Abstract: An image forming apparatus according to one or more embodiments includes a fixing device and a controller. The fixing device includes a first heating source and a second heating source. The second heating source has a heating width greater than that of the first heating source. The first and second heating sources have different heating characteristics in response to temperature increases. The controller selects one of the first heating source and the second heating source according to a size of a sheet on which printing is to be performed.

Abstract: A device includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to download a plurality of installation files for different application programs provided on a website at a predetermined download timing, store the plurality of installation files in the memory, recommend, to a user, a function added by installing an application program based on the plurality of installation files stored in the first storage unit at a predetermined recommendation timing that is a different timing from the download timing, and install a respective application program using a respective installation file selected from among the plurality of installation files stored in the first storage unit in response to an instruction from the user based on the recommendation.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device and a control unit. The fixing device includes a heating resistor formed of a positive temperature coefficient material. The control unit energizes the heating resistor with a first energization amount if a temperature of the heating resistor is lower than a predetermined temperature, and energizes the heating resistor with a second energization amount that is higher than the first energization amount if the temperature of the heating resistor is higher than the predetermined temperature.

Abstract: A printer includes a body including a label sheet storage location and a cover rotatably attached to the body and covering the storage location when closed. The cover includes a roller having a shaft that is used for conveying the label sheet when the cover is closed and a peeling bar extending above the roller. The body includes a pressing member extending along the direction and pressing the sheet against the bar for peeling a label from the label sheet and a release lever arranged at an end of the pressing member. The release lever has a recess and rotates between a first position at which the shaft fits into the recess and a second position at which the shaft is released. The release lever rotates from the first to second positions to open the cover when a release button is pressed.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a forming unit, a heating unit, a temperature sensor, and a driving unit. The forming unit is configured to attach toner to a recording medium to form an image on the recording medium. The heating unit is configured to heat the toner that is attached to the recording medium by the forming unit to fix the image to the recording medium. The temperature sensor is configured to detect a temperature of the heating unit. The vibration unit is configured to apply vibration to the temperature sensor in a waiting period in which the image formation by the forming unit is not executed and the heating control by the heating unit is executed.

Abstract: A heater includes an insulator substrate, a heat generating section in which a plurality of divided regions are formed in a longitudinal direction on a first surface of the insulator substrate, electrodes formed at both end portions of the heat generating section to correspond to the plurality of divided regions, and electric conductors connected to at least one of the electrodes and formed over a surface different from the first surface of the insulator substrate.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for changing scan settings to verify the size of a scanned document. The method includes displaying on a user interface of the apparatus, a size of the scanned document, scanned based on one or more scan settings. The method further includes receiving a user response relating to the size of the scanned document. The user response is indicative of whether the size of the scanned document is according to a target size. The apparatus provides at least one of color information or resolution information to at least one of a device associated with the user or the user interface, when the size of scanned document is greater than the target size. The user changes one of color and resolution settings. The method includes scanning the document with one of changed color or resolution settings to obtain the scanned document with the target size.

Abstract: An image forming device according to an embodiment includes an image display device, a sensor, a first unit, a second unit, a control unit, and a storage unit. The sensor acquires information on a phenomenon that occurs in association with occurrence of an abnormality in the own device. The first unit includes a plurality of components and performs a part of image forming processing. The second unit includes a plurality of components and performs processing that is a part of the image forming processing and is different from the processing performed by the first unit. The control unit causes the first and second units to operate at different timings and performs display for causing a user to instruct a timing at which the abnormality occurs on the image display device. The storage unit records, as abnormality information, the information acquired by the sensor and an instruction of the user.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyor configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path, a print head on the conveyance path, a main scan direction of the print head crossing the conveyance path, and a controller configured to control the print head to, in a first printing mode, set a print reference position to a first end of the print head in the main scan direction and print an image on the sheet from a leading end side of the image, and in a second printing mode, set the print reference position to a second end of the print head in the main scan direction and print the image on the sheet from a trailing end side of the image.

Abstract: A thermal printer according to one embodiment includes a thermal head, a temperature sensor, and a control unit. The thermal head includes a plurality of heating elements. The temperature sensor is provided in the thermal head and is configured to measure a temperature of the thermal head. The control unit is configured to control an amount of heat generated from the heating elements by determining a pulse supply time for which a pulse signal is supplied to the thermal head based on the temperature of the thermal head and a cumulative heat generation time of the thermal head.

Abstract: There are provided an image processing device and an image processing method capable of efficiently specifying an abnormal sound in case of the occurrence of malfunction that is an important element to clarify the cause of the malfunction. The image processing device includes acquisition means, playing means, changing means, and determination means. The acquisition means acquires a plurality of kinds of sound data indicating sounds different from each other. The playing means plays one kind of sound data from the sound data. The changing means changes the one sound data to another kind of sound data. The determination means determines one kind of sound data from the sound data.

Abstract: A device configured to fix toner to a sheet including a tubular body, a heater, and a heat conduction section. The tubular body is configured to be in contact with a sheet moving in a first direction. The heater includes a heat generator. The heater includes a first surface and a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface. The first surface of the heater is in contact with the inner surface of the tubular body. The heat conduction section is in contact with the second surface of the heater. The heat conduction section includes a first heat transfer section and a second heat transfer section. The first heat transfer section is in contact with the second surface of the heater. The second heat transfer section is in contact with the surface opposite to the heater with respect to the first heat transfer section.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a sheet supply unit, a printer, a fixing device, and a controller. The sheet supply unit supplies a sheet from a sheet container. The printer forms a toner image to the sheet conveyed from the sheet supply unit. The fixing device includes a heater, a fixing belt, and a pressure roller. The heater includes a heat generating member including a plurality of heating elements arranged in a first direction orthogonal to a sheet conveyance direction and in which a heating element group selected in response to a printing request from the heat generating member generates heat. The fixing belt fixes the toner image heated by the heater to the sheet. The pressure roller presses the fixing belt.

Abstract: A conductive sheet capable of preventing erroneous reading and writing is provided. The conductive sheet according to one embodiment is configured to be positioned between a sheet tray of an image forming device and a sheet. The conductive sheet includes a base layer and a double conveyance prevention structure. The base layer comprises a conductive material positioned to overlap with a wireless tag of the sheet. The double conveyance prevention structure is coupled to or defined by the base layer. The double conveyance prevention structure is configured to prevent conveyance of the conductive sheet by the image forming apparatus when the conductive sheet overlaps the sheet in the sheet tray.

Abstract: A printer device includes: a pair of rack gears arranged in a staircase-like shape on a paper conveyance direction side of a continuous paper accommodated in a recessed accommodation part that accommodates a roll-shaped continuous paper and having tooth rows arranged in a first direction orthogonal to the paper conveyance direction so as to face each other; a pinion gear fitted into the tooth rows; and a pair of paper guides that are respectively provided at a position of an upper rack gear that is closer to a center side in the first direction from one end portion in the first direction and a position of a lower rack gear that is closer to the center side in the first direction from another end portion in the first direction or the other end portion. The paper guide provided on the upper rack gear is mounted to an upper mounting part extending from a back surface of the upper rack gear opposite to the tooth row to the paper conveyance direction side.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sheet conveying device includes a tray and a correcting member. On the tray, a sheet bundle in which a plurality of sheets are overlapped is stacked in a thickness direction of the sheet bundle. The correcting member moves relative to the tray in the thickness direction. The correcting member abuts against an upper layer portion of an outer peripheral portion of the sheet bundle on the tray, and presses the upper layer portion from an outside after abutting. The correcting member corrects a position of the upper layer portion in a lateral direction intersecting the thickness direction toward an inside from the outside of the sheet bundle.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sheet processing apparatus includes a folding unit, a fold reinforcing unit, and a control unit. The folding unit folds a sheet and forms a fold line thereon. The fold reinforcing unit includes a fold reinforcing roller. The fold reinforcing roller sandwiches the fold line on the sheet formed by the folding unit and moves in a fold-line direction in which the fold line extends. The control unit moves the fold reinforcing roller from a first position close to a first end of the fold line on a first side in the fold-line direction to a second position close to a second end of the fold line on a second side opposite to the first side. The control unit can execute, at this time, a division movement mode including a reversal return operation.

Abstract: A method for page management for use with an image forming apparatus includes receiving a request from a user for processing one or more pages of one or more documents. Further, the method includes displaying on a display (a) a thumbnail image generated for each page and (b) a plurality of options for processing the one or more pages. Furthermore, the method includes receiving a selection by the user of at least one option of the plurality of options. Thereafter, the method includes processing the one or more pages, according to the at least one option of the selection received from the user.

Abstract: A method for page management for use with an image forming apparatus includes receiving a request from a user for processing one or more pages of one or more documents. Further, the method includes displaying on a display (a) a thumbnail image generated for each page and (b) a plurality of options for processing the one or more pages. Furthermore, the method includes receiving a selection by the user of at least one option of the plurality of options. Thereafter, the method includes processing the one or more pages, according to the at least one option of the selection received from the user.

Abstract: A power converting device includes a totem pole type power factor improving circuit and a control circuit. The totem pole type power factor improving circuit includes a coil connected to a first terminal of an AC power supply, a first half-wave switch in which a source terminal is connected to the coil via a first current detector, a second half-wave switch in which a drain terminal is connected to the coil via a second current detector, a first diode in which a cathode is connected to a drain terminal of the first half-wave switch and an anode is connected to a second terminal of the AC power supply, a second diode in which an anode is connected to a source terminal of the second half-wave switch and a cathode is connected to the second terminal of the AC power supply, and a smoothing capacitor connected between the cathode of the first diode and the anode of the second diode.