Abstract: When an adjustment mode is set, a designation screen is displayed on a liquid crystal display screen. A part as an object of adjustment is designated by a touch operation to the designation screen. Subsequently to this designation, an input screen for inputting data for adjustment is displayed.

Abstract: Power consumption P of a building where plural image forming apparatuses 1 are installed is detected. When this detection result reaches an upper limit value Pa, power consumption of each of the image forming apparatuses 1 is reduced.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus sets setting information for forming an image, detects, using a media sensor, characteristic information of a recording medium on which an image is formed according to setting by the setting information, forms an image on the recording medium, the characteristic information of which is detected by the media sensor, on the basis of the setting information, stores, as log data, the setting information for forming an image on the recording medium and the characteristic information of the recording medium detected by the media sensor, and transmits the log data to an image diagnosis apparatus that diagnoses a state of image forming processing in the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: A maintenance planning system comprises a counter value acquiring unit to acquire a counter value indicating use results of consumable parts of a plurality of apparatuses that are maintenance targets; an interval information acquiring unit, among information related to a combination of a visit interval to specify a time interval to visit installation places of the plurality of apparatuses that are maintenance targets to perform a maintenance check operation for the plurality of apparatuses that are maintenance targets with a replacement interval specified to replace each consumable part and associated with the visit interval, to acquire a combination of the visit interval and the replacement interval for minimizing a predetermined cost for each consumable part of the plurality of apparatuses that are maintenance targets; a maintenance plan creation unit, on the basis of the minimized visit interval and replacement interval acquired by the interval information acquiring unit and the counter value acquired by t

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a first sensor which is provided on a transportation path of a sheet and detects a first passage time of the sheet; a second sensor which is provided at a position different from the position of the first sensor in a transportation direction of the sheet and a direction perpendicular to the transportation direction and detects a second passage time of the sheet; a skew determination unit which determines a skew amount of the sheet based on the first passage time detected by the first sensor and the second passage time detected by the second sensor; and a correction control unit which controls correction of a skew of the sheet on the basis of the skew amount determined by the skew determination unit.

Abstract: A technique is provided that enables detection of the state of a sheet skew or the like without adding a special sensor or the like in a sheet carrying apparatus if possible. Information about sheet detection timing by two sensors that are arranged at different positions from each other in a sheet carrying direction and arranged at positions different from each other in a direction orthogonal to the sheet carrying direction is acquired. A skew of a carried sheet is determined in accordance with the acquired information.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store actual use information of the image forming apparatus and actual use information of a consumable part, and an information transmitting unit configured to transmit the actual use information of the image forming apparatus and the actual use information of the consumable part to a maintenance scheduling system for creating a maintenance schedule for the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: To provide a technique of reducing the costs for maintenance work and also the downtime of products. There is provided a maintenance system that calculates a timing to make a visit for maintenance work for consumable parts of a machine to be maintained. The maintenance system includes: a visit-interval calculating section for calculating a visit interval to make a visit for maintenance work for each consumable part on the basis of a failure rate distribution; a replacement-interval calculating section for calculating a replacement interval to replace the consumable parts for each consumable part on the basis of the failure rate distribution; and a visit-timing calculating section for calculating a timing to actually visit the machine to be maintained on the basis of the visit interval calculated by the visit-interval calculating section and the replacement interval calculated by the replacement-interval calculating section.

Abstract: A maintenance scheduling system for creating a maintenance schedule for an image forming apparatus includes an actual use acquiring unit configured to acquire actual use information of the image forming apparatus and actual use information of a consumable part, a failure probability distribution estimating unit configured to estimate failure probability distribution of the consumable part on the basis of history of actual use information of the consumable part, a counter proceeding degree acquiring unit configured to acquire a counter proceeding degree, which is a counter value per day, on the basis of history of actual use information of the image forming apparatus, and a maintenance scheduling unit configured to present next replacement timing and a consumable part to be replaced, on the basis of the failure probability distribution of each of the consumable parts and the counter proceeding degree.

Abstract: When an adjustment mode is set, a designation screen is displayed on a liquid crystal display screen. A part as an object of adjustment is designated by a touch operation to the designation screen. Subsequently to this designation, an input screen for inputting data for adjustment is displayed.

Abstract: When an adjustment mode is set, a designation screen A is displayed on a liquid crystal display part 12. A part as an object of adjustment is designated by a touch operation to the designation screen A. Subsequently to this designation, an input screen B for inputting data for adjustment is displayed.

Abstract: The residual potential and charging potential of the surface of a photosensitive drum 20, or the charging potential and exposure potential of the surface of the photosensitive drum 20 are detected by an exposure sensor 28. The lifetime of the photosensitive drum 20 is judged in accordance with the difference between the detected charging potential and residual potential, or the difference between the detected charging potential and exposure potential.

Abstract: The residual potential and charging potential of the surface of a photosensitive drum 20, or the charging potential and exposure potential of the surface of the photosensitive drum 20 are detected by an exposure sensor 28. The lifetime of the photosensitive drum 20 is judged in accordance with the difference between the detected charging potential and residual potential, or the difference between the detected charging potential and exposure potential.

Abstract: A maintenance scheduling system for creating a maintenance schedule for an image forming apparatus that forms an image and sends and receives information to and from an external device, includes an actual use acquiring unit configured to acquire actual use information of the image forming apparatus (including a counter value corresponding to the number of times an image is formed and the date and time when the counter value is acquired) and actual use information of a consumable part (including the counter value at the time of replacing the consumable part and life information indicating whether the reason for replacement of the consumable part is the end of its life or not), a failure probability distribution estimating unit configured to estimate failure probability distribution of the consumable part on the basis of history of actual use information of the consumable part, a counter proceeding degree acquiring unit configured to acquire a counter proceeding degree, which is a counter value per day, on the

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is installed in a digital multifunction peripheral (MFP) having a copying function of recording images continuously and a function of transmitting and receiving information to and from an external apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a first storing section which stores recording media before recording, a plurality of image forming sections which form images and record the images on the recording media, and a second storing section which stores the recording media after recording. The image forming sections are configured to selectively perform an operation of recording images on the recording media by individually performing an image forming operation in parallel, and an operation of recording images on one recording medium by performing the image forming operation by turns.

Abstract: The residual potential and charging potential of the surface of a photosensitive drum 20, or the charging potential and exposure potential of the surface of the photosensitive drum 20 are detected by an exposure sensor 28. The lifetime of the photosensitive drum 20 is judged in accordance with the difference between the detected charging potential and residual potential, or the difference between the detected charging potential and exposure potential.

Abstract: A technique is provided that enables reduction in cost related to maintenance services and that also enables reduction in downtime of a product.

Abstract: When an adjustment mode is set, a designation screen A is displayed on a liquid crystal display part 12. A part as an object of adjustment is designated by a touch operation to the designation screen A. Subsequently to this designation, an input screen B for inputting data for adjustment is displayed.

Abstract: Power consumption P of a building where plural image forming apparatuses 1 are installed is detected. When this detection result reaches an upper limit value Pa, power consumption of each of the image forming apparatuses 1 is reduced.

Abstract: To provide a technique of reducing the costs for maintenance work and also the downtime of products. There is provided a maintenance system that calculates a timing to make a visit for maintenance work for consumable parts of a machine to be maintained. The maintenance system includes: a visit-interval calculating section for calculating a visit interval to make a visit for maintenance work for each consumable part on the basis of a failure rate distribution; a replacement-interval calculating section for calculating a replacement interval to replace the consumable parts for each consumable part on the basis of the failure rate distribution; and a visit-timing calculating section for calculating a timing to actually visit the machine to be maintained on the basis of the visit interval calculated by the visit-interval calculating section and the replacement interval calculated by the replacement-interval calculating section.