Abstract: The roller members (40) are provided with: a bearing part (41) affixed to a device main body (5a); an elastic roller part (42) that is disposed having a gap (D) with the outside peripheral surface of the hot roller (27) and with which an end part (26a) of the anchoring belt (26) comes into contact because of the meandering of the anchoring belt (26); and a powder (43) that is disposed between the bearing part (41) and the elastic roller part (42) and restricts the rotation of the elastic roller part (42). The gap (D) is constituted smaller than the thickness (T) of the anchoring belt (26) and the end part (26a) of the anchoring belt (26) enters the gap in opposition to the elastic force of the elastic roller part (42) because of the meandering of the anchoring belt (26).

Abstract: A software-developing structured-data-file creating apparatus of the present disclosure includes a storage unit configured to store a specification list comprising specific values associated with a plurality of individual items indicative of specifications of a device and a location-path list comprising location paths associated with individual portions of the plurality of individual items. The software-developing structured-data-file creating apparatus also includes an input unit, configured to associate common portions of the location paths. The software-developing structured-data-file creating apparatus additionally includes a structured-data-file creating unit configured to create a data file comprising the common portions of the location paths in the location-path. The corresponding values in the specification list are added to the individual location paths.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a toner case, an apparatus main body and a cover. The toner case includes a case main body, a shutter and a manipulation portion. The case main body has a discharge port configured to discharge a toner. The shutter opens/closes the discharge port. The manipulation portion is movable between a first position to make the shutter open the discharge port and a second position to make the shutter close the discharge port. To the apparatus main body, the toner case is detachably attached. The cover is openably/closably attached to the apparatus main body. The cover includes an interfering member. The interfering member is movable between an interfering position where the interfering member interferes with the manipulation portion being in the second position and an interference release position where the interfering member does not interfere with the manipulation portion being in the second position.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring rotation body, a drive transmission member, a detected member, and a rotation detecting part. The fixing belt rotates around a rotation axis. The pressuring rotation body comes into pressure contact with the fixing belt to form a fixing nip. The drive transmission member is held by one end part of the fixing belt. The detected member is held by another end part of the fixing belt. The rotation detecting part detects the rotation of the detected member. The fixing belt is configured to co-rotate with the rotation of the drive transmission member by friction force between the one end part of the fixing belt and drive transmission member. The detected member is configured to co-rotate with the rotation of the fixing belt by friction force between the other end part of the fixing belt and detected member.

Abstract: The present invention includes a supporting member that supports a first roller and a second roller, a first actuator that rotates the supporting member, a first gear that is connected to an end of second roller on the first actuator side, a second gear that is threadably engaged with the first gear, a third gear that rotates coaxially with the second gear, an input gear that threadably engages with the third gear, and a second actuator that transmits a rotational force to the input gear. The third rotation shaft extends in parallel in a first plane that includes the leading edge and the trailing edge of the nip, the first actuator rotates the supporting member between a first position at which the sheet is received from the leading edge of the nip and a second position at which the sheet is received from the trailing edge of the nip.

Abstract: A developing device includes first and second stirring/transporting members, a developer feeding member, and a developer container that accommodates those components. The first and second stirring/transporting members stir and transport developer. The developer feeding member feeds developer to the first stirring/transporting member. In the developer container, a feeding port through which developer is fed from the developer feeding member to the first stirring/transporting member is formed. The developer feeding member includes a rotary shaft, a first transport blade which stirs and transports developer, a blocking portion which protrudes substantially perpendicularly to the rotary shaft and blocks the developer transported by the first transport blade in a first direction, and a paddle which feeds the developer from a developer supply passage to a first transport chamber.

Abstract: A device registration system includes a network, an image forming apparatus, a mobile terminal communicatively connected to the network via an access point, and a server. The image forming apparatus comprises an image forming apparatus near field communication (NFC) unit configured to perform wireless communication with the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal comprises a mobile terminal NFC unit configured to perform wireless communication with the image forming apparatus. The server is configured to register setting information associated with the image forming apparatus in a search list, wherein the setting information includes (i) position information indicative of a location of the image forming apparatus and (ii) tag information representative of a text label that describes the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: In producing an electrostatic latent image developing toner, fine particle aggregates are formed by aggregating fine particles containing a binder resin and fine particles containing a release agent in an aqueous medium in the presence of an aggregating agent containing an alkali metal sulfate, and toner particles are formed by coalescing components contained in the fine particle aggregates in an aqueous medium in the presence of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a residual paper amount detecting unit, a first execution unit and a second execution unit. The residual paper amount detecting unit is configured to detect a residual paper amount of a paper feeding cassette which retains papers. The first execution unit is configured to, if the number of papers required in executing an initially-inputted earliest job among a plurality of print jobs is more than the residual paper amount detected by the residual paper amount detecting unit, execute printing of a predetermined minimum number of printing papers in the earliest job. The second execution unit is configured to, after the printing of the minimum number of printing papers is executed by the first execution unit, execute one of the print jobs satisfying a predetermined priority condition.

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus may include a conveyor belt, suction unit, linear recording heads, and head frame shaped like a plate. The conveyor belt has a placement face on which a recording medium is placed and may be configured to cause the placement face to move in a conveyance direction. The suction unit disposed below the placement face applies a suction force exerted by a downward airflow to the recording medium placed on the placement face. The linear recording heads may be disposed upward opposite to the suction unit across the conveyor belt, have a nozzle face where an ink ejection nozzle is formed, and extend in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction. Linear recording heads may be arranged in the conveyance direction. The linear recording heads may be attached to the head frame. The head frame may have a ventilation opening penetrating in a thickness direction.

Abstract: An image reading device includes a document conveyance section, a reading section, a determination section, an operation control section, a reading instruction request section, and a reading instruction reception section. The determination section determines whether a document sheet is an identifier sheet indicating identification information for identifying an information processing device that is a communication target. The reading instruction request section communicates with the information processing device identified by the identification information, thereby requesting the information processing device for an instruction pertaining to document reading.

Abstract: In an electronic apparatus, a memory unit stores relation information to relate selectable items to be selected by a user in a layered tree structure, and a display control unit performs a first step and a second step. The first step causes a display unit to display a first window in which plural selectable items in a layer is displayed. The second step causes the display unit to display a second window in which selectable items are displayed while the plural selectable items are displayed in the first window, if one of the plural selectable items is selected in the first window; and the selectable items displayed in the second window are related with the selected selectable item and are located in a layer lower than the layer of the selected selectable item by one layer in the relation information.

Abstract: A belt cleaning device includes a cleaning roller. The cleaning roller includes a roller having an outer peripheral surface. A sheet-like cleaning element is wound to the outer peripheral surface of the roller. One end part of the cleaning element is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the roller. Both side edge parts in the other end part of the cleaning element are fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the roller. The both side edge parts in the other end part of the cleaning element are located on the outside of their region that is to face to possibly largest paper.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier and a cleaning device. The image carrier is rotated to carry a toner image. The cleaning device includes a cleaning member and an auxiliary cleaning member. To the cleaning member, a bias of a reversed polarity to a polarity of a remained toner adhered on a surface of the image carrier is applied. The auxiliary cleaning member is located at an upstream side from the cleaning member in a rotating direction of the image carrier. According to advance of whitening of the surface of the image carrier, the auxiliary cleaning member is made to come into contact with the surface of the image carrier or contact pressure of the auxiliary cleaning member with the surface of the image carrier is increased.

Abstract: A display input device includes a display unit and a touch panel unit. When the touch panel unit accepts a predetermined transmission start operation, the display unit starts a display in a transmission transition mode, performs a transmission transition display in which a transition source screen gradually disappears while a ratio of a display of a transition destination screen belonging to a next lower layer of the transition source screen as time passes, and repeats the transmission transition display toward a lower layer.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an incorrect attachment or detachment preventing mechanism configured to prevent attachment and detachment of the image forming unit in the transmission state. The incorrect attachment and detachment preventing mechanism includes a locking member capable of moving to a restrict position where the locking member restricts movement of the image forming unit from the predetermined position and a permission position where the locking member permits movement of the image forming unit from the predetermined position. In the transmission state, the locking member is configured to engage with the first engaging part of the manual lever at the restrict position to prevent movement of the image forming unit. In the transmission release state, the locking member is configured to be moved to the permission position and then engaged with the second engaging part of the manual lever to permit movement of the image forming unit.

Abstract: A display processing unit causes a display device to display a screen on the basis of screen image data. A screen change detecting unit watches the screen image data and detects a change of the screen image data. A transmission processing unit transmits the screen image data to a monitoring apparatus if the screen change detecting unit detected a change of the screen image data. A storage device stores excluding condition data. The transmission processing unit does not transmit the screen image data if the detected change of the screen image data satisfies the excluding condition specified by the excluding condition data and transmits the screen image data if the detected change of the screen image data does not satisfy the excluding condition specified by the excluding condition data.

Abstract: A conveyor device is arranged to face a recording head. The conveyor device includes a conveyance belt and a suction section. The conveyance belt conveys a recording medium. The suction section includes a guide member that supports the recording medium through the conveyance belt. The suction section sucks the recording medium through a plurality of first holes passing through the guide member and a plurality of second holes passing through the conveyance belt to attach the recording medium to the conveyance belt. None of the first holes are formed in a first region of the guide member. The first region is a region where a partial region pertaining to a feeding member overlaps with a head facing region facing the recording head.