Abstract: Disclosed is an imaging lens by which astigmatism and field curvature are satisfactorily corrected by arranging on a first surface a concave surface having an appropriate radius of curvature. Condition (1) defines the radius of curvature of the concave surface arranged on the object-side surface of a bonded compound lens. By fulfilling condition (1), a lens can be obtained in which astigmatism and field curvature are satisfactorily corrected. Condition (1): ?1.5<rL11/f<?5.0, wherein rL11 is the local curvature radius of the object-side surface of the first lens calculated by the equation below; f is the focus distance of the entire system. rL11={(h1)2+(s1)2}/(2s1); h1 is 1/10 of the effective radius of the object-side surface of the first lens; and s1 is the displacement amount in a direction parallel to the optical axis from the surface apex point at a lens surface height h1.

Abstract: An objective is to provide Si/Si3N4 system nanosized particles each exhibiting reduced environmental load together with minimized bio toxicity, excellent chemical stability, enhanced relative light emission intensity, and less degradation of emission intensity during continuous exposure to light; a biosubstance labeling agent capable of keeping on labeling a biosubstance exhibiting luminance enhanced for a long duration with the Si/Si3N4 system nanosized semiconductor particle of the present invention; and also a method of manufacturing the Si/Si3N4 system nanosized semiconductor particle of the present invention.

Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning a belt member, includes a cleaning blade; a removing member coming in contact with the surface of the belt member so as to remove foreign matter adhering on the surface of the belt member; and a contact pressure changing section to change a contact pressure between the removing member to the belt member, wherein, when the contact pressure between the removing member and a region of the belt member corresponding in position to a toner image to be not transferred to a paper sheet is made P1, and the contact pressure between the removing member and a region of the belt member corresponding in position to a toner image to be transferred to a paper sheet is made P2, the contact pressure changing section changes the contact pressure to satisfy the conditional formula: (P1<P2).

Abstract: An image forming system including a control section provides control in such a way that, the ring binder of the size determined for the first set of copies is adopted so that ring binding is performed for a second set of copies or copies thereafter in a case of executing a job for ring binding of a plurality of copies. When at least one of a status change in the sheet feed section, a main power source being turned off, or a change in a job ticket is occurred from a suspension to a resumption of the job, since the thickness of a bundle of sheets may change, the thickness measuring section is caused to measure the thickness of the bundle in a first set of copies subsequent to resumption. And the control section judges continuation or suspension of a job.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a storage device composed of a plurality of storage sections for storing a job data to be input; an image forming section for performing an image formation based on the job data having been stored in the storage device; and a control section configured to control a first mode for processing an independent job data, and a second mode for processing a plurality of job data in parallel, wherein the control section is configured to control in such a manner that a storage section, in said plurality of storage sections, to be used in the first mode differs from a storage section to be used in the second mode.

Abstract: This invention provides a developer concentration adjustment apparatus, a method for concentration adjustment, and an image forming apparatus, in which concentration adjustment is performed by use of a stirring load as a substitute characteristic of viscosity which represents a developer concentration, wherein a trouble of abnormality generation in toner concentration detection due to drying-adhesion of a residual developer on the stirrer is reduced. At the time of finishing the concentration adjustment, a concentration adjustment tank is made to be empty and the stirrer is cleaned by carrier liquid or a liquid developer having a concentration lower than a predetermined concentration. Alternatively, the stirrer is cleaned by empty-stirring operation not being put in a cleaning developer.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first air flow duct for guiding air including flying toner particles created in the image forming apparatus, a second air flow duct having a fan for exhausting cleaned air to an exterior of the image forming apparatus, and a toner particle collecting unit arranged between the first air flow duct and the second air flow duct. The toner particle collecting unit includes a cyclone separator including a cyclone main body, an air flow inlet, and an outlet tube. The cyclone separator centrifuges the toner particles from the air including toner particles and exhausts the cleaned air through the outlet tube. The apparatus further includes a toner particle collection box, mounted under the cyclone separator, and an air channel section for guiding the cleaned air from the outlet tube to the second air flow duct. The toner particle collecting unit is detachable.

Abstract: There is described an image forming apparatus, which makes it possible to securely prevent the secret information from leaking out to unauthorized personnel. The apparatus includes: a display section to display a first document that includes secret information; an operating section to designate a concealing position in the first document and establish a disclosable range of the secret information, therefrom; a storage control section to store document data, designation positional information and disclosable range information, while correlating them with each other; an authenticating section to determine whether or not a user coincides with the disclosable range, based on identification information of the user; and a printing section to print either at least a copy of the first document, when the user coincides with the disclosable range, or copies of a second document, when the authenticating section determines that the user does not coincide with the disclosable range.

Abstract: A method implemented in a print shop management system that includes a data processing apparatus having a non-transitory memory for storing a computer software program and a processor for executing the software program, wherein the program includes a program code configured to cause the data processing apparatus to execute a process for customizing a print-on-demand (POD) driver, which process includes the steps of accessing a configuration file of the POD driver having a plurality of fields with respective values; and modifying values of the configuration file fields to customize available user interfaces and print job settings editing options of the POD driver.

Abstract: Provided is an image pickup lens that forms an image on an image pickup element with light from a subject. In the image pickup lens, a lens that is disposed on an image pickup element side is fixed in position, and a focusing lens group having a plurality of lenses including a lens closest to the subject is moved in an optical axis direction, thereby performing focusing.

Abstract: An inkjet recording device, using ink which changes phase between a gel or solid state and a liquid state depending on temperature includes a recording medium fixing section to which a recording medium sticks to be fixed thereon with air suction through sticking holes; a negative pressure generation section to generate a negative pressure for the air suction; and an inkjet recording head. The recording medium fixing section includes a recording medium holding layer which has the sticking holes and is maintained at a temperature for the ink to be in the gel or solid state; and a support layer which has suction holes communicating with the sticking holes and includes at least one layer to support the recording medium holding layer. The opening area of the open end of each sticking hole is smaller than that of each suction hole.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a first deviation detection portion detects an amount of deviation of a sheet of paper in relation to a reference position of an edge of the sheet of paper. A control portion, determines whether or not an amount of deviation detected by the first deviation detection portion exists within a moving adjustment range of a pair of registration rollers in the second control and performs a first control to correct the reference position of the edge of the sheet of gaper before the image is formed when the amount of deviation exceeds, the moving adjustment range of the pair of registration rollers. A second deviation detection portion detects an amount of deviation of the sheet of paper just before the image is formed in relation to a reference position of the edge of the corrected sheet of paper.

Abstract: An information device includes a touch-sensitive panel that is used for display and operation; an operation check portion configured to check whether operation performed on the information device is first operation that is predefined operation or second operation other than the first operation; and a luminance setting portion configured to, when a luminance set value of the touch-sensitive panel is set at a low luminance value that is set for a case of power saving, and when the operation check portion checks that the operation performed on the information device is the first operation, remain the luminance set value unchanged, and, when the luminance set value is set at the low luminance value, and when the operation check portion checks that the operation performed on the information device is the second operation, set, as the luminance set value, a high luminance value greater than the low luminance value.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a peripheral device at least having a printer function and an information processing apparatus controlling the peripheral device. The peripheral device includes: a display portion; a process execution portion to execute prescribed processing; a storage portion to store user-specific data; and a metadata return portion to refer to the user-specific data in response to reception of a metadata request from the information processing apparatus and to extract and return metadata associated with user identification information included in the received metadata request.

Abstract: A data communication apparatus, comprising: a first control unit for controlling a client trying to access in order to establish a session by a call control protocol, for data communication by a data communication protocol that is other than said call control protocol; an IP address acquiring unit for acquiring an IP address of said client from the data of said call control protocol; and a second control unit for rejecting data communication from a client, which IP address is other than said acquired IP address, while and after said session is established.

Abstract: A control unit 6 causes a vertical scanning circuit 3 to cyclically select any one-dimensional pixel line from among pixel lines 21 to 23 each time a prescribed H period elapses, and controls a read circuit 5 and a horizontal scanning circuit 4 so as to read out pixel signals of an object which has been exposed by the selected pixel line. The control unit 6 further controls a vertical movement unit 8 in such a manner that the scanning speed S satisfies S=P/4H, where P is the arrangement pitch in the vertical direction of the pixel lines 21 to 23 and H is the H period.

Abstract: A toner comprising toner particles containing a binder resin comprising a crystalline polyester resin, a non-crystalline polyester resin and an acryl resin having a cross-link structure, and the acryl resin having a cross-link structure has a cross-link site derived from a crosslinking agent represented by the following formula (1): CH2?CR1—C(?O)O—Z—OC(?O)—CR2?CH2??Formula (1) wherein R1 and R2 are each a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and Z is a hydrocarbon group of 2 to 90 carbon atoms, provided that the hydrocarbon group may include an ether linkage, an ester linkage, a heterocyclic ring or a substituent.

Abstract: Provided is a single-focus optical system which is configured, in order from the object side to the image side, of a first to third lens groups and in which the first lens group and the third lens group are fixed with respect to a predetermined imaging surface, and the second lens group is moved in the optical axis direction to focus, wherein the first lens group comprises at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens, the second lens group comprises at least one positive lens, the third lens group comprises at least one lens having at least one aspheric surface and having a positive optical power at a peripheral portion thereof and 5<|?v1|<70 is satisfied where ?v1 is a maximum value of the Abbe number difference between the positive lens and the negative lens in the first lens group.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a print having a toner image and a foil image, the method containing the steps of forming a foil transferring toner image with a foil transferring toner on an image supporting substrate produced; heating and pressing by laminating the foil transferring toner image onto a transferring foil layer of a transferring foil sheet which is composed of the transferring foil layer and a base film; forming a foil image having the transferring foil layer on the foil transferring toner image by peeling off the base film after cooling the foil transferring toner image with the transferring foil layer; and forming a toner image with an image forming toner on the image supporting substrate having the foil transferring image, wherein the foil transferring toner contains a resin produced by a vinyl monomer represented by Formula (1) and a polyvalent metal compound:

Abstract: An image processing system in which an image forming device and a server device are connected via a network, the image forming device including an acquisition unit operable to acquire a maximum optional configuration that indicates all optional functions that can be implemented on another image forming device; a creation unit operable to create an external use screen, which is a customized screen for display on an operation panel of the other image forming device, in accordance with the maximum optional configuration; and a transmission unit operable to transmit external setting information corresponding to the external use screen to the server device, and the server device including a customized screen storage unit that stores the external setting information. With this structure, a customized screen for use on the other image forming device can be created to include functions not implemented on the image forming device.