Abstract: A heating device includes a rotating body, a heating source, a rotating body holder, and a lubricant of liquid or semi-solid. The heating source heats the rotating body. The rotating body holder holds both longitudinal ends of the rotating body rotatably. The lubricant of liquid or semi-solid adheres to the rotating body holder. A temperature of the rotating body holder is lower than a generation temperature of fine particles of the lubricant.

Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing an image sensor unit, the image sensor unit including: a linear light source that illuminates a document along a main scanning direction; a rod lens array that includes a plurality of rod lenses arranged in the main scanning direction and condenses a light reflected from the document; and a linear image sensor that receives a light condensed by the rod lens array. When a rod lens having an optically discontinuous portion on a surface and/or interior of the rod lens is included, the rod lens array is arranged such that the optically discontinuous portion is not located toward the document.

Abstract: A method of printing on an inkjet printer including a plurality of overlapping jetting modules includes analyzing image data within a stitch area to designate white pixels and non-white pixels. For rows where the stitch area includes white pixels, a hard stitch boundary is defined within the stitch area where image pixels to the left of the hard stitch boundary are to be printed using a left jetting module and image pixels to the right of the hard stitch boundary are to be printed using a right jetting module. For image regions where the rows of image pixels within the stitch area include only non-white pixels, a soft-stitching path is defined through the image region, and a fading function is used to gradually transition from printing image pixels with the left jetting module to printing image pixels with the right jetting module in a transition zone around the soft-stitching path.

Abstract: The number of operational errors where a user unintentionally logs in as another user in quick login is reduced.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that switches a normal mode and an energy-saving mode includes control circuitry, an operation unit, and a device. The control circuitry controls processing of the information processing apparatus. The operation unit includes a display. The device mounted on the control circuitry or the operation unit writes change information indicating change of an operation mode in response to switching between the normal mode and the energy-saving mode. The device has a limit to a number of times of writing. The control circuitry counts the number of times of writing of the change information into the device, predicts a life of the device on a basis of a count value of the number of times of writing, and diagnoses appropriateness of the count value used for prediction of the life of the device when an increase rate of the count value exceeds a predetermined increase rate.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that communicates with a chat server for controlling, based on received information indicating a talk room of the chat server and received information corresponding to a user, display of image data received from the user, in the talk room. The image processing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive predetermined information corresponding to the user, by transmitting authentication information for the user to log into a chat service, to the chat server, and a storage unit configured to store the predetermined information received by the reception unit, instead of the authentication information, in association with identification information for the user to log into the image processing apparatus. The image data, information indicating the specified talk room, and the predetermined information are transmitted to the chat server.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus detects a signal transmitted from an external communication apparatus and displays information of the communication apparatus corresponding to the detected signal. If a first signal is detected, a notification screen for prompting a user to perform a specification operation on the communication apparatus is displayed, and if a second signal is detected after displaying the notification screen, when the second signal corresponds to the specification operation, information of the communication apparatus corresponding to the second signal is displayed. If the first signal and the second signal are both detected, a second notification screen for prompting the user to perform a different second specification operation is displayed, and if a third signal is detected after displaying the second notification screen, when the third signal corresponds to the second specification operation, information of the communication apparatus corresponding to the third signal is displayed.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions. The computer-readable instructions are executed by a processor of a pretreatment information generation device that generates pretreatment information to be used in pretreatment on a recording medium by a pretreatment device. The computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform processes including receiving image data to be printed on the recording medium, and identifying the pretreatment information to perform the pretreatment with respect to the received image data.

Abstract: An acquisition portion of a pretreatment control apparatus acquires identification information capable of identifying a treatment medium (step S1). A first transmission portion transmits a pretreatment instruction based on the identification information to a pretreatment device which performs a pretreatment with respect to the treatment medium (step S13). A second transmission portion transmits a transmission instruction for identified print data based on the identification information, to a storage device which stores print data (step S3). As a result, the pretreatment control apparatus can transmit the pretreatment instruction and the identified print data by acquiring a single piece of identification information. Therefore, the number of processing steps by the pretreatment control apparatus is fewer than when the pretreatment instruction and the identified print data are transmitted by acquiring different information.

Abstract: A firmware of the image forming device stores USB configuration information in a memory when updating the firmware in a normal operation. When updating of the firmware is not completed normally, the image forming device operates a recovery operation by executing a recovery program. The recovery program transmits USB configuration information, which is stored in the memory, to a terminal device when performing USB communication with the terminal device in the recovery operation. Thus, the USB configuration of the normal operation and that of the recovery operation are identical.

Abstract: A printer includes a printing unit powered from a battery which is charged by a charge IC, and a processor. The processor sets a mode of the printer to a print mode, and sets the mode to a low-power mode in which total power consumption of the printer is lower than that in the print mode, in a state that the printing unit stops printing. In a case where the processor sets the mode to the low-power mode, the processor sets the mode to a first low-power mode, in which the charge IC is driven at a first SW frequency, when the charge IC works to charge the battery, and sets the mode to a second low-power mode, in which the charge IC is driven at a second SW frequency lower than the first SW frequency, when the charge IC stops the charge of the battery.

Abstract: A device endpoint is accessed through an off-premise communications network relative to the device endpoint. The device endpoint is registered to a virtual device object in data storage of a device service, the device service and the device endpoint communicating across the off-premise communications network, the virtual device object storing a secure device endpoint identifier of the device endpoint. A virtual device identifier associated with the secure device endpoint identifier of the device endpoint is stored in the virtual device object. A request to access the device endpoint using the virtual device identifier is received. The secure device endpoint identifier associated with the virtual device identifier in the virtual device object is read. The device endpoint is notified of a pending job associated with the secure device endpoint identifier. The pending job is communicated to the device endpoint identified by the secure device endpoint identifier.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a communication interface, a display, and a controller configured to, when the image forming apparatus is remotely connected with an information processing device via the communication interface, transmit, to the information processing device, screen data for causing the information processing device to display a same screen as a display screen being displayed on the display, when receiving remote access from the information processing device, perform display processing for the display screen in accordance with the remote access, and when the remote access is received while a particular screen is being displayed as the display screen on the display, impose a display restriction on the display screen.

Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes at least one memory that stores instructions, and at least one processor that executes the instructions to perform determining, in a case where an image of an inspection area is a blank and collation inspection is to be performed on the image of the inspection, whether correct data in the collation inspection is a blank, outputting an inspection result for the inspection area as a success, in a case where it is determined that the correct data is a blank, and outputting an inspection result for the inspection area as a failure, in a case where it is determined that the correct data is not a blank.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform an information processing method. Setting destination information which indicates a destination of fax transmission. Converting a first code into a second code indicating an instruction in a fax transmission function of an image forming apparatus when the destination information includes the first code. Transmitting the destination information to the image forming apparatus, the destination information including the second code.

Abstract: For partial volume correction, the partial volume effect is simulated using patient-specific segmentation. An organ or other object of the patient is segmented using anatomical imaging. For simulation, the locations of the patient-specific object or objects are sub-divided, creating artificial boundaries in the object. A test activity is assigned to each sub-division and forward projected. The difference of the forward projected activity to the test activity provides a location-by-location partial volume correction map. This correction map is used in reconstruction from the measured emissions, resulting in more accurate activity estimation with less partial volume effect.

Abstract: A communication apparatus capable of operating in at least one of a plurality of modes including a first communication mode in which wireless communication is performed with another apparatus via an external access point and a second communication mode in which wireless communication is performed with another apparatus bypassing the external access point, the communication apparatus comprising: controlling unit configured to control a communication mode of the communication apparatus by enabling or disabling at least one of the plurality of communication modes; and executing unit configured to execute search processing to search for an external access point near the communication apparatus, wherein in a case where both the first communication mode and the second communication mode are disabled, the second communication mode is enabled and the search processing is executed in the second communication mode.

Abstract: In a case where a first sheet paper having a first size is contained and a second sheet paper having a second size is not contained, a printer sends capability information including first size information indicating that the first size is contained and second size information indicating that the second size is contained to a terminal device. The printer receives image data and selection information indicating that a target size has been selected, and in a case where the selection information indicates that the second size has been selected as the target size, the printer executes the predetermined process on the first sheet paper, and in a case where the selection information indicates that the first size has been selected as the target size, the printer does not execute the predetermined process on the first sheet paper.

Abstract: A printing device according to the present disclosure includes: a device body; an opening/closing cover pivotably provided on the device body; a plurality of light sources provided on the device body; a plurality of icon indicators provided in the opening/closing cover at positions corresponding to the plurality of light sources when the opening/closing cover is closed; first light-shielding portions provided on the opening/closing cover at positions between the plurality of icon indicators; and second light-shielding portions provided on the device body at positions between the plurality of light sources.

Abstract: An information processing device to be a subject of appliance registration in a management server includes a first acquirer configured to acquire identification information for identifying the information processing device; an appliance registration requester configured to transmit an appliance registration request to the management server, the appliance registration request being for the appliance registration in the management server to associate the identification information acquired by the first acquirer with tenant information for identifying a tenant; and a second acquirer configured to acquire a setting value for use in processing an application to be installed in the information processing device; and a writer configured to write, to a storage, a setting value for the application acquired by the second acquirer.