Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an execution unit that executes a first process or a second process with respect to a processing target in a case where an execution instruction is given to any one of the first process and the second process specified by a setting item and a preparatory action with respect to the processing target; a memory that stores the preparatory action in association with the setting item; and an execution controller that deems that the execution instruction is given in a case where the preparatory action stored in the memory is given, and controls the execution unit such that the first process or the second process specified by the preparatory action and the setting item stored in the memory in association with the preparatory action is executed with respect to the processing target.

Abstract: A system for predicting one or more stock-related device settings, includes memory which stores a crowdsourcing component. The crowdsourcing component acquires reports from multiple printers in a fleet of printers. The reports each include performance data and printer attributes used when printing one of a plurality of stocks, the printer attributes including at least one device setting. A learning component learns relationships between printer settings and performance, e.g., in the form of a prediction model, based on the acquired reports. A prediction component uses the learned relationships to predict device settings for the stock for at least one of the printers in the fleet of printers and a processor, in communication with the memory, which implements the components.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller that controls an instruction to a control target associated with an image displayed at a changed position, according to a detection result of a change in each position on a deformable display. In a further modification of the invention, the controller may further change the image displayed at the changed position, according to the detection result.

Abstract: A system treats uneven surfaces of additive manufactured objects to improve the transparency and glossiness of the surfaces. The system operates a sprayer to apply fluid material used to form the uneven surface to the uneven surface to smooth the surface or the system operates an actuator to dip the additive manufactured object into a bath of fluid material that is the same as the material used to form the uneven surface to smooth the surface. A heater is provided to dry non-UV curable material applied to the uneven surface and a source of UV radiation is provided to cure UV curable material applied to the uneven surface.

Abstract: Examples of a printing system are described herein. In an example, the printing system that uses the original print job created for the PDF/VT file for building a modified print job that includes a set of instructions to render the PDF/VT file which is modified on the run, or on the fly. The original print job includes instructions for using a fixed metadata. In one example, the fixed metadata is a Document Part (DPart) Metadata (DPM), and can be expressed in a hierarchical structure expressed in a tree structure called Document Part (DPart). The metadata is extracted from the PDF/VT file, and then used to build the modified print job including alternate instructions based on print conditions corresponding to the metadata.

Abstract: A three-dimensional object data generation apparatus includes an attribute setting unit that sets, for each of plural voxels representing a three-dimensional object, an attribute of a voxel of a second three-dimensional object, which is obtained by combining plural first three-dimensional objects together, in accordance with a priority level set for an attribute of a voxel at a time when the plural first three-dimensional objects are combined together.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate, an undercoat layer containing a binder resin and metal oxide particles, disposed on the conductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer disposed on the undercoat layer; a charging unit that charges a surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor; an electrostatic latent image-forming unit forming an electrostatic latent image on the charged surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor; a developing unit developing the electrostatic latent image on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor by using a developer containing a toner to form a toner image; and a transfer unit that transfers the toner image onto a surface of a transfer-receiving member, but not including a charge erasing member that erases charges on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor. The photosensitive layer formed is 3.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control section that controls a change of a display of a first image linked to a first reservation target such that the display of the first image is changed by a second image linked to a second reservation target on a reservation screen.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires information related to a network including a group of nodes, and a group of real links that connects the nodes, an adding unit that generates an extension network by adding to the network at least a virtual link that link nodes that are not linked by a real link, and a clustering unit that clusters the group of the nodes by iteratively calculating a stochastic process of a transition between the nodes linked by the real link and the virtual link in the extension network until the stochastic process is regarded to be in a steady state.

Abstract: A document processing apparatus has a physical design element on the exterior surface. The physical design element has lighting elements adapted to change color. An app is adapted to be supplied to an external computing device. The app causes a screen of the external computing device to display an icon matching the physical design element. The app is adapted to communicate with the document processing apparatus through the external computing device. The app is adapted to simultaneously change the appearance of the icon and the physical design element during different steps of document processing operations to keep the icon matching the physical design element.

Abstract: There is provided a drying device. Laser elements control energies of laser beams to be radiated, and radiates laser beams onto predetermined regions of an image, respectively. A controller controls average irradiation energy of laser beams by calculating printing rates for plural types of divided patterns with respect to the regions of the image, and calculating energy required to dry, for each divided pattern, based on the printing rates calculated for individual divided patterns, and selecting energy to be adopted according to a purpose, from the energy calculated for the individual divided patterns.

Abstract: Processes for preparing stabilized metal-containing nanoparticles comprising silver and/or a silver alloy composite by reacting a silver compound with a reducing agent comprising a hydrazine compound at a temperature between about 20° C. and about 60° C. The reaction being carried out by incrementally adding the silver compound or a mixture of the silver compound and a stabilizer to a solution comprising the reducing agent, a stabilizer, and a solvent. Conductive ink compositions containing stabilized metal-containing nanoparticles prepared by such processes.

Abstract: A display device includes an image display, a detection unit, and an execution unit. The image display includes a display screen at least one end portion of which is deformable. The detection unit detects deformation of the end portion. The execution unit executes a predetermined process if the detection unit detects the deformation of the end portion.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit that controls formation of a graphical code image in air.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit, a generation unit, a building unit, and a presentation unit. The extraction unit extracts, in accordance with similarity in a use condition for a first application that is a target application to be used by a user, a cloud service including a second application that has been used under a use condition similar to the use condition for the first application. The generation unit generates a parameter for satisfying the use condition for the first application in the cloud service. The parameter is generated from load information regarding a use result of the second application in the cloud service. The building unit builds, in the cloud service, an environment for implementing the first application by using the parameter. The presentation unit presents, to the user, a result of measurement of a performance of the first application in the environment.

Abstract: A photoconductor unit includes a photoconductor and an electrode. The photoconductor includes a base member that is cylindrical and has a hardness that decreases with increasing distance from a first end toward a second end in an axial direction, and a photosensitive layer formed on an outer peripheral surface of the base member. The electrode is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of an open end portion of the base member at the first end.

Abstract: An information management apparatus includes a controller that controls deletion of content whose history of operations performed on the content satisfies a specific condition, among content items which satisfy a predetermined condition and are moved to a different recording location.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a common region determination unit, an inherent region extraction unit, and an inherent region connection unit. The common region determination unit determines page common regions which are in common among plural pages of document data. The inherent region extraction unit extracts, as page inherent regions, regions other than the page common regions determined by the common region determination unit from image data in the plural pages. The inherent region connection unit connects plural page inherent regions extracted by the inherent region extraction unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a rotary image carrying unit, a charging unit that charges a surface of the image carrying unit, a developing unit that develops an electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the image carrying unit, and an applying unit that applies, to the developing unit, a developing voltage having a reverse polarity to a polarity for image formation when an uncharged region of the image carrying unit reaches the developing unit at a start of the charging unit.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus where in an additional image storage unit 3, a color additional image is stored into a color image storage unit 4, and a black/white additional image is stored into a black/white image storage unit 5. A color judging unit 2 judges as to whether an input image corresponds to a color image, or a black/white image every page thereof. Based upon the judgment result of the color judging unit 2, an image synthesizing unit 6 adds the color additional image stored in the color image storage unit 4 to the input image when the input image is the color image, and adds the black/white additional image stored in the black/white image storage unit 5 in the input image when the input image is the black/white image. Then, the image synthesizing unit 6 outputs the resulting image synthesized with the additional image.