Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an accommodation portion accommodating a tubular powder container containing a powder; and a guide portion guiding a guided portion provided to the powder container. The guided portion includes: a base portion provided with one end portion at downstream side in an insertion direction of the powder container and the other end portion at upstream side, and a part of the one end portion provided along the axial direction and protruding from an outer circumferential surface of the powder container toward a radial direction; a first facing portion provided along the axial direction, protruding from the base portion in one direction and arranged to face the outer circumferential surface with a gap; and a second facing portion provided along the axial direction, protruding from the base portion in a direction opposite to the one direction and arranged to face the outer circumferential surface with a gap.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide an induction heating member including a substrate and a heating layer disposed on the substrate. The heating layer includes carbon nanotubes and metal. An outer layer is disposed on the heating layer and includes a fluoropolymer.

Abstract: An image-forming apparatus includes: a housing including a first frame member and a second frame member opposed to the first frame member; plural image-forming units each including an image-holding member on which an image is formed, the image-holding member having a rotation shaft; a supporting unit provided to the first frame member, the supporting unit having plural insertion holes each receiving and supporting an end portion of a rotation shaft of a corresponding one of the plural image-holding members inserted in an insertion direction from the second frame member to the first frame member; and plural flat elastic bodies provided to the respective insertion holes, each flat elastic body having a plate member that is bent to form: an attachment part that is attached to a surface of the supporting unit facing in a direction opposite to the insertion direction; a leg part extending from the attachment part in the direction opposite to the insertion direction; and an elastic part extending from the leg part

Abstract: An exposure unit containment mechanism includes an exposure unit and a frame that defines a space into which the exposure unit is inserted, the exposure unit including: first protrusions protruding in left and right directions at a position spaced apart from a center of gravity of the exposure unit in a direction of insertion; and a second protrusion protruding in a downward direction, and the frame including: a guide member that contacts the first protrusions from above to limit upward movement of the first protrusions during insertion of the exposure unit; a first limiting member that limits movement of the second protrusion in left and right directions; a second limiting member that contacts the first protrusions from underneath to limit downward movement of the same; and a first pressing member that presses the first protrusions from above when the first protrusions are in contact with the second limiting member.

Abstract: A method enables an inkjet printing system to attenuate image noise in an image of a test strip obtained as print media bearing the test strip travels over a roller in the printing system.

Abstract: Systems and methods of measuring an amount of show-through in a printed document are disclosed. The systems and methods include an imaging device that scans a back side of the printed document and scans a front side of the printed document with a blank document disposed thereon. The imaging device produces bitmaps related to the scans and calculates bit depths associated with the bitmaps. A difference array is calculated based on the differences between the bitmaps of the back side and front side scans, and the average value and standard deviation of the difference array is calculated. The amount of show-through of the document is measured based on a formula with the calculated average and standard deviation.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for printing a plurality of documents juxtaposed for imposition on a print media sheet without gutters. The document images are rasterized and a band of single or multiple pixels is selected along the image margins and compared to determine if adjacent bands are within a predetermined tolerance value. If so, the images are juxtaposed without a gutter; and, if not, one image is rotated 180° and the comparison repeated. If the comparison still is not within a predetermined tolerance value, the juxtaposed images are imposed with a gutter.

Abstract: A cooling device having a cooling unit including an air suction port that is disposed at a front surface side of a main body of the cooling device to suck air, and an air exhaust port that is disposed at a rear surface side of the main body of the cooling device to exhaust air, in which the cooling unit transfers heat from a cooling target to air sucked from the air suction port to cool the cooling target, and discharges the heat-transferred air from the air exhaust port.

Abstract: A system and accompanying method for creating a securely printed document using curable toners. The system includes a first radiation source configured to expose a first radiation to a printing substrate having an applied amount of toner, thereby liquefying the toner into a molten state, a curing station, a first feeder configured to feed the printing substrate into the curing station, and a second feeder configured to feed the embossing substrate into the curing station, wherein the embossing substrate comprises a pattern to be imprinted into the toner. The curing station includes a combiner configured to press the printing substrate and an embossing substrate together, a second radiation source configured to expose a second radiation to the combined substrates, and a divider configured to separate the printing substrate from the embossing substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides polyesters suitable for use in forming toners. In embodiments, a polyester may be subjected to phase inversion emulsification, in which charge control agents are added so that the polyester emulsion includes charge control agents therein. The resulting polyester emulsion with charge control agents may then be utilized to form toner particles.

Abstract: A system for creating variable dimension digital documents. The system includes a computer processor and a computer readable medium operably connected to the computer processor and having at least one software module installed on the computer readable medium and containing instructions for operating the computer processor to perform a process. The process includes the steps of receiving a user defined goal for creating a variable dimension digital document, wherein the user defined goal includes at least one recipient, determining at least one document template based upon the user defined goal, determining a plurality of digital assets to include in the variable dimension digital document based upon the document template and the user defined goal, creating a plurality of data files representing the potential variable dimension digital documents, and producing a results set including the potential variable dimension digital documents.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an operating portion that moves between a first operating position in which each of positioning members is moved to each of positioning positions and a second operating position in which each of the positioning members is moved to each of releasing positions through each of transmitting members and each of transmitted members when a first transmitting member and a first transmitted member are coupled to each other, and that carries out the movement to a first operating position to move a second positioning member to a second positioning position through a second transmitting member and a second transmitted member and carries out the movement to a second operating position to move the second positioning member to a second releasing position when the first transmitting member and the first transmitted member are decoupled from each other.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus includes a light source that emits a plurality of light beams, a substrate on which the light source is mounted, a positioning member provided on a housing and being in contact with a positioning surface provided around the light source to position the light source with respect to the housing in an optical axis direction, the housing accommodating an optical system that guides the light beams, and an attachment member attached to the housing and including a portion that extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to the optical axis direction and that is bent over, an end of the bent portion being attached to the substrate such that the positioning surface around the light source is urged against the positioning member and the substrate is attached to the housing.

Abstract: A method and system analyze service applications being utilized within a computerized network environment using an analytics module of a computerized device to produce operational information of the service applications and usage information of the service applications. The operational information is analyzed using an application behavior analysis module of the computerized device to produce application behavior profiles. The usage information is analyzed using an application association analysis module of the computerized device to produce bundles of the services applications. The application behavior profiles and the bundles of the service applications are analyzed using a pricing module of the computerized device to produce price ranges for each bundle of service applications and cost profiles for each bundle of service applications.

Abstract: A powder container includes: a cylindrical powder containing portion that contains a powder, and is able to be pulled out of an image forming apparatus; a covering member facing an outer surface of the powder containing portion, being provided to be movable on a movement route along an axial direction of the powder containing portion, the covering member, whose movement is regulated by a protruding portion of the apparatus, moving relative to the powder containing portion, thereby covering a specific portion on a lower side of the powder containing portion when the powder containing portion is pulled out of the apparatus; and a pressing portion provided between the outer surface of the powder containing portion and the movement route of the covering member, the pressing portion pressing the protruding portion when the powder containing portion is pulled out of the apparatus, thereby removing the regulation provided by the protruding portion.

Abstract: A method and system for printing content on a three dimensional structure, select a first graphical design style sheet for a first facet of the structure. A graphical design layout renderer to apply semantic structural design data to the style sheet until a graphic design template is prepared. Graphical content is linked to the structure and printed on the substrate using the design data. The system determines the location by facet of the content, and ensures that larger content items are distributed among multiple facets of the structure.

Abstract: A feeding apparatus includes: an insulative feeding apparatus main body; plural first feeder lines used for supply of electric power; and a second feeder line used for supply of electric power at a voltage different from a voltage of the electric power respectively supplied with the plural first feeder lines, the feeding apparatus main body having: a first support member that supports the plural first feeder lines; and a second support member that supports the second feeder line, the first support member having: a wall surface part having a wall surface; and at least one projection projected from the wall surface in a direction crossing the wall surface, the plural first feeder lines being provided in space formed between the first support member and the second support member, and mutually partitioned from each other with the at least one projection, and the second feeder line being provided on a side of a surface of the second support member opposite to a surface on a side opposite to the plural first feeder

Abstract: Insertion elements can be used to provide keying features for ink loaders. Such elements connect to ink stick receptacles in the loader. The insertion elements can provide a border to a non-integer number of edges of the receptacles and be shaped to complement at least a portion of the perimeter of an ink stick. A solid ink loader that includes at least one feed channel for receiving ink sticks can use the insertion elements. The insertion elements can be part of a keying system that includes keying features supplied by both the insertion element and the receptacle itself. Multi-component key plate systems can be used as well.

Abstract: Porous polymer microspheres having a size of from about 3 to about 50 microns and a geometric standard deviation of about 1.25 or less are disclosed. The porous polymer microspheres are made by a method including the steps of preparing an emulsion comprised of polymer particles having an average particle size of less than about 3 microns and a diluent, subjecting the emulsion to an aggregating condition to form aggregated polymer particles, optionally coalescing the aggregated polymer particles, and removing the diluent to form the porous polymer microspheres.

Abstract: A solid ink unit enables facilitates coupling of the solid ink unit to a drive mechanism. The solid ink unit includes a meltable ink body having a longitudinal axis, a coupler support extending from the meltable ink body, and an opening in the coupler support that extends along a portion of the longitudinal axis of the solid ink body.