Abstract: A method for outputting information in a printing process, includes: acquiring, from an image forming apparatus, a log including a piece of interruption information for each of a plurality of interruption factors; aggregating, for each of the interruption factors, a plurality of pieces of the interruption information; and outputting the interruption information aggregated for each of the interruption factors. The interruption information is output in a matrix where a first axis indicates the interruption factors and a second axis indicates a preset time period, an operator of the image forming apparatus, or the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: The sample measuring apparatus includes: a measuring device that measures a sample; a conveyance device that uses cassettes each having a plurality of stages capable of storing a plurality of samples having different sizes, takes out each sample one by one from a cassette serving as a pickup source among the cassettes, conveys the sample to the measuring device, and stores the sample measured by the measuring device into a cassette serving as a placement destination among the cassettes; a sample detector capable of detecting presence or absence of the sample in each stage of each of the cassettes; and a controller that controls the measuring device and the conveyance device based on a result of the detection by the sample detector.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image inspection system including a hardware processor that: acquires a read image obtained by reading an image on a sheet with an image reader; compares the acquired read image with a reference image to inspect whether there is an abnormality; sets a plurality of inspection areas with respect to the reference image; accepts designation of a first inspection area serving as a reference among the plurality of inspection areas by a first designation method; and accepts designation of a second inspection area, which is an inspection area other than the first inspection area among the plurality of inspection areas, by a second designation method different from the first designation method. The hardware processor sets the plurality of inspection areas based on the accepted designation of the first inspection area and the accepted designation of the second inspection area.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a program that causes a computer to perform an obtaining process, an analyzing process, and an extracting process. In the obtaining process, the computer obtains a radiographic moving image showing a motion of a specific part of an examinee. In the analyzing process, the computer analyzes the radiographic moving image obtained in the obtaining process. In the extracting process, the computer extracts, among frames constituting the radiographic moving image, a specific frame that visibly shows a detection target in the specific part, based on a result of analyzing a dynamic state of the specific part in the analyzing process.

Abstract: A breakage timing prediction system of a radiation detector includes: a sensor that detects a physical quantity applied to a radiation detector; a first hardware processor that collects information on the physical quantity detected by the sensor and analyses the collected information on the physical quantity to predict a breakage timing of the radiation detector; and a notifier that gives a notification of information on the predicted breakage timing of the radiation detector.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing device that includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor calculates a feature amount relevant to a breast shape from a mammography image. The hardware processor selects a schema image corresponding to the breast shape of the mammography image from a plurality of types of predetermined schema images based on the feature amount relevant to the breast shape calculated by the hardware processor.

Abstract: An image processing system includes: a laminator that laminates an image surface of paper on which an image is formed, and an image reader that is disposed downstream of the laminator in a paper transport direction and reads the image surface of the paper after the lamination by the laminator.

Abstract: Provided is an image control apparatus that includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor obtains read image data generated by reading an image formed on a sheet, sets read proof image data generated by reading a proof image formed on a sheet in a proof output as first correct image data, sets input image data as second correct image data, determines which one of the first correct image data and the second correct image data is used as correct image data in an image check for each page, and performs the image check by comparing the read image data obtained by the hardware processor with the first correct image data or the second correct image data determined as the correct image data by the hardware processor.

Abstract: A sample measuring apparatus is capable of surely assuring accuracy of aligning a sample. The sample measuring apparatus includes: a measuring device that measures a sample; a conveyance device that conveys the sample to a measurement section of the measuring device along a conveyance path; and a position assurance section into which the position assurance sample held by the conveyance device is fitted by driving of the conveyance device.

Abstract: A method, a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and a multifunction printer (MFP) that generate a signed digital document from a document generated by the multifunction printer. The method includes displaying a third-party screen for a third-party scan or fax workflow; switching to a multifunction printer vendor signing screen and obtaining signing settings for the generation of the signed digital document; calculating a document hash of the generated document using a cryptographic hashing algorithm; sending a digital signing request to a signing server, the digital signing request including the document hash of the generated document and an authenticated account identity of a user; receiving a digital signature and a public digital signing certificate for the user from the signing server; generating the signed digital document by embedding the digital signature and the public digital signing certificate of the user into the generated document; and switching to the third-party screen for the workflow.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image former that forms an image of a plurality of colors on a sheet by an intermediate transfer method on a basis of acquired image data, and a hardware processor that acquires sheet information of the sheet, extracts an edge from the image data, subjects the extracted edge to image processing according to the sheet information of the sheet, and causes the image former to form an image of a plurality of colors on the sheet on the basis of the image data subjected to the image processing.

Abstract: A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a multifunction peripheral or multifunction printer that includes a method of operating a multifunction printer. The method includes receiving, by the multifunction printer, a selection of a function of the multifunction printer; displaying, on a display panel of the multifunction printer, a code for the selection of the function of the multifunction printer; receiving, by the multifunction printer, a request for operating assistance for the function of the multifunction printer based on the displayed code from the client device; and sending, by the multifunction printer, the operating assistance to the client device of the user on the function of the multifunction printer.

Abstract: A fabric treatment agent that is used in textile printing with a sublimable color material includes a color-material scavenging compound having an Rf value of 0.7 or less according to paper chromatography performed under following conditions. In Procedure 1, cellulose filter paper is impregnated with a 10% solution of the color-material scavenging compound and then dried to prepare a carrier. In Procedure 2, a 0.1% solution of a sublimable color material in tetrahydrofuran is spotted on the carrier and then dried to prepare a development sample. In Procedure 3, the development sample is developed using acetonitrile as a solvent for 3 minutes at 25° C. In Procedure 4, the Rf value is calculated by a following formula: R ? f = ( distance ? travelled ? by ? the ? sublimable ? color ? material ) ( distance ? travelled ? by ? acetonitrile ) .

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image former that forms a color image by superimposing images of respective colors formed on respective different photoconductors on an intermediate transfer body, the image former continuously forming color images of pages on one continuous paper, and the image forming apparatus includes: a first hardware processor that performs job management for each color and generates print job data in which a margin region having a first width is set on an upstream or a downstream in a sheet passing direction of an image forming region of each page; a second hardware processor that detects a color shift amount of each color of the image forming region; and a third hardware processor that corrects a formation position of the image forming region to be a print target page next on the print job data for a color in which a color shift has occurred.

Abstract: [Object] An object of the present invention is to provide a photoresponsive polymer that sufficiently secures photoresponsiveness to be fluidized by light irradiation and reversibly non-fluidized, improves fixability, and further has good color reproducibility. [Solution] Provided is a photoresponsive polymer containing a structural unit derived from an azomethine derivative represented by the following general formula (1), the photoresponsive polymer being fluidized by light irradiation and reversibly non-fluidized: R1—Z1?Z2—R2??General formula (1): Z1 and Z2 are N or CH, while Z1?Z2, R1 contains an aromatic hydrocarbon structure, R2 contains an aromatic heterocyclic structure, and a hydrogen atom is bonded to at least one carbon atom bonded adjacent to a carbon atom in the aromatic heterocyclic structure bonded to the Z2.

Abstract: There is provided a remote conference system that remotely implements a conference using a plurality of operating devices respectively operated by a plurality of participants, and the remote conference system includes a hardware processor that: outputs a first image shared by the plurality of participants to cause the first image to be displayed on each of the plurality of operating devices; determines an output destination on a basis of a state of a requesting device operated by a requester among the plurality of operating devices; and outputs a second image different from the first image to cause the second image to be output from the output destination determined by the hardware processor in a state in which the first image is displayed on the requesting device.

Abstract: An image processing device assists searching for image data in an image viewing service, and includes: a recognizer that recognizes a part representing a target object from the image data; an extractor that extracts a color used in pixels in the part recognized; a determiner that determines a color that is not extracted from the part but is likely to be used in searching by a service user, based on a search tendency in searching by the service user; and an adder that creates a first tag indicating the color extracted by the extractor and a second tag indicating the color determined by the determiner and adds the first tag and the second tag as search tags to the image data.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: toner base particles containing a binder resin and a metal pigment; and an external additive containing lanthanum-containing strontium titanate particles.

Abstract: A method for outputting information in a printing process, includes: acquiring, from an image forming apparatus, a log including a piece of interruption information for each of a plurality of interruption factors; aggregating, for each of the interruption factors, a plurality of pieces of the interruption information; and outputting the interruption information aggregated for each of the interruption factors.

Abstract: An inkjet head contains a silicon nozzle substrate having an ink channel surface and an ink ejection surface facing the channel surface, and having a nozzle penetrating from the channel surface to the ejection surface; a channel substrate bonded to the channel surface of the silicon nozzle substrate, and including an ink channel and a substrate body that forms the ink channel; and a liquid-repellent film provided on the ejection surface of the silicon nozzle substrate. The channel substrate includes a through channel that penetrates the substrate body so as to face the nozzle, n-number of individual circulation channels that communicate with the through channel, extend in a direction away from the nozzle, and have a portion overlapping the substrate body in a plan view. A positional relationship between each of the individual circulation channels and the nozzle satisfies a specific Expression 1.