Abstract: A terminal device may, in a case where a function executing operation is accepted, send, by using a target communication path, a function executing instruction for causing the function executing device. The terminal device may, in a case where a predetermined condition which includes a memory of the terminal device storing Virtual Private Network (VPN) communication information is satisfied, execute a related process related to switching the target communication path from a first communication path to a second communication path. The first communication path may be a communication path for communicating with the function executing device via a local area network without using the Internet. The second communication path may be a communication path for communicating with the function executing device via the Internet.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for a terminal device. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by a processor of the terminal device, may cause the terminal device to: display a predetermined screen related to a printing device on a display unit of the terminal device; and in a case where a predetermined instruction for purchasing a consumable article for the printing device is received from a user while the predetermined screen is displayed on the display unit, display service-related information related to a service provided by a vendor of the printing device on the display unit.

Abstract: A liquid droplet discharge apparatus includes: a metallic discharge head configured to discharge a liquid droplet onto a print medium; an electrode arranged facing the discharge head; a voltage source configured to generate a potential difference between the discharge head and the electrode; a current detection part configured to detect a current flowing between the discharge head and the electrode; and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate a volume of the liquid droplet based on a current value detected by the current detection part, in a case that the liquid droplet is discharged from the discharge head in a state that the potential difference is generated between the discharge head and the electrode by the voltage source.

Abstract: A data generation program includes instructions of: acquiring three-dimensional data representing a three-dimensional shape of a three-dimensional product; acquiring an arrangement condition for arranging a support member to the three-dimensional product; setting an extending direction, a width direction, and a height direction of the support member; adding a cutting margin of a particular thickness to a cutting surface of the three-dimensional product at one side in the height direction; setting the support member in accordance with the arrangement condition, one end of the support member in the extending direction being connected to the cutting margin added to the three-dimensional product; setting a beam, the beam being spaced from the three-dimensional product having the cutting margin in the extending direction, the beam extending in the width direction; generating three-dimensional modeling data for modeling a modeled object by using a three-dimensional modeling apparatus; and outputting the three-dimen

Abstract: A liquid ejection device includes a head having a nozzle, an element causing the nozzle to eject liquid, a reservoir configured to store the liquid to be supplied to the nozzle, and a controller. The controller is configured to change a drive signal to drive the element based on a quantity of the liquid stored in the reservoir.

Abstract: A developing cartridge includes: a casing; a developing roller rotatable about a developing axis extending in a first direction and positioned at one end portion of the casing in a second direction crossing the first direction; a developing electrode electrically connected to the developing roller and positioned at one end portion of the casing in the first direction; a supply roller rotatable about a supply axis extending in the first direction and configured to supply toner to the developing roller; a supply electrode electrically connected to the supply roller and positioned at one end portion of the casing in the first direction; and an IC chip having an electrical contact surface positioned at one end portion of the casing in the first direction. The electrical contact surface is positioned opposite the developing electrode in the second direction with respect to a part of the supply electrode.

Abstract: A head module includes: a first control circuit; a first head having first nozzles configured to discharge liquid, the first head being electrically connected to the first control circuit; and a sensor electrically connected to the first control circuit and configured to detect an image formed on a recording medium. The first head has a first nozzle surface extended in a first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and the first nozzle surface includes a first region in which the first nozzles are formed along the first direction. The sensor includes a light-receiving element which has a light-receiving surface extended in the first direction and the second direction. In the first direction, a position of the light-receiving element is same as a position of the first region.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a liquid discharge head, a carriage, a carriage moving mechanism, a carriage motor, an output unit outputting a discharge determination signal, and a controller configured to carry out a determination of whether or not a liquid is discharged normally from the nozzle, based on the discharge determination signal outputted from the output unit when the liquid discharge head carries out an inspection driving. If a first condition is satisfied, then after a carriage drive in order to move the carriage to a predetermined position, the inspection driving is performed. If a second condition other than the first condition is satisfied, then the inspection driving is performed without performing the carriage drive.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus having an image forming unit and a supplier having a first supply port though which a first consumable item is supplied to a first accommodating portion and a second supply port through which a second consumable item is supplied to a second accommodating portion, and a guide. The image forming system further includes a first bottle including a first connector having a first outlet port connectable to the supplier and a first guided portion configured to be guided by the guide in a state in which the first connector is attached to the supplier, and a second bottle including a second connector having a second outlet port connectable to the supplier and a second guided portion configured to be guided by the guide in a state in which the second connector is attached to the supplier.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a controller and a memory interface having a plurality of ports each configured to receive a portable memory removably attached thereto. The controller performs a portable memory using process including storing data in a dedicated memory, which is a portable memory set as a storage destination to store the data in the portable memory using process when attached to a dedicated port, and performing a process using the data stored in the dedicated memory in response to an operation received via a user interface. The controller sets, prior to the portable memory using process, one of the plurality of ports as the dedicated port, and provides a notification when determining that a target portable memory is not the dedicated memory but the port to which the target portable memory has been attached is the dedicated port.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a first housing, an image reading unit including a reading sensor, a communication circuit board including a communication antenna capable of short-distance wireless communication, a second housing located above the first housing and accommodating the image reading unit and the communication circuit board, and an operation panel located in front of the second housing. The second housing includes a first side wall located at a rear of the operation panel, and a second side wall located at the rear of the operation panel. An inner surface of the first side wall is opposed to the communication circuit board. An outer surface of the first side-wall has a mark indicating a position to which a communication object is brought close.

Abstract: A printer may include a print executing unit. The printer may, in a case where a predetermined operation is accepted from a user of the printer, cause the print executing unit to execute a print preparation action; and in a case where the print preparation action is executed by the print executing unit, display on a display unit a promotion message for prompting subscription to a service related to the printer.

Abstract: An aqueous ink for ink jet recording includes: a polysaccharide; a coloring agent; and water. The polysaccharide includes at least one of a polysaccharide having a glucose skeleton in a structure, and a derivative thereof, and a viscosity of a 30 wt % aqueous solution of the polysaccharide measured at 25° C. is 10.0 mPa·s or less.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a main body housing; a developing cartridge attachable to and detachable from the main body housing; a drum cartridge attachable to and detachable from the main body housing; and a developing guide for guiding attachment and detachment of the developing cartridge to and from the main body housing. The developing cartridge includes a developing roller and a developing memory for storing information. The drum cartridge includes a photosensitive drum. The developing guide is movable together with the developing cartridge between a first position where the developing roller is in contact with the photosensitive drum and a second position where the developing roller is separated from the photosensitive drum. The developing guide includes a developing memory terminal configured to be in contact with the developing memory in a state where the developing cartridge is attached to the main body housing.

Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes: a cartridge case defining therein a liquid storage chamber; a liquid supply portion; a circuit board; a plate member; and a residual-amount detecting portion. The residual-amount detecting portion is configured to change a state of incident light according to an amount of the liquid stored in the liquid storage chamber, and includes an optical access portion on which light traveling in a left-right direction is incident. The plate member is pivotally movable between: a first posture where a portion of the plate member is positioned upward relative to the optical access portion; and a second posture where the plate member is positioned downward relative to the optical access portion. The plate member in the first posture and the residual-amount detecting portion define a light transmissive region therebetween in the front-rear direction. The light transmissive region has a light transmittance greater than that of the plate member.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a drum cartridge includes a photosensitive drum, a developing device, a drum cleaner, a waste toner tube, and a flange. The waste toner tube includes a first end portion communicating with the drum cleaner and a second end portion connected to the flange. The developing device includes a protruding portion facing the flange. The cushion member is located between the flange and the protruding portion. The cushion member allows a cartridge mounting part of the developing device to move with respect to the flange in a case where the developing device moves with respect to the photosensitive drum.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a communication interface, a display, and a controller configured to, when the image forming apparatus is remotely connected with an information processing device via the communication interface, transmit, to the information processing device, screen data for causing the information processing device to display a screen corresponding to a display screen being displayed on the display, when receiving remote access from the information processing device, perform display processing for the display screen in accordance with the remote access, and when the remote access is received while a particular screen is being displayed as the display screen on the display, impose a display restriction on the display screen.

Abstract: A cartridge includes: a housing; a storage medium having an electrical contact surface; and a holder movable relative to the housing. The holder includes a first holder member. and a second holder member movable relative to the first holder member. The first holder member includes at least one pawl and holds the electrical contact surface at one end surface of the first holder member in a first direction crossing the electrical contact surface. The second holder member includes at least one corner part engageable with the at least one pawl to provide an engaging portion therebetween. The second holder member has a through-hole that is open at another end face of the second holder member in the first direction. The engaging portion is accessible from an outside of the holder through the through-hole.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores computer-readable instructions executable by a processor of an information processing device. The instructions support a general-purpose printing program incorporated in an operating system of the information processing device. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing device to obtain, from a printer, main body information about sheet characteristics for each feed tray of the printer, obtain print settings from the general-purpose printing program, generate, based on the main body information, notification data including sheet information indicating the sheet characteristics for a feed tray set in the print settings, and provide the notification data to the general-purpose printing program, thereby enabling the notification data to be displayed on the print setting screen.

Abstract: A water-based ink includes a colorant, water, a penetrating agent, and a wetting agent. The penetrating agent includes diethylene glycol monohexyl ether (DEHE). The wetting agent includes a compound having an SP value of 12 to 14. A ratio (A/B) of an amount (A) of the compound having an SP value of 12 to 14 to the amount (B) of DEHE is 2.5 or more. The wetting agent preferably includes at least one of triethylene glycol and tripropylene glycol. The ratio (A/B) of the amount (A) of the compound having an SP value of 12 to 14 to the amount (B) of DEHE is preferably 2.5 or more and less than 10.