Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying unit that carries a toner image on a surface of the image carrying unit along with rotation of the image carrying unit to transfer the toner image onto a target transfer unit, and a supply unit that supplies a larger amount of fatty acid metal salt to the image carrying unit as a rotation speed of the image carrying unit increases.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller that controls a notification of a linkage function which is executable by using at least one object to be linked when a user transmits information of the object to be linked to a conversation partner on an interface for making a conversation with the conversation partner.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image holding body that holds an image to be transferred to a recording material; a developing unit that causes a mixture, in which plural kinds of developers are mixed, to adhere to the image holding body and that forms an image on the image holding body; a transfer unit that transfers an image formed on the image holding body to a recording material; and a change portion that changes a transfer condition that is a condition under which the transfer unit performs transfer so that a ratio of the plural kinds of developers in the image to be transferred to a recording material becomes close to a predetermined ratio.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit, a contact unit, and a constant-current controller. The transfer unit nips a recording medium using an image retaining unit and a transfer member and generates a transfer electric field in a transfer region therebetween so as to electrostatically transfer the image onto the recording medium. The contact unit is provided upstream and downstream of the transfer region in a recording-medium transport direction and comes into contact with the recording medium while the recording medium passes through the transfer region, so as to function as an electrode leading to a ground. The constant-current controller performs constant-current control on a transfer current to be fed to the transfer region by using a transfer voltage when the recording medium is a low-resistance recording medium having a predetermined resistance value or lower or having an electrically-conductive layer along a medium base surface.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; an undercoat layer on the conductive substrate, the undercoat layer containing at least one perinone compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by general formula (1) and a compound represented by general formula (2) below, metal oxide particles of at least one type selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide particles, iron oxide particles, copper oxide particles, magnesium oxide particles, calcium oxide particles, and silicon dioxide particles, and a binder resin, the undercoat layer having a thickness of 1 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less; and a photosensitive layer on the undercoat layer.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a first output unit that, when an instruction to perform image formation based on 2D image data is received, generates first image formation information for formation of images on respective recording media based on the 2D image data and outputs the generated first image formation information to an image forming apparatus; a second output unit that, when an instruction to perform 3D modeling based on 3D data is received, generates plural slice data by slicing the 3D data by plural respective planes, generates second image formation information for formation of a series of slice images on respective recording media based on the plural generated slice data, and outputs the generated second image formation information to the image forming apparatus; a generation unit that generates a series of control data as defined herein; and a storing unit as defined herein.

Abstract: A white toner for electrostatic image development includes toner particles containing a binder resin, which contains at least a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous polyester resin, and a white pigment. The loss tangent tan ? at 30° C. determined by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is 0.2 or more and 1.0 or less.

Abstract: An image forming instruction device includes a selector that selects either a setting for borderless printing or a setting for non-borderless printing based on print data. In a further modification of the invention, the selector may select either the setting for borderless printing or the setting for non-borderless printing based on an image on an outer edge of the print data.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquirer that acquires information indicating a request from a user, and a controller that causes, in response to the request, a provider to provide first information that does not depend on a device or second information that depends on the device.

Abstract: A pallet includes at least one top board on which a load is to be placed and at least one substantially plate-shaped stringer board that is provided independently of the top board and that has at least one non-contact portion, which is not in contact with the top board in a region between the stringer board and the top board, the stringer board being in contact with the top board in a vertical direction.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller that moves and controls a display of a character image in a virtual space, in accordance with a movement of a user in a real space, and an awarding unit that awards points to the user in a case in which the character image is made to overlap, in the virtual space, an other character image of an other user.

Abstract: A belt-type transport device includes a belt, a pressure unit, a nip forming unit, a belt stretching roller, an inclination controller, a contact unit, and a support unit. The belt is an endless belt, has an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface, and is to be rotated. The pressure unit is in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the belt. The nip forming unit presses the belt against the pressure unit so as to form a nip through which a recording medium is to be transported. The belt stretching roller is disposed inside the belt and stretches the belt. The inclination controller controls inclination of the belt stretching roller. The contact unit is provided along a width direction of the belt and is in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the belt. The support unit supports the contact unit such that the contact unit is able to follow inclination of the belt which is changed due to the inclination of the belt stretching roller.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives information indicative of a priority of communication designated by a user who uses a communication line available to plural users and information indicative of a bandwidth of a priority target designated by the user; and an allocated bandwidth deciding unit that decides an allocated bandwidth allocated to the user on a basis of evaluation of the priority and the bandwidth of the priority target.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive an utterance content of a speaker, a processing structure of a work in which the speaker utters, the work including plural processing units, and a processing unit in execution in the processing structure; an extraction unit configured to extract a related document including a sentence whose similarity to the utterance content of the speaker received by the receiver is equal to or higher than a threshold, from among related documents that are associated in advance with at least one processing unit including the processing unit in execution received by the receiver; and a setting unit configured to set a processing unit from which the extraction unit extracts a related document next, according to the processing structure received by the receiver.

Abstract: A powder accommodating device includes: an accommodating portion that has an opening at one end, is installed horizontally to accommodate powder, and transports the powder toward the opening by rotation; a lid portion that has a cylindrical inner wall surface, covers the opening and is held in a non-rotational state; and an agitation portion including: a cylindrical portion that is disposed in the lid portion, communicates with the opening, and rotates integrally with the accommodating portion; and plural agitation rods that each have a rod shape protruding from the cylindrical portion in a rotation axis direction in a direction away from the cylindrical portion and circulate along the inner wall surface to agitate the powder in the hollow portion, wherein at least some of the plural agitation rods are connected to each other via a beam provided at a position out of the cylindrical portion.

Abstract: A cleaning blade includes a contact part coming into contact with a member to be cleaned, the contact part being configurated by a member containing polyurethane rubber produced by polymerizing at least a polyol component, which contains over 50 mol % and 75 mol % or less of 1,4-butanediol relative to the entire polyol components, with a polyisocyanate component. The ratio (M100/Re) of 100% modulus (M100 [MPa]) to rebound resilience coefficient (Re [%]) is 0.25 or more. The rebound resilience coefficient (Re [%]) is 25% or more.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display, at least one detector, and a display controller. The display displays an image of an object three-dimensionally. The at least one detector detects a physical quantity as a detection target. The display controller makes a change to a specific part of the object displayed on the display in accordance with an output from the at least one detector.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer unit that holds an image to be transferred onto a recording medium, a base image formation unit that forms a planar base image onto the intermediate transfer unit by using an opaque base image forming agent, the base image being brought into contact with and disposed onto an entire surface of the recording medium or a partial region of the surface of the recording medium, a transparent image formation unit that forms a transparent image onto the intermediate transfer unit by using a transparent image forming agent, a first control unit that performs control for transferring a monochromatic or polychromatic image including the base image formed on the intermediate transfer unit by the base image formation unit onto the recording medium, a second control unit that performs control for superposing a monochromatic or polychromatic image including the base image formed by the base image formation unit onto the transparent image formed on the intermediate

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming component that forms an image on a recording medium by using a white color material and a color material other than the white color material, and a controller that controls a color material amount of the white color material to differ depending on a position where an image that uses the white color material is formed in order of formation of images that use respective color materials in the image forming component.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided. Assume that a user has signed into a first cloud service of operation source. In a case where the user signs in to a second cloud service of operation destination, and in a case where an account registered in the second cloud service is permitted to be cooperated with another account, the information processing apparatus allows the user to sign in to the second cloud service.