Abstract: The present disclosure provides a network connection configuration method and an apparatus thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a consumable, a consumable chip, and a communication method between the image forming apparatus and the consumable chip. The consumable chip is capable of being installed on a consumable, and the consumable is capable of being detachably installed on an image forming apparatus. The consumable chip includes a storage unit and a chip control unit. The storage unit is configured to store identity authentication information of the consumable. The chip control unit is configured to receive an authentication request sent by the image forming apparatus and obtain second time information, generate a second code by performing a calculation using a preset algorithm according to the obtained second time information and the pre-stored identity authentication information of the consumable, and send the second code to the image forming apparatus. The second code is configured to determine whether the consumable meets expectation.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for monitoring print jobs. The method includes configuring a monitoring program, where the monitoring program monitors queued jobs in a print spooler; and monitoring, by the monitoring program, submission time of all queued jobs; and if queue time of a queued job is determined to be greater than a first preset time, cancelling the queued job according to a preset configuration.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an apparatus, and a storage medium for controlling voice print. The method includes receiving keyword information extracted from voice information by a voice processing apparatus; obtaining a target print document according to the keyword information; obtaining print configuration information according to the keyword information; and transmitting the target print document and the print configuration information to a target image forming apparatus.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a print job cancellation method, a terminal device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes determining whether a print job is canceled; if the print job is determined to be canceled, adding specific data to print job content of the print job to generate print data, where the specific data is configured to instruct an end of analyzing the print data and/or instruct an end of the print job; and transmitting the print data to an image forming apparatus, such that the image forming apparatus ends the print job according to the specific data analyzed from the print data.

Abstract: Provided is an image calibration method, an image formation device and a storage medium. The image calibration method includes: acquiring at least one of a first end color density value or a second end color density value of a calibration reference image along a direction to be calibrated; calculating a difference between the at least one of the first end color density value or the second end color density value and a target color density value, to obtain at least one of a first end color density difference value or a second end color density difference value; and performing uniformity calibration on an image to be calibrated if the at least one of the first end color density difference value or the second end color density difference value is greater than or equal to a preset difference threshold.

Abstract: A cloud printing method and a cloud printing system includes: sending a print request to a first server when a file is clicked at first application of a client to execute printing; determining whether a target printer supports printing the file; transmitting the file to the target printer to execute printout of the file based on that the target printer supports printing the file; transmitting the file to a printer manufacturer server or to a second application based on that the target printer does not support printing the file; converting a data format of the file into a data format supported by the target printer to generate a print job; sending the print request to the target printer, and transmitting the print job to the target printer to execute printout of the print job.

Abstract: An image forming control method is applied to an image forming apparatus. The method includes, after the image forming apparatus is connected to an image processing apparatus, sending information related to a halftone parameter of the image forming apparatus to the image processing apparatus for storage, obtaining halftone-processed intermediate data that is to be printed sent by the image processing apparatus, and outputting the halftone-processed intermediate data that is to be printed to an image generator to perform an image forming operation.

Abstract: Optical scanner and electrophotographic image forming apparatus are provided. The optical scanner includes a light source, configured to emit a light beam; an optical deflector, configured to deflect the light beam emitted from the light source; a first optical unit, arranged there-between and including a refraction unit and a diffraction unit; and a second optical unit, arranged in a light exit direction of the optical deflector and configured to make the light beam deflected by the optical deflector form an image on a scanning target surface. A range of a ratio of a refractive power ?r to a diffractive power ?d of the first optical unit in a main scanning direction is 0.3<?r/?d<0.5; and a range of a ratio of a refractive power ?s to a diffractive power ?n of the first optical unit in a sub scanning direction is 0.7<?s/?n<1.0.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fixing device and an image forming apparatus. Fixing device includes a device main body, including a heater, where the device main body includes a driving end connected to a power outputting part of the image forming apparatus and a non-driving end opposite to the driving end; a locking element, disposed on the non-driving end of the device main body; and a chip, including a contact part. When the device main body is installed on the image forming apparatus, the locking element is connected to the image forming apparatus, and the contact part of the chip is electrically connected to the image forming apparatus; and a projection of the contact part of the chip in an axial direction of the heater intersects a projection of the locking element in the axial direction of the heater.

Abstract: A consumable chip applied to a consumable includes a memory and a controller. The memory is used to store information of a consumable product of an image formation device. The controller is configured to control the consumable chip to generate a predetermined signal to cause the image formation device to perform a target operation according to the predetermined signal. The consumable chip is mounted at the consumable. The consumable is detachably mounted at the image formation device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for monitoring a print job, and an electronic apparatus. The method includes receiving a print job; analyzing the print job and acquiring creation time of the print job; comparing the creation time with current time, and continuing to print the print job if a time difference between the creation time and the current time is less than a first preset value; determining whether the print job satisfies a print cancellation condition if the time difference between the creation time and the current time is equal to or greater than the first preset value; and cancelling the print job if the print job satisfies the print cancellation condition.

Abstract: An image forming method, an image forming apparatus, and a storage medium are provided in embodiments of the present disclosure. The method includes rotating an image carrier along a preset direction, where the image carrier at least includes a first region and a second region; and simultaneously applying voltages to a first image forming module and a second image forming module, such that the first image forming module forms a first image on the first region of the image carrier based on the voltages, and the second image forming module forms a second image on the second region of the image carrier based on the voltages. Each of the first image and the second image includes a plurality of patterns with different concentrations; and a quantity of patterns in the first image and the second image is determined based on a first preset distance.

Abstract: Optical scanner and electrophotographic image forming device are provided. The optical scanner includes a light source; and a first optical unit, a deflection apparatus, and an f-? lens, which are sequentially arranged along a primary optical axis direction of a light beam emitted from the light source. The light beam emitted from the light source is focused onto a scanning target surface after sequentially passing through the first optical unit, the deflection apparatus, and the f-? lens. Optical scanning directions of the light beam emitted from the light source include a primary scanning direction and a secondary scanning direction which are perpendicular to each other, and along the primary scanning direction, the f-? lens satisfies following expressions: SAG1>0, SAG2>0, and 0<(SAG1+SAG2)/d<0.8.

Abstract: A chip, a chip set, an electrical parameter detection method, a consumable, and an image forming apparatus are provided in embodiments of the present disclosure. The chip is capable of being installed on the consumable; and the consumable is capable of being detachably installed on the image forming apparatus. The chip includes an installation detecting terminal; a chip controller configured to control the installation detecting terminal to output a low level after the chip is powered on; and a storage unit configured to store a time control parameter, where the time control parameter is configured to control a time point for the installation detecting terminal to output the low level. The above configuration can realize that the signal conflict between a plurality of chips is not generated when detecting whether the plurality of chips is in a desired contact with the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: A cloud printing method includes in response to a click on a file in an application program of a client terminal to execute printing, receiving, by a cloud server, a print request sent by the client terminal, generating, by the cloud server, a print job and a uniform resource locator (URL) of the print job based on the print request, and starting, by the cloud server, a print microservice and publishing a print task to a message queuing telemetry transport (MQTT) microservice according to the print job. After a printer is connected to the cloud server, the printer is configured to send a print subscription request to the cloud server. The MQTT microservice is configured to send the print task with the URL of the print job to the printer. The printer is further configured to download the print job from the cloud server based on the URL of the print job and print the print job.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, and a control system and a control method of the image forming apparatus are provided. The image forming apparatus includes a non-transitory memory, a first controller, and a first interface. The first controller, connected to the non-transitory memory, is configured to control read and write of the non-transitory memory; first and second storage regions are configured in the non-transitory memory; the first storage region is configured to store driving programs; and the second storage region is configured to store first firmware files. The first interface is connected to the first controller; an external device accesses the non-transitory memory through the first interface; the driving programs are acquired by the external device through the first interface and installed in the external device; and the external device is capable of exchanging information with the image forming apparatus through an interface different from the first interface.

Abstract: An optical scanning device and an electronic imaging apparatus are provided. The optical scanning device includes a light source, a first optical unit, an optical deflector, and an imaging optical system for guiding a light beam deflected by the optical deflector to a scanned surface for imaging. The imaging optical system includes an F-? lens satisfying fc/fs?0.6, X1?X1c>0, and X2?X2c>0, where fs is a focal length of the F-? lens, fc is an f? coefficient of the F-? lens; X1 is a distance between a projection of one incident point on the main optical axis and the scanning origin, X2 is a distance between a projection of one exit point on the main optical axis and the scanning origin, X1c is a distance between the central incident point and the scanning origin, and X2c is a distance between the central exit point and the scanning origin.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an image forming control method, a consumable chip, an image forming apparatus, and a consumable. For the image forming control method, based on the environmental data, the encryption and decryption processing and transmission are performed on the preset compensation value of the image forming control parameter using the environmental data respectively detected by the consumable chip and the image forming apparatus. The preset compensation value is prevented from being intercepted and tampered during transmission, which makes data transmission more secure, thereby ensuring the printing and image forming quality.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for handling image forming abnormality, and an image forming apparatus are provided. The method is applied to the image forming apparatus and includes acquiring a print job from a control terminal and analyzing the print job to obtain an analysis result. When the analysis result is a failed analysis, whether a control program installed on the control terminal is abnormal is determined accordingly. The control program is a program which enables the control terminal to exchange the print job with the image forming apparatus. If the control program installed on the control terminal is abnormal, an abnormal-driving information page is generated and printed to output. By printing to output the abnormal information page, the user can be effectively and clearly informed of the cause of the printer abnormality, which improves the efficiency and user experience of abnormality resolution.