Abstract: A job management apparatus for use in a batch job execution system is provided. The job management apparatus includes a client communications part which receives a batch job from a client, an extracting part which extracts a task from the batch job, and an assigning part which receives signals from the service providers and delegates a task to a service provider who is capable of performing such task. The job management apparatus is in communication with a job database which stores the batch job after it is received from the client. At least one provider manager is in communication with the job management apparatus and in communication with the service providers which monitors the tasks as they are being performed on a service provider and provides status information about the task to the job management apparatus. The service providers are configured to output signals to the job management apparatus requesting work.

Abstract: 4-aminobiphenyl derivative arylamine compounds are formed by providing an iodinated organic compound; substituting the iodinated organic compound at carboxylic acid groups thereof to provide ester protecting groups; conducting an Ullman condensation reaction to convert the product of step (ii) into an arylamine compound; and conducting a Suzuki coupling reaction to add an additional phenyl group to the arylamine compound in the 4-position relative to the nitrogen.

Abstract: Processing a module packaged within a container involves securely affixing a tag comprising a tag memory and a tag communication element to the container. While the module is enclosed in the container, information pertaining to the module is selectively stored in the tag memory for later readout and processing. A container for enclosing a module includes an electronic tag having a tag memory and a tag communication element. The tag communication element is adapted to receive information from a source, and the tag memory stores that information. While the module is packaged in the container, either first module information or second module information is stored in the tag memory. The module information pertains to the subsequent use of the module. The electronic tag is embedded in the container material, or securely affixed to the container. The electronic tag may span a container opening so that the tag is damaged upon opening the container, providing security against improper re-use.

Abstract: A CPU executes decomposing processing based on data by a PDL received through a communication interface, and generates data by an intermediate language for each band. Here, the CPU judges whether or not the values of the image data are all zero as the image data in the band. As to the image data whose values become all zero, rendering processing from the intermediate language to the image data and compression processing of the image data by a JBIG compressor are omitted, and only a termination code is stored as coded data in a main memory. Thereby, the processing speed can be increased. A JBIG decompressor decompresses the coded data to generate output image data, which is outputted to a printing unit. Thus, the image processing device of the invention increases the speed of generating coded data, and enhances the total throughput.

Abstract: A card printer in a card information management system. The card printer has a data input part for inputting data acquired by a user. The data is character information of a character generated by a program stored in a predetermined apparatus according to predetermined operations of a user. The card printer has a user ID input part for inputting an ID of the user. The data inputted from the data input part is converted into print information by a print information generation part. Approval information of the supplier of the card is generated by an approval information generation part. This print information and the approval information are printed on a card by a print part through an image processing part and a print control part. The user can obtain the card to which the approval information is added on demand.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and methods for storing, sorting, sharing and communicating information with a device, which uses a tangible real-world user interface. In an embodiment of the invention, the device is intended to facilitate communication of information through intuitive operations and commands.

Abstract: An electronic trapping implementation in imager with laser driver is provided by comparing an output image from the imager to a reference image to obtain a difference image and calculating one or more frequency and amplitude modulations based on the difference image and applying the one or more frequency and amplitude modulations to the imager until the difference image is eliminated.

Abstract: An image processing device which carries out processing for composing a first image (a color patch image for printing simulation) and a second image (a color patch image for printer management) with image data of a print job, and printing-out. When image data is received from an image processing terminal, image data of a first image and a second image are generated by first and second image generating sections. A first image composing section composes image data of an object of printing and first image data. A color correcting section carries out color correction on the composed image. A second image composing section composes the second image and an image which has been composed by the first image composing section and color corrected. In this way, appropriate printing simulation using an output device such as a printer is possible.

Abstract: A new information embedding technology is disclosed using conjugate screen concept. More specifically, two screens are applied in a halftoning process, one for the areas that corresponds to the symbol to be embedded (object), and one for the background. Both screens can be conceptually decomposed into a two-layer structure similar to supercells. The top layer determines the overall halftone texture, while the bottom layer, which is conjugate for background and object, carries embedded data. The information can be retrieved digitally or optically. In embedding, there is no restriction of the symbol sizes. The computation is relatively simple and can be implemented in real time. In retrieval, it is relatively robust to registration errors.

Abstract: A substrate on which a plurality of thin films having a plurality of cross-sections corresponding to the cross-section of a micro-structure are formed is placed on a substrate holder. The substrate holder is elevated to bond a thin film formed on the substrate to the surface of a stage, and by lowering the substrate holder, the thin film is separated from the substrate and transferred to the stage side. The transfer process is repeated to laminate a plurality of thin films on the stage and to form the micro-structure. Accordingly, there are provided a micro-structure having high dimensional precision, especially high resolution in the lamination direction, which can be manufactured from a metal or an insulator such as ceramics and can be manufactured in the combined form of structural elements together, and a manufacturing method and an apparatus thereof.

Abstract: A web conveyance mechanism for conveying a band-type web includes: a side guide provided on one end side of the web in its width direction that guides one end of the web in the width direction which abuts on the side guide and that serves as a positional reference in the width direction for the web; an abutting unit that pushes the web to the side guide and adjusts an abutting force with which the web pushes the side guide; a measuring unit that measures the abutting force with which the web abutting on the side guide pushes the side guide; and a controller that adjusts the abutting unit so as to obtain a desired abutting force based on a result of detection by the measuring unit.

Abstract: The toner described herein contains toner particles containing polymer, colorant and cross-linked polymer. The cross-linked polymer is incorporated at least in the shell of the toner particles. Incorporating cross-linked polymer in the shell of the toner particles provide bumps in the surface of the toner particles. These bumps can behave as spacers. Such toner can be formed by aggregating at least polymer particles and colorant particles to form core particles; aggregating at least cross-linked polymer particles to the surface of the core particles; and coalescing the resulting particles to form toner particles.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor comprises: an electroconductive support; and a photosensitive layer on the electroconductive support, wherein the photosensitive layer having a dynamic hardness of from 20×109 to 150×109 N/m2 and an elastic deformation ratio of from 15 to 80%.

Abstract: A device for performing a processing in response to a request received from a requester, comprises a receiving unit that receives the request or authentication information from the requestor; a processing unit that performs processing according to the request received by the receiving unit; a job history memory that stores a history of job performed by the processing unit; and a job history display controller that controls a display of a job history list in response to the request from the requestor, wherein the job history display controller restricts a display of a history of job which has been performed in response to a request from other requestor than the first-mentioned requestor and belongs to the other requester.

Abstract: A two-dimensional coding method includes: using a two-dimensional image containing plural reference pixels each having a different brightness and data pixels representing data in accordance with brightness; and coding a binary sequence of plural bits to be recorded as a hologram by matching the brightness level of the data pixel based on the brightnesses of the plural reference pixels.

Abstract: An image-forming method including: forming a toner image on the surface of an image carrier; transferring the toner image from the surface of the image carrier onto the image-receiving layer of a belt-shaped intermediate transfer film having the image-receiving layer provided on a surface of a base material; superimposing the intermediate transfer film on a surface of a recording medium such that the toner image contacts the surface of the recording medium; fixing the toner image by application of heat and pressure; forming a laminate by pressure-bonding the superimposed intermediate transfer film onto the recording medium by application of heat and pressure; and peeling the base material off the image-receiving layer at the interface therebetween, so that the entire image-forming surface of the recording medium is covered with the image-receiving layer and so that the image is formed between the recording medium and the image-receiving layer.

Abstract: A device customizing system which includes: a device having an account information acquisition unit that acquires account information, and a customizing unit that customizes environments and settings of the device based on customize information; an authentication agent including a user data storage unit that stores user data for customizing the device in association with the account information, and a customize information generating unit that acquires the user data from the user data storage unit to generate the customize information; and a directory server including an account information storage unit that stores the account information, and an account information verification unit that verifies the account information acquired by the account information acquisition unit by using the account information storage unit.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a single-component magnetic developer having a total energy amount, measured with a powder rheometer at a rotor tip end speed of 100 mm/sec at a rotor helix angle of ?5° at a ventilation rate of 20 ml/min, of 10 to 100 mJ; and a developing method, including agitating a developer in a developer container with an agitating member, forming a developer layer on a developer-carrying member, and applying an electric field to a development zone so as to develop a latent image on an electrostatic latent image-holding member with the developer layer, wherein the ratio Va/Vs of the rotational frequency Va of the agitating member to that Vs of the developer-carrying member is 0.

Abstract: A multilayered task supporting apparatus includes: a display area that is divided into three or more; an input unit that is provided with a group of control buttons for assigning a display object; and a control unit that controls a content to be displayed on the display area on the basis of an input from the input unit.

Abstract: An image formation device having a hierarchically structured function setting menu in which plural function setting items including a function setting item for an optional device are managed in a hierarchical structure, the hierarchically structured function setting menu being sequentially displayed according to the hierarchical structure to select a desired function setting item to perform a function setting, the image formation device including a detector that detects a connection of the optional device, and a changing unit that changes the function setting item for the optional device to a top level of the hierarchically structured function setting menu when the connection of the optional device is detected by the detector.