Abstract: A detection section that detects a value used for determining whether or not a jam of a paper sheet has occurred includes a sound detection unit that detects a sound and an auxiliary detection unit that detects a value different from the magnitude of a sound in the case where a jam of the paper sheet has occurred, and, in the case where the sound detection unit has detected a sound of a magnitude equal to or greater than a first threshold value, a control unit controls determines whether or not a jam of the paper sheet has occurred with reference to a detection result of the auxiliary detection unit, and controls a transport unit on the basis of a result of the determination.

Abstract: An optical sensor device includes a first light source, a second light source, a sensor, and control circuitry. The first light source has a plurality of peak wavelengths in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 780 nm. The second light source emits ultraviolet light. The control circuitry adjusts a light amount of the first light source based on an output of the sensor in a state the first light source is on and the second light source is off, adjusts a light amount of the second light source based on an output of the sensor in a state the second light source is on and the first light source is off, and acquires a correction value of data output by the sensor, based on an output of the sensor in a state each of the first and second light sources is on with the light amount adjusted.

Abstract: Disclosed is a profile adjustment method for adjusting a profile used in color conversion processing for performing a black point compensation, the method including: an adjustment target profile reception step of receiving any one of an input profile representing a correspondence relationship between an input coordinate values in an input color space and device independent coordinate values in a profile connection space and an output profile representing a correspondence relationship between the device independent coordinate values and an output coordinate values in an output color space as an adjustment target profile; a black point information storage step of obtaining black point information from a color conversion table and storing the black point information in a private tag when the black point information representing a black point in the color conversion table is not stored in the private tag of the adjustment target profile before adjusting the color conversion table stored in the adjustment target p

Abstract: A control method for an information processing apparatus which comprises a memory that stores a graphical user interface (GUI) application capable of providing a GUI in a case where a driver that does not have a function of providing a GUI is selected, the control method includes causing the GUI application to acquire drawing data generated by a drawing application, acquiring, by the GUI application, at least either of data including information indicating a setting and data including information indicating a capability of the driver, and providing, the GUI application, a first display item.

Abstract: An image inspection apparatus includes a hardware processor that performs an image diagnosis on the basis of a read image obtained by reading images printed in both sides of a recording medium, wherein the hardware processor: acquires a read image obtained by reading an image on the recording medium to which at least a first chart and a second chart are output; and performs a diagnosis by determining a side to be used in the diagnosis depending on an image diagnosis item on the basis of the read image.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that generates a color conversion table to be set in an image forming apparatus includes a conversion unit that uses a color conversion table to convert input RGB values into output RGB values, wherein the color conversion table is a conversion table for conversion of the input RGB values into output RGB values that depend on a color gamut of the image forming apparatus, an extraction unit that extracts an L value indicating lightness out of a plurality of elements forming Lab values corresponding to the output RGB values, a correction unit that corrects the extracted L value, and a correction unit that uses the corrected L value, and a and b values indicating chromaticity and other than the extracted L value out of the plurality of elements forming the Lab values corresponding to the output RGB values to correct the color conversion table.

Abstract: An image quality inspection camera system includes: N (integer of N?2) light sources that emit light on a medium; a camera for photographing the medium; and a control section, in which the control section executes setting processing when an i-th light source (integer of i=1 to N) is lit with a reference driving signal, for setting an image quality inspection time driving signal of the i-th light source, and the setting processing includes calculating an i-th representative luminance value by performing a predetermined representative luminance value calculation processing based on a luminance value of each pixel photographed by the camera when the i-th light source is lit with the reference driving signal, and determining the image quality inspection time driving signal of the i-th light source by adjusting the reference driving signal such that the i-th representative luminance value satisfies a predetermined target luminance value condition.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus that controls relative positions of a carriage and a document in a first direction using a motor, so as to read an image of the document on a line by line basis, the carriage being mounted with an image sensor and a light source. The image reading apparatus detects an amount of movement caused by the motor in the first direction and generates a first trigger signal in response to input of a synchronization signal generated in accordance with the detected amount of movement, the first trigger signal instructing to start accumulation of charge in the image sensor, and, after a predetermined amount of time since the synchronization signal used for generating the first trigger signal is input, generates a second trigger signal, the second trigger signal instructing to end accumulation of the charge being accumulated in the image sensor.

Abstract: An image reading device includes a reader, an opposing member, and circuitry. The reader is configured to read an image of an object to be conveyed. The opposing member has a plurality of opposing portions that include reference surfaces selectively switchable to be placed at a reading position of the reader. The reference surfaces include two or more identical reference surfaces. The circuitry is configured to determine whether an evaluation reading value of reading values read by the reader on each of the two or more identical reference surfaces is within a prescribed range and perform correction operation of the image reading device with the evaluation reading value within the prescribed range out of the reading values of the two or more identical reference surfaces.

Abstract: A printer that executes printing based on a print job includes a memory containing instructions, and at least one processor for executing the instructions to operate as a first receiving unit configured to receive from a computer a print job instructing the printer to print a plurality of copies using a plurality of feeding trays, with a different feeding tray instructed to be used for each of the copies, a display unit configured to display the number of copies of the print job, and a second receiving unit configured to receive an instruction from a user to change the displayed number of copies of the print job. In addition, instructions are executed to operate as a cancelling unit configured to cancel, based on the changed number of copies, the print job, the number of copies of which has been instructed to be changed.

Abstract: A profile adjustment method for causing a computer to execute a process of adjusting a to-be-adjusted profile by using a color conversion module performing a color conversion process of converting coordinate values in a color space with reference to a profile, the profile adjustment method including: setting a color conversion module included in one or more of the color conversion module, as a target module that is a color conversion module to be used; causing the target module to execute the color conversion process of converting input coordinate values in an input color space into output coordinate values in an output color space; and executing a process of using a conversion result by the target module to adjust the to-be-adjusted profile.

Abstract: Systems and methods for the virtualization, aggregation, enhancement, and distributed processing of facsimile communications. The Remote FAX Interconnect known as etherFAX® is a system and method that allows for the reception and delivery of information to or from one or more facsimile systems using Internet/web based communication protocols such as HTTP(S) as the transport between a cooperating facsimile capable application or hardware and the remotely accessible etherFAX® services.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that forms an image on a sheet on the basis of print image data obtained by performing image processing on raster data subjected to raster image processing; an image reader that reads the image formed on the sheet on the basis of the print image data by the image former to acquire uncorrected read image data; and a hardware processor that compares the raster data with read image data generated from the uncorrected read image data acquired by the image reader to inspect a print state of the image formed on the sheet, wherein the hardware processor, when inspecting the print state of the image formed on the sheet, offsets an amount of adjustment adjusted by the image processing performed on the raster data.

Abstract: An image recording device includes a recorder, a reader and a hardware processor. The recorder records an image on a recording medium. The reader reads, with an imaging element, a surface of the recording medium and a surface of a predetermined reference member. The hardware processor calibrates the reader for a value to be detected by the imaging element, based on a reading result of the reading of the surface of the reference member. Further, the hardware processor performs the calibration in at least one of: a case where a type of the image to be recorded on the recording medium satisfies a predetermined image type condition; and a case where a predetermined reading influence factor which affects a reading result of the reading of the surface of the recording medium satisfies a predetermined reading influence factor condition.

Abstract: Provided is a document-management server that controls the amount of change notifications sent to an administrator of an image-processing server in the case where metadata necessary for system cooperation is changed. The image-processing server acquires an attribute of specific metadata from document data and transmits the attribute together with the document data. The document-management server manages the document data based on the attribute of the specific metadata transmitted from the image-processing server. A metadata-setting-receiving unit receives a change in the specific metadata. A notification-priority-adding unit adds a notification priority to the specific metadata for which a change is received by the metadata-setting-receiving unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for transforming by digital processing a substrate and preferably a pre-processed substrate. The present invention also relates to a method for transforming by digital processing a substrate, preferably a pre-processed substrate.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus and a control method thereof. The apparatus includes a user interface unit that accepts an operation made by a user and a wireless communication unit that communicates wirelessly with an information terminal. A user authentication is executed in response to a user authentication request from the information terminal via the wireless communication unit. In the event of the authentication succeeding, a screen displayed by the user interface unit is not switched in the case where there is a logged-in user who has been authenticated through the user interface unit in response to the user authentication request, whereas the screen displayed by the user interface unit is switched in the case where there is no such logged-in user.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus that extracts an area indicated by a marker. A scanner unit reads a first document having an area indicated by a handwritten marker. A panel unit displays first image data of the first document read by the scanner unit or second image data of the second document stored in a storage device. An electronic marker input unit indicates an area by an electronic marker with respect to the second image data. An area extracting unit, based on a hue difference, which is a difference between a color of the first document read by the scanner unit and a color of the handwritten marker, corrects a hue difference, which is a difference between a color of the second document and a color of the electronic marker, and extracts an area indicated by the handwritten marker or an area by the electronic marker.

Abstract: Information processing equipment includes: a main body housing unit; and a console panel provided at the main body housing unit, the console panel having a front surface which has a display unit visible on the main body housing unit and does not include at least a hard key for switching an operation mode to a maintenance mode, the hard key being provided on a surface other than the front surface of the console panel.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to cause a printer to perform a print job includes a driver and a monitoring section. The driver is configured to generate print data of the print job and to transfer the generated print data to the printer. The monitoring section is configured to perform a status acquiring process for acquiring status information of the printer. The monitoring section is configured to perform the status acquiring process over a period from a start of transfer of the print data to an end of transfer of the print data.