Abstract: A document management apparatus includes a holding unit that holds information indicating a content of each of plural elements forming a first document; and a notification unit that notifies a participant of a second document related to the first document of information regarding a changed element of the first document in a case where at least one of the plural elements is changed.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit acquiring content larger in size than a screen and scrolled on the screen as a moving image, an extraction unit extracting, from the moving image, a plurality of frame images corresponding to a plurality of divided images obtained by division of the content based on a size of the screen, and a generation unit generating a single still image by synthesizing the plurality of frame images extracted by the extraction unit.

Abstract: A printing device includes: an acquisition section that acquires print information including the number of print sheets and the number of print copies relating to a print job; and a control section that performs a control to output a print product to a first output section, to switch from the first output section to a second output section using the print information if the number of prints will exceed a full storage capacity of the first output section halfway through a process from first print of a first job to Y-th copy of an X-th job, provided that X and Y are not simultaneously 1, and to output a print product to the second output section from first print of the Y-th copy of the X-th job.

Abstract: An optical device includes: a lens member including a plurality of lenses arranged such that optical axes of the lenses are substantially parallel to one another; and a light-transmitting member including: at least one light-transmitting part that is disposed to face the lens member, positioned on the optical axis of some of the plurality of lenses, and transmits light; and a light-shielding part that is provided on a surface of the light-transmitting part and blocks passage of light.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a setting section that sets information related to a purpose of collecting data from an apparatus group including plural apparatuses, a recognition section that recognizes a non-registered apparatus which performs bidirectional communication and is not yet registered as a data collection target, and an apparatus management section that registers the non-registered apparatus in a case where data conforming with the purpose set by the setting section is collected from the non-registered apparatus recognized by the recognition section.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a continuous phase containing a binder resin (i); and a discontinuous phase that has a core containing a binder resin (ii) and a coating layer covering the core and containing a binder resin (iii), and is dispersed in the continuous phase.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first image generator and a second image generator. The first image generator generates a first image, including a predetermined ruled-line image and an inscription image, from a second sheet in a sheet group. The sheet group is obtained by stacking multiple sheets including a single first sheet and the second sheet. The first sheet has inscription information inscribed thereon. The second sheet has the inscription image corresponding to the inscription information transferred thereon and includes the ruled-line image. The second image generator generates a second image in which a surplus image is removed from the first image generated by the first image generator in accordance with a learning model that has learned to remove the surplus image different from the ruled-line image and the inscription image.

Abstract: Provided herein is an imaging blanket for variable data lithography comprising (i) a substrate and (ii) a thermally-conductive composition disposed on the substrate comprising a silicone elastomer and a thermally-conductive filler selected from metal oxides, wherein the thermally-conductive composition has a thermal conductivity ranging from about 0.6 W/m2 to about 1.6 W/m2. Further provided herein a method of making the imaging blanket, as well as a printing system comprising the imaging blanket, wherein the imaging blanket has improved thermal conductivity.

Abstract: A management apparatus includes a registration section that registers plural pieces of printing data related to a printing request by a user based on data received from a terminal apparatus of the user, a generation section that groups printing data which has identical or similar printing data characteristics to generate group identification information, a receiving section that receives the group identification information from a printing apparatus, and a providing section that provides the printing apparatus with the plural pieces of printing data which belong to a group identified by the group identification information received by the receiving section.

Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a polar group-containing olefin resin that is a polymer of a composition containing at least one nonpolar monomer unit (X) selected from the group consisting of ethylene and ?-olefin having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, a polar monomer unit (Y) having at least one of a maleic acid group and a maleic anhydride group, and a monomer unit (Z) having a polymerizability to at least one of the nonpolar monomer unit (X) and the polar monomer unit (Y), in which an acid value of the toner is 10 mgKOH/g to 60 mgKOH/g.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a container, a storage unit, a drive unit, a detector, and a determination unit. The container is configured to accommodate toner therein. and be detachably mounted on an image forming apparatus main body. The storage unit is configured to store identification information on the toner accommodated in the container, and use history information. The drive unit is configured to rotationally drive a rotation target constituted by the container to transport the toner to an opening provided in an end of the container. The detector is configured to detect a current value of the drive unit. The determination unit is configured to determine a state of the container based on the current value detected by the detector.

Abstract: A terminal connection structure between a first device to be detachably attached for use and a second device having a mounting section to which the first device is to be detachably attached includes: at least one connection terminal provided in the first device; and at least one connection target terminal that is provided in the second device and comes into contact with the connection terminal in an electrically conductive manner when the first device is attached to the mounting section, one of the connection terminal and the connection target terminal having a structure including a plurality of contact portions to be in contact with the other.

Abstract: An image forming device includes: a developer holder that is rotatably arranged opposing a latent image holder holding an electrostatic latent image, holds developer including carrier and toner charged to a predetermined regular polarity, has a potential of the same polarity as the regular polarity applied thereto, and develops the electrostatic latent image using the toner; an opposite electrode that is arranged opposing the developer holder with a predetermined gap therebetween; and a controller that changes at least one of a potential applied to the opposite electrode and a rotation direction of the opposite electrode in accordance with an area coverage of the electrostatic latent image of the latent image holder.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of image holding units that include first and second image holding units and on which toner images are formed through developing while the image holding units rotate; a plurality of developing units that respectively face the plurality of image holding units and develop an electrostatic latent image on each of the plurality of image holding units with toner under a developing bias voltage applied to each developing unit; a power supply unit that applies a developing bias voltage to the plurality of developing units, and is common to the plurality of image holding units; an intermediate transfer unit that receives transfer of a toner image from the plurality of image holding units and transfers the toner image to a transfer receiver while circulating in a circulation path including a moving path along the plurality of image holding units, the intermediate transfer unit having first and second modes, wherein in the first mode, the intermediate transfer unit recei

Abstract: A roll includes an electrically-conductive shaft; an elastic layer provided on the shaft; and a non-electrically-conductive annular unit that is attached to at least one of ends of the shaft that protrude from end surfaces of the elastic layer in a shaft direction while being in contact with the end surface of the elastic layer. A fixing part that fixes an attachment position of the annular unit in the shaft direction is provided on a part of the ends of the shaft to which the annular unit is attached, and a fixed part fixed by the fixing part of the shaft is provided on a part of an inner circumferential surface of the annular unit in the shaft direction.

Abstract: A system for evaluating human interactions with items, such as products displayed on shelves, includes at least one wireless reader which collects data from a set of associated wireless tags in an interrogation zone. The tags and readers may be based on RFID technology. The collected data includes an identifier for an item that is associated with each wireless tag and a touch sensor status indicating whether the item is being touched. A computer receives and aggregates the collected data and outputs an evaluation of human interactions with the items based on the data.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a creation unit creating output image data to be used in an image forming unit forming an output image on a recording material by using original image data input from an outside, an acquisition unit acquiring defect position data related to a position of a defect on the recording material which is attributable to the image forming unit, and an output unit outputting display image data to be used for display on a screen of a display unit by using the output image data and the defect position data.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: set a link to second display information in a portion of first display information; and edit the first display information in response to at least one of (i) access to the second display information from the set link being restricted, and (ii) a change to the second display information.

Abstract: A method for encoding documents includes building or otherwise providing a condensed dictionary including identifiers for block headers identified in text blocks extracted from a collection of training documents. For at least one test document a set of text content blocks is identified. For each of the text content blocks in the set, a block header is identified. Each block header in the training and test documents includes a sequence includes no more than a predetermined maximum number of characters. An encoding of the test document is generated, based on the identifiers of the block headers identified in the test document that are in the condensed dictionary.

Abstract: A method, a system and a recording medium for rendering a macro gloss effect using a digital front end processor and a color printer having color marking materials involve defining a vector pattern cell, and creating a pattern ink based on the vector pattern cell. The pattern ink can be constrained to write at or near an ink limit at small sizes varying from a high toner pile to a lower toner pile within a pattern ink cell based on the vector pattern cell. One or more objects and a background can be then painted with the pattern ink to create a macro gloss effect image based on the pattern ink.