on the electrophotographic photoreceptor into a toner image, a transfer device that transfers the toner image onto a transfer-receiving medium, and an optical discharging device that, after the toner image is transferred onto the transfer-receiving medium and before the electrophotographic photoreceptor is charged, irradiates the electrophotographic photoreceptor with discharging light with a light quantity of 1.0 μW or more and 50.0 μW or less to perform discharging.
G03G 15/01 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for producing multicoloured copies
G03G 15/02 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for laying down a uniform charge, e.g. for sensitising; Corona discharge devices
G03G 15/04 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material
G03G 15/16 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern
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ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
An electrostatic charge image developing toner contains toner particles that contain a binder resin and resin particles, fatty acid metal salt particles externally added to the toner particles, and silica particles (A) that are externally added to the toner particles and contain a nitrogen element-containing compound containing a molybdenum element, in which a ratio NMo/NSi of Net intensity NMo of the molybdenum element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis to Net intensity NSi of a silicon element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is 0.035 or more and 0.45 or less.
An electrostatic charge image developing toner contains toner particles that contain a binder resin and resin particles and silica particles (A) that are externally added to the toner particles and contain a nitrogen element-containing compound containing a molybdenum element, in which a ratio NMo/NSi of Net intensity NMo of the molybdenum element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis to Net intensity NSi of a silicon element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is 0.035 or more and 0.45 or less.
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoat layer disposed on the conductive substrate, having a volume resistivity of 5.0×107 [Ωm] or more and 5.0×109 [Ωm] or less, and having a thickness of 20 μm or more and 40 μm or less, a charge generation layer disposed on the undercoat layer, and a charge transport layer disposed on the charge generation layer, having a volume resistivity of 1.0×1013 [Ωm] or more and 5.0×1014 [Ωm] or less, and having a thickness of 15 μm or more and 40 μm or less.
A silica particle is provided in which a pore size distribution curve obtained by nitrogen gas adsorption of the silica particle after baking at 350° C. has at least one peak at a pore diameter of 2 nm or less and at least one peak at a pore diameter of more than 2 nm and 50 nm or less, and D/B is 0.50 or greater and 2.50 or less, where D and B are the volumes of pores having a diameter of 2 nm or less and a diameter of 2 nm or more and 25 nm or less, respectively, determined from the pore size distribution curve obtained by nitrogen gas adsorption of the silica particle after baking at 350° C.
G03G 15/02 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for laying down a uniform charge, e.g. for sensitising; Corona discharge devices
G03G 15/08 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing using a solid developer, e.g. powder developer
G03G 15/16 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern
G03G 15/20 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for fixing, e.g. by using heat
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ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
An electrostatic charge image developing toner contains toner particles, fatty acid metal salt particles externally added to the toner particles, and silica particles (S) that are externally added to the toner particles and contain a nitrogen element-containing compound containing a molybdenum element, in which a ratio NMo/NSi of Net intensity NMo of the molybdenum element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis to Net intensity NSi of a silicon element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is 0.035 or more and 0.45 or less.
An endless belt, in which an outer peripheral surface of the endless belt has a coefficient of dynamic friction of 0.85 or less, and in a case where polyester resin particles having a volume-average particle size of 4.7 μm are caused to adhere to the outer peripheral surface under a load of 0 g/cm2, and then air is sprayed on the outer peripheral surface from above the outer peripheral surface at a spray pressure that keeps increasing, all the polyester resin particles having adhered to the outer peripheral surface are spaced apart from the outer peripheral surface at the spray pressure of 6 kPa or less.
G03G 15/16 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern
G03G 21/00 - Arrangements not provided for by groups , e.g. cleaning, elimination of residual charge
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ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an organic photosensitive layer, and an inorganic protection layer arranged in this order, the inorganic protection layer containing a metal oxide that contains oxygen atoms, gallium atoms, and aluminum atoms.
G03G 5/06 - Photoconductive layers; Charge-generation layers or charge-transporting layers; Additives therefor; Binders therefor characterised by the photoconductive material being organic
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
G03G 21/18 - Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements using a processing cartridge
An inspection apparatus includes a limiting unit that is provided between a light source and a target region and limits light traveling from the light source toward the target region, and an imaging unit that captures an image using light passing through the limiting unit, reflected from the target region, and incident on the imaging unit. The limiting unit allows light, which travels in one direction and is incident on the imaging unit in a case where the light is specularly reflected from the target region, to pass and allows at least a part of light, which travels in other directions, not to pass, among light emitted from the light source.
A toner for electrostatic image development includes: toner particles; perovskite compound particles externally added to the toner particles; and silica particles (S) that are externally added to the toner particles and include an elemental nitrogen-containing compound containing elemental molybdenum and in which the ratio NMo/NSi of a Net intensity NMo of elemental molybdenum that is measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis to a Net intensity NSi of elemental silicon that is measured by the X-ray fluorescence analysis is from 0.035 to 0.45 inclusive.
Silica particles having silica base particles, a coating structure that coats the silica base particles and is composed of a reaction product of a trifunctional silane compound, and a nitrogen element-containing compound that has adhered to the coating structure and contains a molybdenum element, in which in a molybdenum element map created by SEM-EDX, a ratio of a total area of a region forming a lump having a long diameter of 500 nm or more is 5% or less to a total area of the molybdenum element.
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an undercoat layer provided on the conductive substrate, a charge generation layer provided on the undercoat layer, a charge transport layer provided on the charge generation layer, and a surface protective layer provided on the charge transport layer, in which a dark decay is 85 V/sec or greater in a case where the electrophotographic photoreceptor is contact-charged with a DC voltage.
An image forming apparatus includes a processor configured to display a clearing method for clearing an initial error among errors that have occurred, on a display part, while the clearing method of the initial error of which the clearing method is displayed on the display part is displayed, receive a temporary clearing instruction for processing the initial error as being temporarily cleared, each time the temporary clearing instruction is received, display clearing methods of subsequent errors on the display part in order in a switched manner, and in a case where clearing operations for all clearing methods of the errors that have occurred are completed, resume processing of a job paused by the errors.
A manufacturing method of silica particles includes coating of forming a coating structure composed of a reaction product of a trifunctional silane compound on a surface of silica base particles, attaching a nitrogen element-containing compound containing a molybdenum element to the coating structure in a reaction solution which contains water, an alcohol, silica particles having the coating structure composed of the reaction product of the trifunctional silane compound, the nitrogen element-containing compound containing the molybdenum element, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of ammonia and an amine and in which a total amount of ammonia and an amine is 0.2% by mass or more and 4.5% by mass or less, and drying of removing the water and the alcohol from the reaction solution.
An image forming system includes a first storage unit that stores identification information and storage information with the identification information mapped to the storage information, the identification information identifying a user, the storage information indicating a storage location where image data corresponding to the identification information is stored, an identifying unit that, in response to the identification information input by the user, identifies the storage location indicated by the storage information stored on the first storage unit with the identification information mapped thereto, a retrieval unit that retrieves, from the storage location identified by the identifying unit, the image data corresponding to the identification information, and an image forming unit that forms an image responsive to the image data retrieved by the retrieval unit.
A cleaning device includes: a plate-like cleaning member that cleans a cleaning target surface, which is moved with toner attached thereto, of a cleaning target body by scraping the toner with a part of a distal end surface of the cleaning member contacting the cleaning target surface; a body that has a storage space that stores waste toner that has fallen after being scraped by the cleaning member; and a transport member disposed in the storage space of the body at a position below the distal end surface of the cleaning member to transport the waste toner stored in the storage space along a longitudinal direction of the cleaning member. The transport member includes a non-transport portion that exerts no transport force in a direction along the longitudinal direction of the cleaning member.
A fixing device includes an endless belt, multiple stretchers that stretch the belt, a heater that heats the belt including sections, section by section, sectioned in a direction crossing a rotation direction of the belt, and a switch that switches the sections heated by the heater from one to another in accordance with a position of an edge portion of the belt in the direction crossing the rotation direction of the belt.
A reading device includes: a transparent flat plate with an upper surface on which an object to be read is placed; a reading unit reading information on the object while moving in contact with a transparent flat plate lower surface; a retainer retaining the reading unit by urging the reading unit to be pressed against the lower surface; a guide member supporting and guiding the retainer along a movement direction at a time of reading by the reading unit; and a positioning structural member in at least one end of the reading unit and the retainer in a direction crossing the movement direction to position the reading unit to be maintained being displaceable relative to the retainer in a direction to be closer to and in a direction to be away from the transparent flat plate and being non-displaceable upstream and downstream in the movement direction.
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire first data indicative of a temporal change of an intensity of sound emitted by an apparatus; generate second data by extracting, from the first data, a maximum value in each section of a time width corresponding to temporal resolution at which human voice is unrecognizable and discarding values other than the maximum value; and transmit the second data to an external apparatus.
G10L 25/93 - Discriminating between voiced and unvoiced parts of speech signals
G10L 25/18 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups characterised by the type of extracted parameters the extracted parameters being spectral information of each sub-band
G10L 25/51 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination
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NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND WEB CONFERENCING SYSTEM
A non-transitory computer readable medium is provided, the medium storing a program causing a process to be executed by a computer operating as a server of a web conferencing system, the process including: identifying a group of participants sharing a microphone to be used for voice input; and identifying, if information indicating a volume equal to or greater than a reference value from a terminal not connected to the microphone from among terminals of the participants belonging to the group is inputted while a voice from the group is being inputted, the participant whose terminal corresponds to the transmission origin of the information as a speaking person.
A scraping device includes: a scraping part that comes into contact with a rotating contact part to scrape off attached matter attached to the contact part; a rotation part that rotates; and an applying part that is attached to the rotation part, rotates with the rotation part, and strikes the scraping part to apply an impact to the scraping part.
G03G 15/16 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern
A reading device includes: a housing including a transparent flat plate on an upper surface on which an object to be read is placed; a reading unit that reads information on the object to be read by coming into contact with a lower surface of the transparent flat plate inside the housing; a movement unit that causes the reading unit to move back and forth within a scan area inside the housing; and a motor that provides power to the movement unit inside the housing. The motor is disposed to overlap with the reading unit along upward and downward directions inside the housing.
An image forming apparatus installed on an inside of a firewall includes a processor configured to transmit, to an information processing apparatus installed on an outside of the firewall, an image generated in accordance with an instruction of a user, process information indicating a content of a process on the image, and storage destination information indicating a storage destination of a process image obtained in a manner that the information processing apparatus executes the process according to the process information on the image, and perform control of causing the information processing apparatus to directly store the process image in a storage destination on the outside of the firewall in a case where the storage destination of the process image obtained from the storage destination information is the storage destination on the outside of the firewall.
A medium transport device includes: a first transport unit that is provided in a first transport path, and nips and transports a medium by a pair of rotating bodies; a second transport unit that is provided in a second transport path different from the first transport path, and nips and transports a medium by a pair of rotating bodies; a first rotation drive unit that rotationally drives the pair of rotating bodies of the first transport unit; a second rotation drive unit that rotationally drives the pair of rotating bodies of the second transport unit; and a pressure contact force adjustment unit that is provided in at least one of the first transport unit or the second transport unit, and adjusts a pressure contact force of the pair of rotating bodies. When one of the first transport unit or the second transport unit nips and transports the medium, the pressure contact force adjustment unit adjusts the pressure contact force of the one transport unit that nips and transports the medium by utilizing a drive source of a rotation drive unit that provides no driving force for transporting the medium to the first transport unit or the second transport unit.
A portable terminal apparatus includes a processor configured to estimate a movement direction of a user carrying the portable terminal apparatus from a transition of a current position, from among image forming apparatuses capable of printing a document file to be printed, predict an image forming apparatus to be used for printing the document file by the user, by referring to the movement direction of the user, and provide a printing start instruction of the document file from the image forming apparatus in a case where the user has approached the image forming apparatus to a distance in which printing is estimated to be finished at a point when the user arrives at an installation position of the image forming apparatus.
An information processing system includes one or more processors configured to: acquire attribute information indicating an attribute of a document containing one or more pages and split information indicating a result of splitting in units of documents after multiple documents are read consecutively; and estimate an error for each split document on a basis of a difference between a total number of pages in each document obtained from the attribute information and a number of read pages in each split document obtained from the split information.
An information processing apparatus includes a processor. A first power-off state, which accompanies a restart of a program, and a second power-off state, which does not accompany the restart of the program, are defined as states of a power supply of the information processing apparatus. The processor is configured to change, if an operation for turning off the information processing apparatus is performed, a state of the power supply to the first power-off state or the second power-off state in accordance with a use condition of the information processing apparatus before the operation for turning off the information processing apparatus is performed.
An information processing system includes one or more processors configured to: acquire a history of combinations of process conditions for a first process of reading a document and a process result of a second process for an electronic document generated through the first process; calculate a degree of success in the second process for each of the process conditions on the basis of the acquired history of combinations; and present, to a user, information for assisting the first process, the information including at least the degree of success for each of the process conditions.
A control apparatus includes multiple processor cores connected to: a monitor that monitors whether a first processor core, the first processor core being any processor core among the multiple processor cores, is operating normally; and a memory having multiple storage areas pre-associated with each of the multiple processor cores. Each of the multiple processor cores periodically writes and updates information to the corresponding storage area in the memory, the information indicating that each of the processor cores is operating normally, and the first processor core determines whether the information in each of the storage areas in the memory has been updated by each of the multiple processor cores, and controls the monitor on the basis of a result of the determination.
An image processing apparatus includes a processor configured to impose a group of pages on a single sheet as a target for reprinting and perform reprinting, the group of pages being referred to as printing-error pages, each of the pages having been printed with a printing error that occurred while multiple pages imposed on one or more sheets were printed.
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: execute first sending processing if a response to a request sent to an external service via a converter is not successfully received, the first sending processing being processing for sending the request to the external service without using the converter; execute second sending processing for sending at least part of data included in a response to the converter, the response being returned from the external service as a response to the request sent in the first sending processing; and receive a conversion result of the at least part of the data from the converter and execute predetermined processing by using the conversion result.
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: obtain information about a form of placement of a document placed on a document stage of an apparatus that performs reading of the document by capturing an image of the document stage on which the document is placed; and change a process that is performed in association with reading of the document, in accordance with the form of placement of the document on the document stage.
A belt transport device includes an endless belt, multiple stretchers that stretch the belt, a corrector that displaces one of the multiple stretchers to correct a shift of the belt toward an edge portion of the belt in an axial direction of the belt, and a lubricant applicator that applies a lubricant to an inner surface of the belt at the edge portion of the belt in the axial direction when the belt has shifted toward the edge portion in the axial direction.
A heat generating member includes: a hollow cylindrical part that is rotatable about a rotation axis and extends in an axial direction; a first heat generating component provided on an inner surface of the cylindrical part and configured to generate heat when energized; a first connecting component provided on an inner side relative to the cylindrical part and electrically connected to the first heat generating component, the first connecting component being rotatable together with the cylindrical part; a second connecting component provided on a further inner side relative to the cylindrical part than the first connecting component and electrically connected to a power source, the second connecting component being rotatable relative to the cylindrical part; a rotary supporting component that electrically connects the first connecting component and the second connecting component to each other and supports the first connecting component while allowing the first connecting component to rotate relative to the second connecting component; and a second heat generating component provided on a further inner side relative to the cylindrical part than the second connecting component and extending through the cylindrical part in a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical part, the second heat generating component being configured to generate heat when energized, the second heat generating component having a heat generating area different from a heat generating area of the first heat generating component.
A developing device includes: a storage portion that stores a developer and has an exit for the developer and a hole portion, the hole portion including a limiting portion; a sealing member with which the exit of the storage portion is sealed; a loosening member that is disposed in the storage portion so as to be pulled out through the hole portion of the storage portion and loosens the developer by being pulled out of the storage portion; and a closing member that is disposed in the hole portion of the storage portion, cleans the loosening member that is pulled out of the hole portion by being in contact with the loosening member, and closes the hole portion of which the loosening member has been pulled out, the closing member including a caught portion. The limiting portion of the hole portion of the storage portion limits a movement of the closing member in a pull-out direction of the loosening member by catching the caught portion.
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: obtain region information of a print-page-inspection specified region for which whether inspection of a print result of a print page is necessary is specified, the region information being information in which a relative position from the reference position of the print page is indicated by coordinate values; generate coordinates-conversion information from imposition information indicating an imposition position at which the print page is to be imposed on a physical output sheet, the coordinates-conversion information being used in imposition of the print page at the imposition position on the output sheet; perform coordinates conversion on the region information according to the coordinates-conversion information, in imposition of the print page on the output sheet; and set the print-page-inspection specified region on the output sheet in accordance with coordinate values obtained after the coordinates conversion.
A fixing member that fixes a lower surface of an apparatus having a caster to an upper surface of a base includes: an engagement part that is inserted through a through hole provided in the lower surface of the apparatus, extends along an upper side of the lower surface of the apparatus, and is engaged with the lower surface of the apparatus; an attachment part that extends along an upper side of the upper surface of the base so as to face the engagement part and is attached to the upper surface of the base; a connection part that connects the engagement part and the attachment part by passing through the through hole; and a load receiving part that is provided on a side opposite to the engagement part relative to the connection part and receives a load by making contact with a lower side of the lower surface of the apparatus.
A processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive a change request for a change to a quiet mode in an image forming apparatus that is operating in a normal mode and to which a printing instruction has been issued; and display the change request for the change to the quiet mode on an operation screen of the image forming apparatus.
An air intake structure includes a blower, a flow path that includes an inlet port that draws air and a flow path space connected to the inlet port to allow air drawn in through the inlet port to flow to the blower, and a recessed portion that protrudes to an outer side of the flow path space at a portion of the flow path adjacent to the inlet port, the recessed portion having a recessed space opening to the flow path space.
An information processing apparatus has apparatus modes set therein, the apparatus modes including a first mode in which the information processing apparatus is supplied with electric power to be used by the information processing apparatus for executing a process and a second mode in which the electric power supplied to the information processing apparatus is reduced such that the process is not executed, and includes a processor configured to perform control when a restore process involving restoring an apparatus mode to the first mode from the second mode is performed, the control including simultaneously supplying the electric power to a device presumed to be used in the information processing apparatus after the restore process.
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire color information of an image file as a printing target, and, in a case where colors represented by the acquired color information include a specific color associated with a replacement color, replace the specific color with the associated replacement color and output a result of the replacement.
A medium feeding device includes: multiple transporters each including a stacking unit on which a medium is stackable in a vertical direction, a feeder that feeds air to multiple media, each of which is the medium, stacked on the stacking unit to cause the multiple media to float and separate, a delivery unit that successively delivers the media floated and separated by the feeder, and a detector that detects a state of the medium floated and separated by the feeder; and at least one processor configured to: upon detection of a state of possibility of jam or multi feeding of the medium by the detector of one of the multiple transporters during transport, switch to another transporter at a predetermined timing to feed the medium; and upon detection of the state of possibility of jam or multi feeding of the medium by the detector, change an amount of air feed by the feeder of the one transporter before being switched.
B65H 7/12 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors responsive to presence of faulty articles or incorrect separation or feed responsive to double feed or separation
B65H 3/40 - Separating articles from piles by two or more separators acting alternately on the same pile
B65H 3/48 - Air blast acting on edges of, or under, articles
B65H 7/16 - Controlling air-supply to pneumatic separators
A medium mending device includes a heating component configured to heat a medium having an image recorded, and a pressing component positioned against the heating component and configured to press the medium that is to be nipped between the pressing component and the heating component, the pressing component pressing the medium with such a pressure as to squash any flaws in the medium.
A medium supply device includes: a stacking unit in which media are stackable in a vertical direction; a first regulating unit that is provided on the stacking unit and that regulates positions of side portions of the media in a width direction; a supply unit that supplies air to more than one of the media stacked on the stacking unit so that the more than one of the media are raised and separated from each other; a transport unit that successively feeds the media that are raised and separated from each other by the supply unit; a detection unit that detects conditions of the media that are raised and separated from each other by the supply unit from outside in the width direction; a second regulating unit that is attached to an upper section of the stacking unit when the media stacked in the stacking unit are second media and that regulates positions of side portions of the second media in the width direction, the second media having a smaller dimension than first media in the width direction; and a moving unit that moves the detection unit to an area in which the second media are detectable when the second regulating unit is attached.
B65H 5/22 - Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by air-blast or suction device
B65H 7/02 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors
An image reading device includes a reading unit that reads an image on a surface of a medium; and a calibrating unit that is disposed to face the reading unit with the medium disposed therebetween and that calibrates the reading unit. The calibrating unit is supported such that the calibrating unit is movable about a rotating shaft between a closing position at which the calibrating unit faces the reading unit and an opening position at which the calibrating unit is separated from the reading unit. The calibrating unit is positioned with respect to the reading unit when the calibrating unit is moved to the closing position.
A sheet transporting device includes first and second position correcting components provided at respective positions in a direction of sheet transport and each being configured to correct a position of a sheet in a direction intersecting the direction of sheet transport by being shifted in the direction intersecting the direction of sheet transport while holding the sheet, and a changing component capable of changing an amount of correction of the position of the sheet individually for the first and second position correcting components.
A medium feeding device includes: a load unit that is loaded with multiple media; a delivering unit that delivers an uppermost medium of the media loaded on the load unit in a predetermined feeding direction; an ascent-descent unit that causes at least a part of the load unit to ascend and descend about a pivot point defined by a position of the load unit located away from a leading edge of the media in the feeding direction; a regulating unit that is provided toward the feeding direction of the media on the load unit and that comes into contact with the leading edge, in the feeding direction, of the media loaded on the load unit to regulate a loading position of the media; and a blocking unit that allows the load unit to ascend and descend and that blocks at least a part of a gap between the load unit and the regulating unit at an arbitrary ascent or descent position of the load unit.
B65H 1/14 - Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated with means for advancing the pile to present the articles to a separating device comprising positively-acting mechanical devices
B65H 3/66 - Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation
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CONDUCTIVE MEMBER, CHARGING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
A conductive member includes: a substrate; an elastic layer provided on the substrate; and a surface layer provided on the elastic layer, in which the surface layer contains a conductive agent and has a sea/island structure that consists of a sea portion containing a first resin and an island portion containing a second resin, and a distance R between the island portions and a radius r of the island portion in a cross-section of the surface layer satisfy the following Expression (1-1),
A conductive member includes: a substrate; an elastic layer provided on the substrate; and a surface layer provided on the elastic layer, in which the surface layer contains a conductive agent and has a sea/island structure that consists of a sea portion containing a first resin and an island portion containing a second resin, and a distance R between the island portions and a radius r of the island portion in a cross-section of the surface layer satisfy the following Expression (1-1),
−0.20≤R−2r≤0.40. Expression (1-1):
G03G 15/02 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for laying down a uniform charge, e.g. for sensitising; Corona discharge devices
G03G 21/18 - Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements using a processing cartridge
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MEDIUM TRANSPORT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
A medium transport device includes a first transporter configured to transport a medium by nipping the medium along with rotation, a second transporter configured to transport the medium and disposed on an upstream side of the first transporter in a transport direction of the medium, a first adjuster configured to adjust a position of the medium in a width direction by moving the first transporter and the second transporter in the width direction of the medium with the medium nipped by the first transporter and the second transporter, and a second adjuster configured to adjust a contact pressure of the first transporter for the medium and a contact pressure of the second transporter for the medium based on resistance caused when the medium is moved in the width direction.
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to execute a process of detecting drawing designation information that is information for designating a drawing content in document data, and converting, in a case where the detected drawing designation information is a conversion target for filling with a spot color, the drawing designation information into spot color filling information which is information for filling with a target spot color and outputting a result of the conversion, at a time of outputting the document data.
A recording medium transport and transfer belt includes at least a base material layer and a surface layer, in which a ratio (ρs500/ρv500) between surface resistivity ρs500 and volume resistivity ρv500 at an applied voltage of 500 V is 1.0 or more, and a difference (ρs100−ρs500) between surface resistivity ρs100 at an applied voltage of 100 V and surface resistivity ρs500 at an applied voltage of 500 V is 0.3 or less.
G03G 15/16 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern
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ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
An electrostatic image developer includes: toner particles; silica particles that are externally added to the toner particles and include an elemental nitrogen-containing compound containing elemental molybdenum and in which the ratio (Mo/Si) of a Net intensity of elemental molybdenum that is measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis to a Net intensity of elemental silicon in the silica particles that is measured by the X-ray fluorescence analysis is from 0.035 to 0.45 inclusive; and a carrier having a relative dielectric loss factor of from 0.5 to 2.0 inclusive.
G01N 23/223 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of wave or particle radiation, e.g. X-rays or neutrons, not covered by groups , or by measuring secondary emission from the material by irradiating the sample with X-rays or gamma-rays and by measuring X-ray fluorescence
A light-emitting array includes a light-emitting part having plural light-emitting block, a selection part that operates with a reference potential supplied from a reference part provided on an outside as a reference and selects the light-emitting block to be made to emit light, and a disconnection part that disconnects connection of the selection part and the reference part in a period during which a light emission current caused by low-side drive is flowing in the light-emitting block.
A light-emitting component includes: a substrate; multiple light-emitting elements provided on the substrate, each having a light-emitting area; and multiple thyristors which are provided on each of the light-emitting elements, which include gate layers, and which cause light to be emitted, or increase an amount of light emitted, from the light-emitting areas of the light-emitting elements by being in an ON state. The substrate absorbs light emitted from the thyristors and emits light not absorbed by the gate layers.
G01B 11/24 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures
H01S 5/183 - Surface-emitting [SE] lasers, e.g. having both horizontal and vertical cavities having only vertical cavities, e.g. vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers [VCSEL]
An image forming apparatus includes: a rotary body including a rotation shaft; and a bearing that supports the rotation shaft and that includes a lubricant layer formed of oil; resin; or the like and provided at a portion to be in contact with the rotation shaft; and a holding part that holds powder produced as a result of the lubricant layer being abraded.
A medium supply device includes: a loading unit on which media are loadable in an up-down direction; a supply unit that supplies air to a plural media loaded on the loading unit to float and separate the plural media; a transporting unit that sequentially feed the media that are floated and separated by the supply unit; a photographing unit that photographs a state in which the media are floated and separated by the supply unit; and a light irradiation unit that irradiates end portions of the media on a photographing side of the photographing unit with light from a plural different positions in the up-down direction.
B65H 7/14 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors by photoelectric feelers or detectors
B65H 3/12 - Suction bands, belts, or tables moving relatively to the pile
A fixing member that fixes a lower surface of an apparatus having a caster to an upper surface of a base includes: an engagement part that is inserted through a through hole provided in the lower surface of the apparatus, extends along an upper side of the lower surface of the apparatus, and is engaged with the lower surface of the apparatus; an attachment part that extends along an upper side of the upper surface of the base so as to face the engagement part and is attached to the upper surface of the base; a connection part that has a bent part bent away from the engagement part, is attached to the engagement part at one end thereof and is attached to the attachment part at the other end thereof, and connects the engagement part and the attachment part by passing through the through hole; and a load receiving part that receives a load by making contact with a lower side of the lower surface of the apparatus. The one end of the connection part is located on a rear side relative to the other end of the connection part in a direction in which the engagement part extends.
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: obtain electrical noise generated from a memory included in a target product; determine, for each of frequencies obtained by dividing a frequency spectrum of the electrical noise, whether the electrical noise falls within a predetermined range, which is determined in advance for the frequency; determine, if the electrical noise falls outside the predetermined range, whether the electrical noise falls within an enlarged range, which is obtained by enlarging the predetermined range; and determine that the target product is a genuine product if a sum of a number of frequencies at which the electrical noise falls within the corresponding predetermined ranges and a number of frequencies at which the electrical noise falls outside the corresponding predetermined ranges but falls within the corresponding enlarged ranges is larger than a number of frequencies at which the electrical noise falls outside the corresponding enlarged ranges.
A powder conveying device includes a first conveying component through which gas containing powder is to be conveyed; a second conveying component to which a downstream end of the first conveying component is connected and through which the gas received from the first conveying component is to be conveyed, the second conveying component extending in a second gas conveying direction that intersects a first gas conveying direction defined by the first conveying component; a third conveying component extending from the second conveying component and through which the gas received from the second conveying component is to be conveyed, the third conveying component extending in a third gas conveying direction that intersects the second gas conveying direction; a fourth conveying component to which a downstream end of the third conveying component is connected and through which the gas received from the third conveying component is to be conveyed, the fourth conveying component extending in a fourth gas conveying direction that intersects the third gas conveying direction; and a removing component provided on a downstream side in the fourth gas conveying direction relative to the fourth conveying component, the removing component being configured to remove powder from the gas.
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: detect an operation position at which an operation of an operation panel based on an electrostatic capacitance method is performed; and in response to a predetermined condition being satisfied, execute calibration of the operation panel, the predetermined condition specifying occurrence of a shift between the operation position at which the operation is actually performed and a detection position at which the operation position is detected.
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive an instruction to execute sequential processing, the sequential processing being processing for sequentially executing multiple preset operations which are related to each other; present plural options for an operation included in the sequential processing, fees for the plural options being different from each other; and calculate a fee for an option selected from the plural options and present the calculated fee before executing the sequential processing.
A fixing device includes an endless belt, a fixing member that presses the belt against a recording medium holding an unfixed image to fix the unfixed image onto the recording medium, a restorer that is pressed against a surface of the belt after the image is fixed to restore the surface of the belt to a state before a fixing operation, and a changer that changes a pressing load of the restorer in accordance with a difference in a state of the surface of the belt between before the fixing operation and after the fixing operation.
A cleaning member includes: an elastic contact plate that includes a distal end surface with a corner portion to be brought into contact with a cleaning target surface, which is moved with toner attached thereto, of a cleaning target body; and a support plate bonded to the elastic contact plate from a back surface side of the elastic contact plate to support the elastic contact plate, the support plate being more rigid than the elastic contact plate. The distal end surface of the elastic contact plate projects from a distal end surface of the support plate.
An information processing apparatus includes a processor. A first power-off state, which accompanies a reset of hardware and a restart of a program, and a second power-off state, which does not accompany the reset of the hardware and the restart of the program, are defined as states of a power supply of the information processing apparatus. The processor is configured to change, if an operation for turning off the information processing apparatus is performed after an error occurs in the information processing apparatus, a state of the power supply to the first power-off state or the second power-off state in accordance with a type of error that has occurred in the information processing apparatus.
A sheet transporting device includes: a skew correcting component configured to correct any skew of a sheet by executing speed-gap driving in which first and second transporting components that are arranged at respective positions in a direction intersecting a direction of sheet transport are driven for a predetermined time period with a speed gap between the first and second transporting components; and a changing component configured to change, with reference to a characteristic relevant to sheet transport, a state of the speed-gap driving of the skew correcting component.
B65H 9/00 - Registering, e.g. orientating, articles; Devices therefor
B65H 7/06 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors responsive to presence of faulty articles or incorrect separation or feed
A collecting device includes a collecting path for a developer, at least one transport member that is disposed in the collecting path and that transports the developer by rotating, a driving unit that drives, by receiving electric power, the transport member in such a manner that the transport member rotates, a detecting unit that detects a load applied to the driving unit due to transportation of the developer, and a control unit that controls the driving unit based on the load detected by the detecting unit.
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: detect a specific noncontact state established by a user for an operation surface; and present, if the specific contact state is detected, an explanation of an operation method used for the operation surface or a function of an object displayed on the operation surface.
G06F 9/451 - Execution arrangements for user interfaces
G06F 3/04883 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
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CLEANING DEVICE, IMAGE HOLDING BODY UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
A cleaning device, for cleaning an image holding body that rotates while holding a toner image on an outer circumferential surface of the image holding body, includes: a scraping member that scrapes toner sticking to the outer circumferential surface of the image holding body in a rotating state by a distal end of the scraping member being in contact with, in the outer circumferential surface, in a region in which the image holding body moves upward from below; a trapping member in which toner scraped from the outer circumferential surface to fall is trapped; and at least one raising member that raises up toner trapped in the trapping member, toward the distal end of the scraping member.
G03G 21/00 - Arrangements not provided for by groups , e.g. cleaning, elimination of residual charge
G03G 15/16 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern
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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND METHOD
An information processing apparatus includes a processor. For each of applications, a device necessary to display a screen for the application and a device necessary to execute the application are defined. The processor is configured to activate an application if a device necessary to display a screen for the application has been restored in a case where an instruction to activate the application is given after an operation for turning on the information processing apparatus is performed.
A screw fastening structure includes: a screw fastener having a threaded portion; and a fastening assist member having a flanged screw hole, a through-hole through which the threaded portion of the screw fastener passes, and a folded part folded back such that the screw hole and the through-hole face each other. A flange of the screw hole projects toward a side opposite to a side of the through-hole, and the threaded portion of the screw fastener is fastened to the screw hole after passing through the through-hole.
F16B 5/02 - Joining sheets or plates to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of fastening members using screw-thread
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INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
An information processing device includes a processor configured to: detect movement of a document placed on a document stand included in a device that reads the document by capturing an image of the document stand; and make a determination related to reading of the document based on the movement of the document on the document stand.
An information processing apparatus includes a processor. A first power-off state, which accompanies a reset of hardware and a restart of a program, and a second power-off state, which does not accompany the reset of the hardware and the restart of the program, are defined as states of a power supply of the information processing apparatus. The processor is configured to record, if an operation for turning off the information processing apparatus is performed and the power supply enters the second power-off state, a change in a state of the power supply to the second power-off state, and change the state of the power supply to the second power-off state if a change in the state of the power supply to the second power-off state is recorded after supply of power to the information processing apparatus is stopped and power is again supplied to the information processing apparatus.
An image processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: specify, as a pre-processing area, a coordinate area in pre-printing scanned image data obtained by scanning a processing medium on which an image is printed or a pattern is applied in advance and on which print image data according to a print request is not printed, the coordinate area including an image corresponding to the image or the pattern; compare post-printing scanned image data obtained by scanning the processing medium on which the print image data is printed with the print image data, and determine that there is a difference between the post-printing scanned image data and the print image data in a case where a comparison result satisfies a determination condition; and set the determination condition for the pre-processing area such that it is difficult to determine that there is a difference between the post-printing scanned image data and the print image data compared to the determination condition for an area other than the pre-processing area.
An image forming apparatus includes a plural image forming units each having a plural image forming sections, and an intermediate transfer body on which toner images formed by the plural image forming sections are primarily transferred; a plural secondary transfer units that are provided corresponding to the plural the image forming units, and secondarily transfer the toner images of the intermediate transfer body to a recording medium; and a processor configured to: in response to an instruction for adjusting misalignment of the toner images, execute a mode in which a first chart for checking amounts of misalignment between a toner image formed by a reference image forming section and the toner images formed by another image forming section, for each image forming unit, and a second chart for checking amounts of misalignment between toner images formed by the reference image forming sections of the plural image forming units are secondarily transferred to the recording medium and output, and an input of a first adjustment value for adjusting misalignment for each image forming unit, read from the first chart, and an input of a second adjustment value for adjusting misalignment between the image forming units, read from the second chart, are received.
A recording medium processing apparatus includes: a pressing unit that presses one surface of a transported recording medium against a to-be-pressed section; and a cutting unit that cuts the recording medium pressed against the to-be-pressed section.
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
B65H 35/00 - Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machines; Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers
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PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, PRINTING SERVICE SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND METHOD
A portable terminal apparatus includes a processor, and a wireless communicator, in which the processor is configured to acquire a printing required time required for printing a file, while a user carrying the portable terminal apparatus is moving to a printing apparatus to be used for printing the file, acquire a first movement required time as a movement time of the user required for arriving at the printing apparatus from a wireless communication apparatus that is wirelessly connected to the wireless communicator and that is installed separately from the printing apparatus, and in a case where the wireless communicator is wirelessly connected to the wireless communication apparatus, perform a control of instructing the printing apparatus to print the file at a point in time when the first movement required time becomes less than or equal to the printing required time.
An image forming apparatus includes plural image forming units including plural image forming sections and an intermediate transfer body to which a toner image formed on the plural image forming sections is primarily transferred, and a processor, in which wherein the processor is configured to, in a case where, during image formation using any of the image forming units among the image forming units, in a case where a consumable of any of the image forming sections of the image forming unit is insufficient, an image forming section of an identical color to the image forming section of which the consumable is insufficient is present in another image forming unit, and a storage medium for storing management information for managing a consumable unit is not provided in the consumable unit attached to the image forming section of which the consumable is insufficient, ask a user whether or not to exchange the consumable unit attached to the image forming section of which the consumable is insufficient and a consumable unit set in the image forming section of the other image forming unit, and, in a case where information indicating a selection to exchange the consumable units has been received from the user, exchange pieces of management information of the two exchanged consumable units.
A feeding support apparatus includes a processor configured to: present plural parameters related to blowing conditions of a plural blowing units that support feeding by blowing air to paper accommodated in a paper storing unit; blow air from the plural blowing units based on the plural parameters and perform feeding from the paper storing unit in a case where an instruction for test-feeding based on the plural presented parameters is given; present a correction parameter obtained by correcting at least one of the plural parameters in a case where an error has occurred during feeding from the paper storing unit; and blow air from the plural blowing units based on the correction parameter and perform feeding from the paper storing unit in a case where an instruction for test-feeding based on the presented correction parameter is given.
B65H 7/12 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors responsive to presence of faulty articles or incorrect separation or feed responsive to double feed or separation
B65H 3/48 - Air blast acting on edges of, or under, articles
B65H 7/16 - Controlling air-supply to pneumatic separators
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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
An information processing apparatus includes a processor, in which the processor is configured to: acquire information related to an electronic output of data; derive the number of sheets virtually output in a case in which the data is output by the sheets, using the acquired information related to the electronic output of the data; and perform control to display a reduction value of the sheets reduced by the electronic output of the data, using the derived number of sheets virtually output.
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire a position of principal illumination from a spherical image; acquire a direction of a principal normal of an object to be observed; acquire an observation condition of the object; and identify, on a basis of the position of principal illumination, the direction of the principal normal, and the observation condition, a positional relationship with which a light component reflected specularly by a plane corresponding to the principal normal.
A cleaning device includes: a plate-like cleaning member that cleans a cleaning target surface, which is moved with toner attached thereto, of a cleaning target body by scraping the toner with a part of a distal end surface of the cleaning member contacting the cleaning target surface; a body that has a storage space that stores waste toner that has fallen after being scraped by the cleaning member; and a transport member disposed in the storage space of the body at a position below the distal end surface of the cleaning member to transport the waste toner stored in the storage space along a longitudinal direction of the cleaning member. The transport member includes a non-transport portion that exerts no transport force in a direction along the longitudinal direction of the cleaning member.
A light emitting component includes: a substrate; a plural light emitting elements that are provided on the substrate and respectively have light emission regions; and a plural thyristors that are turned on to cause the light emission regions of the respective light emitting elements to emit light, or that increase amounts of emitted light of the light emission regions, in which the light emitting elements absorb light emitted from a corresponding thyristor among the plural thyristors.
A semiconductor-laminated substrate includes: a substrate; and a laminated structure that includes a first semiconductor laminate which is provided on the substrate and processed into a light emitting element and a second semiconductor laminate which is provided on the first semiconductor laminate and processed into at least one thyristor, in which the laminated structure is adjusted such that two resonant wavelengths due to an effect of the thyristor are located on both sides of a resonant wavelength of the light emitting element.
H01L 33/46 - Reflective coating, e.g. dielectric Bragg reflector
H01L 33/00 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof
H01L 33/06 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof characterised by the semiconductor bodies with a quantum effect structure or superlattice, e.g. tunnel junction within the light emitting region, e.g. quantum confinement structure or tunnel barrier
FIXING DEVICE HAVING REDUCED INCREASE IN ROTATIONAL TORQUE OF SECOND ROTATABLE MEMBER PROVIDING AN IMAGE WITH REDUCED UNEVENNESS IN GLOSS TO BE FORMED AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME
A fixing device includes: a first rotatable member; a second rotatable member disposed in contact with the first rotatable member; a pressing member that is disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the second rotatable member and presses the inner circumferential surface of the second rotatable member such that the second rotatable member is pressed against the first rotatable member; a sliding member interposed between the inner circumferential surface of the second rotatable member and the pressing member; and a lubricant interposed between the inner circumferential surface of the second rotatable member and the sliding member. The inner circumferential surface of the second rotatable member contains a resin having at least one group selected from the group consisting of an amido group, an imido group, a ketone group, and a sulfide group. A sliding surface of the sliding member contains a heat resistant thermoplastic resin other than a fluorocarbon resin and a resin having a siloxane group that is other than the heat resistant thermoplastic resin. The lubricant contains an oil having a siloxane group in a main chain.
A toner set has a white toner and a color toner, in which in a case where Cw [mg/L] represents an amount of a cation on a surface of the white toner, measured by ion chromatography, and Cc [mg/L] represents an amount of a cation on a surface of the color toner, measured by ion chromatography, the toner set satisfies Conditions (1) and (2).
A toner set has a white toner and a color toner, in which in a case where Cw [mg/L] represents an amount of a cation on a surface of the white toner, measured by ion chromatography, and Cc [mg/L] represents an amount of a cation on a surface of the color toner, measured by ion chromatography, the toner set satisfies Conditions (1) and (2).
0.3 mg/L≤Cc≤1.2 mg/L (1)
A toner set has a white toner and a color toner, in which in a case where Cw [mg/L] represents an amount of a cation on a surface of the white toner, measured by ion chromatography, and Cc [mg/L] represents an amount of a cation on a surface of the color toner, measured by ion chromatography, the toner set satisfies Conditions (1) and (2).
0.3 mg/L≤Cc≤1.2 mg/L (1)
(Cw/Cc)≤0.8 (2)
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: in an operation of selecting and executing an object in a screen by a contactless operation with a target, allocate a first region for selecting the object to a mid-air space immediately above the screen; and allocate a second region for executing the selected object to a mid-air space farther from the screen than the first region.
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive sequential processing to be executed, the sequential processing being processing for executing multiple preset operations which are related to each other; send a request to execute an operation included in the received sequential processing and receive an execution result; and calculate a fee, which is preset, in accordance with a degree of success of the executed operation indicated by the execution result and present the calculated fee.
A medium processing system includes: a pre-processing device; a first delivery device that receives a recording medium from the pre-processing device and that delivers the recording medium; a first post-processing device that receives the recording medium delivered from the first delivery device and that performs post-processing on the recording medium; one second delivery device or multiple second delivery devices that are connected in series with the first delivery device, that receive the recording medium delivered from an upstream side in a transport direction of the recording medium, and that deliver the recording medium; a second post-processing device that receives the recording medium delivered from the one second delivery device or the multiple second delivery devices and that performs post-processing on the recording medium; a first controller that is provided at the first delivery device and that communicates with the first post-processing device, the pre-processing device, and the second delivery device that receives the recording medium from the first delivery device, the first controller controlling the first delivery device and the first post-processing device; and a second controller that is provided at the one second delivery device or the multiple second delivery devices, that, for the second delivery device that receives the recording medium from the first delivery device, communicates with the second post-processing device and controls the second delivery device and the second post-processing device that receives the recording medium from the second delivery device, and that, for another one of the multiple second delivery devices that receives the recording medium delivered from the second delivery device, communicates with the second delivery device that delivers the recording medium and with the second post-processing device and controls the other one of the multiple second delivery devices and the second post-processing device that receives the recording medium from the other one of the multiple second delivery devices.
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire a specification of print data and information to be used for printing the print data by each of multiple order receivers; and calculate a cost for placing an order for printing the print data for each order receiver based on the acquired specification of the print data and the acquired information and present the cost.
A belt unit includes: a belt-shaped member being endless; and a support member that supports the belt-shaped member and rotates, the support member having a rotating shaft that tilts in: a tilt direction having a component in a first direction intersecting a bisector of a central angle of a wrapping range where the belt-shaped member is wrapped around the support member and a component in a second direction where the belt-shaped member elongates and contracts; and a direction where extent of shifting of the belt-shaped member to one side in the width direction of the belt-shaped member is reduced.
A cleaning device includes: a cleaning unit that cleans a cleaning section by coming into contact with the cleaning section, the cleaning section being disposed in a transport space through which a medium is transported; a support unit that supports the cleaning unit, the support unit rotating about a rotation center to cause the cleaning unit to pass the cleaning section in a direction along a transporting direction in which the medium is transported; and a removing unit that is disposed upstream of the cleaning section in the transporting direction of the medium and that comes into contact with the cleaning unit to remove a substance adhering to the cleaning unit.
An electrostatic charge image developing toner contains alkylsilane-treated silica particles, a branched aliphatic hydrocarbon having 7 or more and 18 or less carbon atoms, and toner particles.
An image processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire a document image sequence including plural document images obtained by scanning plural documents; and arrange and output a document image on each page such that the document image is a boundary of pages matched to a repetition cycle of a document size in a case where there is the repetition cycle in the document image sequence.
A printed-matter inspection system includes a processor that inspects printed matter, and a display device that displays a result of the inspection. The processor is configured to: compare a scanned image with a reference image of an inspection-target page of the printed matter to perform inspection for at least one defect that is present in the scanned image, the scanned image being obtained by scanning the inspection-target page; and obtain information about post-processing that is to be performed on the printed matter, and, on the basis of the information about the post-processing, display, on the display device, the at least one defect in association with at least one simulated image of the printed matter obtained after the post-processing.
An electrostatic charge image developing carrier includes a core material and a resin coating layer that contains strontium titanate particles and coats the core material, in which a content of the strontium titanate particles is 10% by mass or more and 55% by mass or less with respect to a total mass of the resin coating layer, and a proportion of strontium atoms within a surface of the resin coating layer, the proportion being determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, is 0.2 at % or more and 1.0 at % or less.
A method for producing a three-dimensional object includes: forming an adhesive part on a portion of a sheet-shaped print medium by an electrophotographic system using a pressure-induced phase transition resin toner that exhibits adhesion when undergoing phase transition under pressure; and forming a three-dimensional part by folding part of the print medium so that the portion of the print medium that has the adhesive part formed thereon is bonded to a different portion of the print medium.
A developing device includes: a container that contains developer; a developer holder that rotates with the developer being held on a surface thereof to transport the developer to a developing region; and a cooling unit. An introduction port is provided at a position corresponding to the developing region, the introduction port allowing suction of a floating substance generated in the developing region in a transverse direction of the container. The cooling unit is connected to the introduction port to allow passage of gas containing the floating substance in a longitudinal direction of the container, and cools the container with the gas. An intake port is connected to an end of the cooling unit in the longitudinal direction, the intake port allowing introduction of gas.
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