Abstract: Provided are a method for forming a high-definition metal pattern which including the steps of (1) forming a receiving layer on a substrate by coating the substrate with a resin composition including a urethane resin having a weight-average molecular weight of five thousand or more or a vinyl resin and a medium, (2) forming a plating-core pattern on the receiving layer by printing an ink including a particle that serves as a plating core on the receiving layer by reverse offset printing, and (3) depositing a metal on the plating-core pattern by electroless plating, a high-definition metal pattern formed by the above-described method, and an electronic component including the high-definition metal pattern.

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: 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: Provided is a laminate in which at least a layer including a support, a primer layer, a first conductive layer, an insulating layer, and a second conductive layer are laminated, wherein the insulating layer is formed by coating at least a portion of or entirety of a surface of the first conductive layer with a resin composition and drying the resin composition; and the second conductive layer includes a second plating seed layer formed by coating a portion of or entirety of a surface of the insulating layer with a fluid containing a conductive substance, and a second plating layer formed on a surface of the second plating seed layer. This laminate has high adhesion between layers and allows the high adhesion to be maintained even upon exposure to a high-temperature and high-humidity environment.

Abstract: The present invention provides a laminate in which at least a layer including a support, a primer layer, a first conductive layer, an insulating layer, and a second conductive layer are laminated, wherein the insulating layer is formed by coating at least a portion of or entirety of a surface of the first conductive layer with a resin composition and drying the resin composition; and the second conductive layer includes a second plating seed layer formed by coating a portion of or entirety of a surface of the insulating layer with a fluid containing a conductive substance, and a second plating layer formed on a surface of the second plating seed layer. This laminate has high adhesion between layers and allows the high adhesion to be maintained even upon exposure to a high-temperature and high-humidity environment.

Abstract: Provided is a laminate in which at least a layer including a support, a primer layer, a first conductive layer, an insulating layer, and a second conductive layer are laminated, wherein the insulating layer is formed by coating at least a portion of or entirety of a surface of the first conductive layer with a resin composition and drying the resin composition; and the second conductive layer includes a second plating seed layer formed by coating a portion of or entirety of a surface of the insulating layer with a fluid containing a conductive substance, and a second plating layer formed on a surface of the second plating seed layer. This laminate has high adhesion between layers and allows the high adhesion to be maintained even upon exposure to a high-temperature and high-humidity environment.

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: The present invention provides a laminate in which at least a layer including a support, a primer layer, a first conductive layer, an insulating layer, and a second conductive layer are laminated, wherein the insulating layer is formed by coating at least a portion of or entirety of a surface of the first conductive layer with a resin composition and drying the resin composition; and the second conductive layer includes a second plating seed layer formed by coating a portion of or entirety of a surface of the insulating layer with a fluid containing a conductive substance, and a second plating layer formed on a surface of the second plating seed layer. This laminate has high adhesion between layers and allows the high adhesion to be maintained even upon exposure to a high-temperature and high-humidity environment.

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.

Abstract: Provided are a method for forming a high-definition metal pattern which including the steps of (1) forming a receiving layer on a substrate by coating the substrate with a resin composition including a urethane resin having a weight-average molecular weight of five thousand or more or a vinyl resin and a medium, (2) forming a plating-core pattern on the receiving layer by printing an ink including a particle that serves as a plating core on the receiving layer by reverse offset printing, and (3) depositing a metal on the plating-core pattern by electroless plating, a high-definition metal pattern formed by the above-described method, and an electronic component including the high-definition metal pattern.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a laminate, such as a conductive pattern, having an excellent adhesion at the interfaces between a layer that serves as a support and a conductive layer containing a conductive material and between the conductive layer and a plating layer. The present invention provides a laminate at least including a support layer (I), a conductive layer (II) having an oxidized surface, and a plating layer (III) formed on the oxidized surface of the conductive layer (II); the present invention also provides a conductive pattern and electric circuit each including such a laminate.

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: An information processing device sends a print job to a print server for applying a printing rule to the print job. The information processing device comprises: a print job generation part for generating the print job; a display part for displaying a printing rule application result showing a result of application by the print server of the printing rule; a manipulation input part for receiving an entry of an instruction as to whether or not to continue a process relating to the print job with the printing rule application result being displayed; and a print job control part for making the process relating to the print job terminate in response to entry of the instruction to refuse continuation of the print job process, while making the print job process continue in response to entry of the instruction to permit the continuation of the print job process.

Abstract: In a communication system wherein a device and a client communicate data with each other through a network, the device holds a root certificate including a public key in a pair of the public key and a private key and signed with the public key. When data is sent, a certificate creator creates a second certificate including the root certificate designated as a certificate authority at a higher level and signed with the root certificate, and the second certificate is sent to the client. In the client, the root certificate has been stored beforehand, and a verifier verifies the signature of the second certificate with the root certificate.

Abstract: An image forming device is provided with a use permission determining portion, an authentication process requesting portion and a job executing portion. The use permission determining portion performs determination whether or not use of the image processing device should be permitted for a user who wants to use the image processing device. The authentication process requesting portion requests the authentication server via a network to act for the determination when the use permission determining portion cannot perform the determination. The job executing portion performs the image processing of process specifics designated by the user when a determination result indicating that the user can use the image forming device is obtained.

Abstract: An information processing device sends a print job to a print server for applying a printing rule to the print job. The information processing device comprises: a print job generation part for generating the print job; a display part for displaying a printing rule application result showing a result of application by the print server of the printing rule; a manipulation input part for receiving an entry of an instruction as to whether or not to continue a process relating to the print job with the printing rule application result being displayed; and a print job control part for making the process relating to the print job terminate in response to entry of the instruction to refuse continuation of the print job process, while making the print job process continue in response to entry of the instruction to permit the continuation of the print job process.

Abstract: When a plug-in application “HDD Backup Utility” is designated by the user from the start menu, an administration program is started. The administration program receives information as to which plug-in application was designated, and based on the received information, places a function button for the designated plug-in application (here, “backup” and “restore” buttons corresponding to HDD Backup Utility) in a “HOME” display area. The user can readily find and select the button in the HOME display area. In this manner, the function button for the designated plug-in application is displayed in the position easily accessible by the user.

Abstract: An information processor is provided that can maintain security in the entire network and use recording media resources efficiently. An image forming apparatus includes a user information memorizing portion for memorizing local user data of users who have ever used the image forming apparatus, a user information deleting portion for deleting any one or more of the local user data when the local user data memorized in the user information memorizing portion has an amount greater than a predetermined value, an authentication request portion for requesting an authentication server to authenticate a user who desires to use the image forming apparatus, and a user information generating portion, when local user data of the user authenticated by the authentication server are not memorized in the user information memorizing portion, for generating local user data of the user in the user information memorizing portion to let the same memorize the generated data.

Abstract: In a recording medium, a device administration program for making a computer execute the following steps using a usage restriction definition file is recorded. The usage restriction definition file is capable of defining at least one administration function among a plurality of administration functions of a device and includes a device password for obtaining an authentication of the device. The steps comprises a step of reading a usage availability definition information of the administration functions and the device password from the usage restriction definition file, a step of transmitting the read device password to the device, a step of recognizing usage availabilities of a plurality of administration functions of the device based on the read definition information, and a step of executing processing for using only usage available administration function based on the recognized results.

Abstract: In a communication system wherein a device and a client communicate data with each other through a network, the device holds a root certificate including a public key in a pair of the public key and a private key and signed with the public key. When data is sent, a certificate creator creates a second certificate including the root certificate designated as a certificate authority at a higher level and signed with the root certificate, and the second certificate is sent to the client. In the client, the root certificate has been stored beforehand, and a verifier verifies the signature of the second certificate with the root certificate.