Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a reception part that receives specification of a print mode and specification of a sheet type to be used for printing; a sheet supply part that sends a sheet to a sheet conveyance path; a detection part that detects a type of a sheet sent to the sheet conveyance path; and a hardware processor that controls a printing operation, wherein when a sheet type received by the reception part is a type for which printing in the print mode received by the reception part is allowed, the sheet supply part sends a sheet to the sheet conveyance path, the hardware processor determines whether or not the print mode received by the reception part is a prohibition mode, when it is determined that the print mode is the prohibition mode, the detection part detects a type of a sheet sent to the sheet conveyance path.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet feeding tray that stores a sheet; a sheet thickness measurement device that measures a sheet thickness of the sheet fed from the sheet feeding tray; a hardware processor that: determines a type of the sheet of which the sheet thickness is measured, a sheet type associated with each of sheet thickness ranges, and the sheet thickness measured by the sheet thickness measurement device; and adjusts a first sheet thickness range to cause the first sheet thickness range to be expandable to at least one of an upper limit value side or a lower limit value side; and an image former that forms an image on the sheet fed from the sheet feeding tray under image forming conditions corresponding to the sheet type determined by the hardware processor.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet feeding tray that stores a sheet; a sheet thickness measurement device that measures a sheet thickness of the sheet fed from the sheet feeding tray; a hardware processor that: determines a type of the sheet of which the sheet thickness is measured, a sheet type associated with each of sheet thickness ranges, and the sheet thickness measured by the sheet thickness measurement device; and adjusts a first sheet thickness range by expanding the first sheet thickness range to at least one of an upper limit value side or a lower limit value side; and an image former that forms an image on the sheet fed from the sheet feeding tray under image forming conditions corresponding to the sheet type determined by the hardware processor.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a reception part that receives specification of a print mode and specification of a sheet type to be used for printing; a sheet supply part that sends a sheet to a sheet conveyance path; a detection part that detects a type of a sheet sent to the sheet conveyance path; and a hardware processor that controls a printing operation, wherein when a sheet type received by the reception part is a type for which printing in the print mode received by the reception part is allowed, the sheet supply part sends a sheet to the sheet conveyance path, the hardware processor determines whether or not the print mode received by the reception part is a prohibition mode, when it is determined that the print mode is the prohibition mode, the detection part detects a type of a sheet sent to the sheet conveyance path.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet feeding tray that stores a sheet; a sheet thickness measurement device that measures a sheet thickness of the sheet fed from the sheet feeding tray; a hardware processor that: determines a type of the sheet of which the sheet thickness is measured, a sheet type associated with each of sheet thickness ranges, and the sheet thickness measured by the sheet thickness measurement device; and adjusts a first sheet thickness range to cause the first sheet thickness range to be expandable to at least one of an upper limit value side or a lower limit value side; and an image former that forms an image on the sheet fed from the sheet feeding tray under image forming conditions corresponding to the sheet type determined by the hardware processor.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet feeding tray that stares a sheet; a sheet thickness measurement device that measures a sheet thickness of the sheet fed from the sheet feeding tray; a hardware processor that: determines a type of the sheet of which the sheet thickness is measured, a sheet type associated with each of sheet thickness ranges, and the sheet thickness measured by the sheet thickness measurement device; and adjusts a first sheet thickness range by expanding the first sheet thickness range to at least one of an upper limit value side or a lower limit value side; and an image former that forms an image on the sheet fed from the sheet feeding tray under image forming conditions corresponding to the sheet type determined by the hardware processor.

Abstract: A document viewing apparatus, having a touch screen, capable of receiving a handwritten input operation by the user in a state where a document image is displayed on a touch screen, a character string detection unit for detecting a character string included in the document image, a reference position determination unit that sets the reference position when an object is assigned to the character string in accordance with the operating position or operation trace of the handwritten input operation, a guide line drawing unit for drawing and displaying a guide line in accordance with an operation trace with respect to the reference position, and an object assignment unit that assigns a guide line as an object to the character string with the completion of the handwritten input operation.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of displaying an image on a predetermined display unit, includes: a reception unit that receives a written input on an image according to an operation of a user in a state where the image is displayed on the display unit; a generation unit that generates a written object according to the written input received by the reception unit; a reference detection unit that detects a reference direction of the image displayed on the display unit; a correction unit that corrects the written object on the basis of the reference direction detected by the reference detection unit; and a display control unit that displays the written object generated by the generation unit.

Abstract: A sheet type discrimination device includes a holder that holds a sheet, a conveyor that conveys a sheet from the holder along a conveyance path, a measurer that measures a basis weight of the sheet conveyed along the conveyance path, a storage that stores a type discrimination table describing a relationship between the basis weight and a type of a sheet, and a hardware processor that sets the type of the sheet held in the holder on the basis of the basis weight measured by the measurer.

Abstract: There is provided a network system capable of making communication between a portable information terminal and an image forming apparatus, the network system including: a charging processor that performs a charging processing, wherein the image forming apparatus includes: a first communication part that makes communication in a first communication system; a second communication part that makes communication in a second communication system; and an information reader that reads card information, the portable information terminal includes: a first terminal communication part that makes communication in the first communication system; a second terminal communication part that makes communication in the second communication system; and a card emulator that is operated in a card emulation function, the information reader reads card information of a card emulated in the card emulation function from the portable information terminal and the charging processor starts the charging processing, and performs the charging

Abstract: There is provided a method for forming an electrically conductive ultrafine pattern which has an excellent pattern cross-sectional shape is provided by a composite technique including a printing process and a plating process, and furthermore, by imparting excellent adhesion to each interface of a laminate including a plating core pattern, an electrically conductive ultrafine pattern which can be preferably used as a highly accurate electric circuit and a method for manufacturing the same are also provided. The method includes (1) a step of applying a resin composition to form a receiving layer on a substrate; (2) a step of printing an ink containing plating core particles by a reverse offset printing method to form a plating core pattern on the receiving layer; and (3) a step of depositing a metal on the plating core pattern formed in the step (2) by an electrolytic plating method.

Abstract: A mobile terminal capable of communication with at least one image forming apparatus for transmitting waves for short-distance wireless communication includes a detection unit that detects, on the basis of the waves, a connection candidate device that is an image forming apparatus as a connection destination candidate in short-distance wireless communication, and a determination unit that determines a pairing mode of short-distance wireless communication in accordance with the number of connection candidate devices detected.

Abstract: There is provided a network system capable of making communication between a portable information terminal and an image forming apparatus, the network system including: a charging processor that performs a charging processing, wherein the image forming apparatus includes: a first communication part that makes communication in a first communication system; a second communication part that makes communication in a second communication system; and an information reader that reads card information, the portable information terminal includes: a first terminal communication part that makes communication in the first communication system; a second terminal communication part that makes communication in the second communication system; and a card emulator that is operated in a card emulation function, the information reader reads card information of a card emulated in the card emulation function from the portable information terminal and the charging processor starts the charging processing, and performs the charging

Abstract: An object to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a conductive pattern having such a level of adhesion that a conductive layer containing a conductive substance such as silver does not separate from a primer layer with time. The present invention relates to a conductive pattern including a conductive layer (A) containing a compound (a1) having a basic nitrogen atom-containing group and a conductive substance (a2); a primer layer (B) containing a compound (b1) having a functional group [X]; and a substrate layer (C), the conductive layer (A), the primer layer (B), and the substrate layer (C) being stacked, in which a bond is formed by reacting the basic nitrogen atom-containing group of the compound (a1) contained in the conductive layer (A) with the functional group [X] of the compound (b1) contained in the primer layer (B).

Abstract: The present invention provides a laminated body including a support (A) that includes a polyphenylene sulfide resin composition containing a polyphenylene sulfide (a1) and an elastomer (a2), and a metal layer (B) and a metal-plating layer (C) that are laminated on the support (A) in this order, wherein the elastomer (a2) is contained in the polyphenylene sulfide resin composition in an amount in the range of 0.3 to 90 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the polyphenylene sulfide (a1). The laminated body is excellent in adhesiveness between the polyphenylene sulfide as the support and the metal-plating layer, and also has a thermal resistance so as to maintain the excellent adhesiveness even when exposed to a high-temperature environment.

Abstract: A document viewing apparatus, having a touch screen, capable of receiving a handwritten input operation by the user in a state where a document image is displayed on a touch screen, a character string detection unit for detecting a character string included in the document image, a reference position determination unit that sets the reference position when an object is assigned to the character string in accordance with the operating position or operation trace of the handwritten input operation, a guide line drawing unit for drawing and displaying a guide line in accordance with an operation trace with respect to the reference position, and an object assignment unit that assigns a guide line as an object to the character string with the completion of the handwritten input operation.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of displaying an image on a predetermined display unit, includes: a reception unit that receives a written input on an image according to an operation of a user in a state where the image is displayed on the display unit; a generation unit that generates a written object according to the written input received by the reception unit; a reference detection unit that detects a reference direction of the image displayed on the display unit; a correction unit that corrects the written object on the basis of the reference direction detected by the reference detection unit; and a display control unit that displays the written object generated by the generation unit.

Abstract: A communication device capable of performing wireless communication measures an actual time from a first timing (at which a communication request instructing to perform communication with a specific device is informed from an application program on the communication device to an OS (Operating System) on the communication device) to a second timing (at which reply information in response to the communication request is informed from the OS to the application program). When the actual time is greater than a predetermined threshold, the communication device determines that an associating process has been performed by the OS in a specific period from the first timing to the second timing, the associating process previously registering the communication device and the specific device in association with each other. When the actual time is smaller than the predetermined threshold, the communication device determines that the associating process has not been performed in the specific period.

Abstract: A mobile terminal capable of communication with at least one image forming apparatus for transmitting waves for short-distance wireless communication includes a detection unit that detects, on the basis of the waves, a connection candidate device that is an image forming apparatus as a connection destination candidate in short-distance wireless communication, and a determination unit that determines a pairing mode of short-distance wireless communication in accordance with the number of connection candidate devices detected.

Abstract: The present invention provides an absorbing-layer-forming composition including a blocked isocyanate such that the amount of the blocked isocyanate is 50% by mass to 100% by mass of the solid content of the absorbing-layer-forming composition and an absorbing substrate, a printed item, and a conductive pattern that are formed using the absorbing-layer-forming composition. The absorbing-layer-forming composition according to the present invention can be used for forming an absorbing layer which is capable of carrying a fluid such as an ink therein and which enables good adhesion between various types of supports and a conductive layer to be achieved. In particular, using a blocked isocyanate having a number-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 5,000 further increases the adhesion between various types of supports and the conductive layer.