Abstract: Provided is a method for artificially and efficiently inducing ectopic embryogenesis without fertilization in a seed plant. The present method includes introducing and expressing, in a seed plant, nucleic acid that includes a base sequence that codes a protein having an embryogenesis induction function.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a quantum dot and a method for manufacturing a quantum dot capable of enhancing the EQE. A method for manufacturing the quantum dot of the present invention includes steps of: generating a core and coating a shell on a surface of the core, wherein in the step of coating the shell, an acidic compound and a zinc halide compound are blended in a shell raw material. In the present invention, the step of coating the shell is divided into at least a first half and a second half. In the first half, a shell raw material in which the acidic compound is blended and the zinc halide compound is not blended is used, while in the second half, it is preferable that the shell is coated a plurality of times using the shell raw material in which both the acidic compound and the zinc halide compound are blended.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head having a plurality of nozzles, a determination circuit, a clock, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine whether the clock is in an on or off state. In response to determining that the clock is in an on state, the controller is configured to perform an inspection process at a first time. In the inspection process, the controller drives the liquid ejection head to eject liquid from a nozzle of the plurality nozzles and receive a determination signal that is output from the determination circuit in response to ejection of liquid from the nozzle of the plurality of nozzles. In response to determining that the clock is in an off state, the controller is configured to perform the inspection process at a predetermined time that is a time after the clock is returned to an on state.

Abstract: A controller performs: determining which of a first state, a second state, and a third state a consumption level of a first consumable corresponds to; determining which of a fourth state, a fifth state, and a sixth state a consumption level of a second consumable corresponds to; and in a case where the first consumable becomes the third state before the second consumable becomes the sixth state, selectively performing an order process or a non-order process for first and second consumables based on determination results. The selectively performing the order process or the non-order process includes: in a case where the second consumable is in the fourth state, performing the order process for the first consumable and performing the non-order process for the second consumable; and in a case where the second consumable is in the fifth state, performing the order process for the first and second consumables.

Abstract: When inspection driving is performed by a liquid ejection head, a signal output circuit outputs a determination signal indicating whether a nozzle is an abnormal nozzle. The inspection driving is driving the liquid ejection head to eject liquid from the nozzle for checking whether the nozzle is the abnormal nozzle. A recovery device performs a recovery operation of discharging liquid from the nozzle. A controller is configured to: in response to receiving a first signal, perform the inspection driving and, in response to determining that the determination signal transmitted from the signal output circuit indicates that the abnormal nozzle exists, store flag information in a memory, the flag information indicating that the recovery operation needs to be performed; and in response to receiving a second signal different from the first signal and determining that the memory stores the flag information, control the recovery device to perform the recovery operation.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head having a plurality of nozzles, a determination circuit, a clock, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine whether the clock is in an on or off state. In response to determining that the clock is in an on state, the controller is configured to perform an inspection process at a first time. In the inspection process, the controller drives the liquid ejection head to eject liquid from a nozzle of the plurality nozzles and receive a determination signal that is output from the determination circuit in response to ejection of liquid from the nozzle of the plurality of nozzles. In response to determining that the clock is in an off state, the controller is configured to perform the inspection process at a predetermined time that is a time after the clock is returned to an on state.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a feeding tray capable of being inserted into and pulled out from the housing, a feed roller, and one or more detection units. The feeding tray includes a first accommodation part in which a roll body having a configuration where a sheet-shaped medium is rolled in a roll shape is accommodated and a second accommodation part in which a plurality of sheet-shaped media are accommodated in a state of being stacked. The feed roller feeds a sheet-shaped medium from the feeding tray toward a conveying path. The image forming unit forms an image on a sheet-shaped medium provided in the conveying path. The one or more detection units detect whether a sheet-shaped medium is arranged in a predetermined position in the feeding tray.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid ejection apparatus including: a head; a carriage; a conveyor; a signal generator configured to output a signal, depending on whether or not a plurality of nozzles include an ejection defective nozzle; a maintenance part; and a controller. The controller executes: ejecting of a liquid toward a medium by performing a ejecting operation of performing a ejecting pass and a conveying operation; before the ejecting operation, determining of whether or not the ejection defective nozzle is present among the plurality of nozzles. In a case that the controller determines that the ejection defective nozzle is present, the controller determines, based on a first time and a second time, whether to perform a first ejecting operation after performing a maintenance operation before the ejecting operation, or to perform a second ejecting operation without performing the maintenance operation before the ejecting operation.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid ejection apparatus including: a head; a carriage; a conveyor; a signal generator configured to output a signal, depending on whether or not a plurality of nozzles include an ejection defective nozzle; a maintenance part; and a controller. The controller executes: ejecting of a liquid toward a medium by performing a ejecting operation of performing a ejecting pass and a conveying operation; before the ejecting operation, determining of whether or not the ejection defective nozzle is present among the plurality of nozzles. In a case that the controller determines that the ejection defective nozzle is present, the controller determines, based on a first time and a second time, whether to perform a first ejecting operation after performing a maintenance operation before the ejecting operation, or to perform a second ejecting operation without performing the maintenance operation before the ejecting operation.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a controller is configured to receive an e-mail stored in a mail server through a network interface, generate identification information corresponding to image data attached to the received e-mail, store, in a storage, the identification information, a transmission source address of the e-mail to which to the image data corresponding to the identification information is attached, and the image data corresponding to the identification information, in an associated manner, cause a printer to print a particular image corresponding to the identification information, identify the identification information in the particular image read by an image reader, retrieve, from the storage, the transmission source address of the e-mail to which the image data corresponding to the identification information identified in the identifying process, and transmit an e-mail addressed to the transmission source address retrieved in the address retrieval step to the mail server.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing device processing image data; a wireless communication wirelessly communicating with an external terminal present at a predetermined distance from the wireless communication and receiving first identification information from the external terminal; a first storage storing a first record including the first identification information and second identification information while being associated with each other; an receiving the second identification information and third identification information; a communication capable of communicating with a server, the server storing the second identification information and the third identification information while being associated with each other; a display; and a processor.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a controller configured to execute: first acquisition processing of acquiring instruction data, execution instruction processing of causing an image processing device to execute the image processing action instructed by the instruction data, and first determination processing, in response that an error occurs during the image processing action, of determining whether the instruction data is specific instruction data or not, first error processing, in response that it is determined that the instruction data is not the specific instruction data, of displaying a standard error screen to be represented by standard screen data stored in advance in the memory, and second error processing, in response that it is determined that the instruction data is the specific instruction data, of displaying a custom error screen to be represented by custom screen data acquired from the server.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a controller is configured to receive an e-mail stored in a mail server through a network interface, generate identification information corresponding to image data attached to the received e-mail, store, in a storage, the identification information, a transmission source address of the e-mail to which to the image data corresponding to the identification information is attached, and the image data corresponding to the identification information, in an associated manner, cause a printer to print a particular image corresponding to the identification information, identify the identification information in the particular image read by an image reader, retrieve, from the storage, the transmission source address of the e-mail to which the image data corresponding to the identification information identified in the identifying process, and transmit an e-mail addressed to the transmission source address retrieved in the address retrieval step to the mail server.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing device processing image data; a wireless communication interface wirelessly communicating with an external terminal present at a predetermined distance from the wireless communication interface and receiving first identification information from the external terminal; a first storage storing a first record including the first identification information and second identification information while being associated with each other; an interface receiving the second identification information and third identification information; a communication interface capable of communicating with a server, the server storing the second identification information and the third identification information while being associated with each other; a display; and a processor.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a controller configured to execute: first acquisition processing of acquiring instruction data, execution instruction processing of causing an image processing device to execute the image processing action instructed by the instruction data, and first determination processing, in response that an error occurs during the image processing action, of determining whether the instruction data is specific instruction data or not, first error processing, in response that it is determined that the instruction data is not the specific instruction data, of displaying a standard error screen to be represented by standard screen data stored in advance in the memory, and second error processing, in response that it is determined that the instruction data is the specific instruction data, of displaying a custom error screen to be represented by custom screen data acquired from the server.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a recording portion; a sheet conveyor; a detector; and a controller configured to control the sheet conveyor to stop a first-attribute sheet in a state in which the sheet conveyor is nipping the first-attribute sheet when the detector has detected that the first-attribute sheet reaches a first-attribute-sheet stopping position; and to control the sheet conveyor to stop a second-attribute sheet in a state in which the sheet conveyor is nipping the second-attribute sheet when the detector has detected that the second-attribute sheet reaches a second-attribute-sheet stopping position which is located on an upstream side of the first-attribute-sheet stopping position in the conveying direction.

Abstract: An image processing device that transmits print image data to an image forming portion to form a target image on at least one recording medium, includes a processor and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the image processing device to perform steps including: generating display image data at a display scale for displaying the target image including an element of the target image on a display portion prior to formation of the target image on the at least one recording medium; and generating print image data at a print scale for forming the target image on the recording medium, such that the element of the target image to be formed on the at least one recording medium has substantially the same size as the element of the target image displayed on the display portion.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a recording portion; a sheet conveyor; a detector; and a controller configured to control the sheet conveyor to stop a first-attribute sheet in a state in which the sheet conveyor is nipping the first-attribute sheet when the detector has detected that the first-attribute sheet reaches an first-attribute-sheet stopping position; and to control the sheet conveyor to stop a second-attribute sheet in a state in which the sheet conveyor is nipping the second-attribute sheet when the detector has detected that the second-attribute sheet reaches an second-attribute-sheet stopping position which is located on an upstream side of the first-attribute-sheet stopping position in the conveying direction.

Abstract: An image processing device that transmits print image data to an image forming portion to form a target image on at least one recording medium, includes a processor and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the image processing device to perform steps including: generating display image data at a display scale for displaying the target image including an element of the target image on a display portion prior to formation of the target image on the at least one recording medium; and generating print image data at a print scale for forming the target image on the recording medium, such that the element of the target image to be formed on the at least one recording medium has substantially the same size as the element of the target image displayed on the display portion.