Abstract: A toner composition includes a thermoset resin, cross-linking agent, and optionally additives such as colorants. The thermally cross-linkable toner composition may be fixed, using standard fusing systems, to yield images that withstand rigorous processing conditions, such as, for example, the high temperatures reached in flexible packaging processes.

Abstract: A fuser system of a xerographic device, including a fuser member and a pressure member in which the pressure member is made to exert pressure upon the fuser member so as to form a nip having a nip width between the fuser member and the pressure member, wherein the nip width is set to within a specification nip width range, a drive system for driving said fuser member relative to said pressure roll; a sensor for monitoring the torque of said drive system; a processor in communication with the sensor that receives torque data from the sensor, wherein the processor determines a current nip pressure uniformity from the torque data and compares the current nip pressure uniformity to the specification nip pressure uniformity range, and a nip pressure adjustment device in communication with the processor, which adjusts the current nip pressure uniformity to be within the specification nip pressure uniformity range.

Abstract: Systems and methods for adapting cassette guide movement for size detection includes, in exemplary embodiments, a one-piece member that transmits and rotates a movement of a guide member placed on a side of a sheet to a sheet size detector that detects a position of the guide member, wherein a first end of the connector is connected to the guide member and the second end of the connector is connector is connected to the sheet size detector.

Abstract: An electronic device containing a polythiophene prepared by a metal halide-mediated coupling polymerization in an appropriate solvent, and which polythiophene is comprised of at least one monomer unit selected from the group consisting of 2,5-thienylene (or 2,5-thiophenediyl) (I), 2,5-thienylene (or 2,5-thiophenediyl) (II), and a divalent linkage D wherein, for example, A is alkyl, alkoxy or derivatives thereof; B is a hydrogen atom, a small substituent like alkyl or alkoxy.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program for operating an application server using email messages uses the address format of the email address of an incoming email message to invoke an application to process the content of an incoming message. Each application available on the server defines acceptable address formats of the email addresses of messages that it will accept for processing. An application may generate a reply to an incoming email message, or may generate an event, to advance processing of a task. The application server may also determine a recipient email address of an actual recipient of the incoming e-mail, and transmit the incoming e-mail message to the recipient email address. In this case, the application server functions by interposing itself in the email channel between two recipients.

Abstract: In an image processing method for generating an output color signal to reproduce an output image corresponding to an input image, reproducibility of a line segment in the output image is evaluated, and the output color signal based on the evaluation is generated.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet with plural wireless measuring units, each of which, when a radio signal is sent, measures physical quantity surrounding itself by using the radio signal as an energy source, and generates and sends a radio signal having an attribute reflecting the measured physical quantity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a toner for developing an electrostatic latent image including: toner mother particles containing a binder resin and a colorant; and manganese compound particles having a ?-type crystalline structure, the production method thereof, and a developer containing the toner.

Abstract: A mobile communications device may incorporate a hold routine to hold incoming calls for a period of time, and allow a user to answer the call at his convenience. The hold indicator, such as a single ring or a vibration, to show that the mobile communications device is in the hold mode. Using the hold mode, mobile communications may be used in situations wherein it is difficult to accept a call immediately, by delaying the initiation of the conversation between the caller and the user for the predetermined period of time.

Abstract: A decoding apparatus for decoding compression data has a reference value extracting unit and a decoded data generating unit. The reference value extracting unit extracts reference compression data to be referred for the compression data to be processed. The decoded data generating unit generates decoded data corresponding to the compression data based on the reference compression data extracted by the reference value extracting unit and the compression data.

Abstract: Methos and systems for configuring a plurality of colors in an image may provides for displaying at least one color test example that corresponds to at least one color vision capability condition, receiving an input selection corresponding to the at least one color vision capability condition, and altering a template for the plurality of colors based on the input selection. The patent or application file contains at least one drawing executed in color. Copies of this patent or patent application publication with color drawings will be provided by the Patent Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.

Abstract: The present invention provides a toner for developing an electrostatic latent image comprising at least a core layer including at least a coloring agent and a first binder resin, and a shell layer for covering the core layer and including a second binder resin, wherein two local maximum values of the tangent loss (tan ?) of the dynamic visco-elasticity are present in a temperature range of 90° C. or less, with one of the local maximum values present in a range of less than 60° C., and the other local maximum value present in a range of 60° C. or more and 90° C. or less. Moreover, a production method for the toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image, using the toner, and an image forming method are provided.

Abstract: A method and or a device for comprehensive temperature calibration of a full width array (FWA) image sensor may minimize loss of productivity and/or image quality. Multiple temperature sensors disposed along a width of the FWA image sensor may provide temperature points used to correct for temperature shifts in output of individual pixel sensors of the FWA image sensor. Under control of a microprocessor, a real-time correction may be calculated for each pixel of the FWA image sensor. The correction may be based upon a real-time temperature profile of the FWA image sensor and temperature dependent factors of at least one calibration equation. The factors may be predetermined, or be determined at factory test, at warm-up or at a specified time.

Abstract: A fault diagnosis section activates a driving compornent alone, measures an operation state signal and a paper passage time, and stores feature values (Vm, ?v, Tqs, ?ts) extracted as a determination reference in a storage medium. A paper passage fault determination section determines whether or not a fault has arisen on the basis of the paper passage time when an apparatus is under normal operating conditions. A diagnosis target block determination section determines an order to operate a detail fault diagnosis when it is determined that there is a plurality of diagnosis target blocks.

Abstract: Provided is a toner for electrostatic charge image developing, comprising a core layer which contains a first binder resin and a coloring agent, and a shell layer which contains a second binder resin and covers the core layer, characterized in that the following equation (1) and the following equation (2) are satisfied, 2.0×105?G?(60)?4.0×106 ??Equation (1) 10?G?(60)/G?(80)?40 ??Equation (2) wherein, in the equation (1) and the equation (2), G?(60) represents a storage elastic modulus (Pa) of the toner for electrostatic charge image developing measured under the conditions of a temperature of 60° C., a vibration frequency of 6.28 rad/sec, and a strain amount of 0.01 to 0.5%, and G?(80) represents a storage elastic modulus (Pa) of the toner for electrostatic charge image developing measured under the conditions of a temperature of 80° C., a vibration frequency of 6.28 rad/sec, and a strain amount of 0.01 to 0.5%.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an image recording body comprising: image-forming, to form an image on a surface of a film by an electrophotographic method; positioning, by overlaying the film onto a support so that at least one side of the support and a side of the film on which the image is formed are opposed to each other so as to obtain a laminate body; and heating and pressing the laminate body, wherein cleaning at least one of a surface of the laminate, a surface of the film and a surface of the support is conducted during at least one of a timing between the positioning and the heating and pressing and a timing between the image-forming and the positioning. The present invention further provides an apparatus for manufacturing an image recording body in accordance with the method.

Abstract: A decoding apparatus includes a dequantization-value generating section, distribution-information acquiring section, and a correcting section. The dequantization-value generating section generates a plurality of dequantization values for each quantization index value. The distribution-information acquiring section acquires distribution information of original data corresponding to each quantization index. The correcting section corrects at least a portion of the dequantization values generated by the dequantization-value generating section, based on the distribution information acquired by the distribution-information acquiring section.

Abstract: Electron charging of particles, as may be associated with electrographic and/or xerographic image forming devices, powder coat finishing devices and/or guns, or the like, is performed by subjecting a stream of particles to electron bombardment from at least one electrode overcoated with nanotubes, such as carbon nanotubes. An alternating electric field may be employed to reduce the possibility of charged particles being deposited on opposing electrodes in an electron charging zone defined by the electrodes. Particles of varying sizes, and of irregular shapes, may be uniformly charged while required input voltages to the system are reduced based on efficiencies gained through nanotube technology.

Abstract: The present invention provides a knowledge-based management diagnosis system which evaluates/diagnoses enterprise management and automatically generates a community for enhancing the enterprise management. A questionnaire on the awareness, and etc. of employees is conducted, whereupon on the basis of the questionnaire, the management situation of an organization is diagnosed, the course of improvement/reform is indicated, and a community of persons who are interested in particular knowledge or whose work styles are similar is automatically generated. Knowledge assets are classified into the characteristic of individual working manners, the characteristic of working manners in the organization, and a characteristic expressive of the sources of profits at present and in the future, to which the characteristic of knowledge-based management may well be added.

Abstract: An insertion element that connects to an ink stick receptacle in a key plate, wherein the insertion element forms at least one edge of an insertion opening, and wherein the insertion element is shaped to complement at least a portion of the perimeter of an ink stick. The element is used in a solid ink loader, which includes at least one feed channel for receiving ink sticks and at least one key plate for covering the at least one feed channel. The at least one key plate includes a receptacle for the insertion opening surround element.