Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a mobile vehicle that can effectively suppress an image blur with a simple configuration.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an operation accepting means for accepting an instruction, and a display controlling means for controlling a display section. The display controlling means controls the display section to display at least environmental information, which has been obtained by the image forming apparatus, at predetermined timing at which no instruction corresponding to a job is accepted by the operation accepting means.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an operation accepting means for accepting an instruction, and a display controlling means for controlling a display section. The display controlling means controls the display section to display at least environmental information, which has been obtained by the image forming apparatus, at predetermined timing at which no instruction corresponding to a job is accepted by the operation accepting means.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a mobile vehicle that can effectively suppress an image blur with a simple configuration.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus to which a plurality of process cartridges has a safety switch for detecting opening and closing of a front cover, stroke switches for detecting positions of the process cartridges, a display portion and a speaker for notifying a state of the process cartridge, and a control portion. The control portion has a cartridge information notifying function for, when closing of the front cover is detected by the safety switch and the process cartridge is not detected by the stroke switch, notifying information of the process cartridge. Further, the control portion has a cartridge information notifying function for notifying first notification information for replacing the process cartridge, a cartridge moving function for moving the process cartridge by a moving portion, and a cartridge information notification cancelling function for cancelling notification of the first notification information.

Abstract: A communication system is provided. In a communication system, when consumables mounted on an image forming apparatus main body are determined as greenhouse gas emission right-granted consumables by a computation unit, an image forming apparatus acquires contribution content information regarding greenhouse gas reduction corresponding to emission right allowance information recorded in a recording unit of the consumables from a connection unit and displays the acquired contribution content information on a display unit.

Abstract: When a device desired to acquire emission right information is selected on a selection screen displayed on a display unit and a “SEND” icon is manipulated, a control unit causes the display unit to display consumables information of consumables granted with emission rights and consumables not granted with emission rights that is received from a server. When a user selects a consumable item that is desired to be ordered from among consumables indicated by the consumables information displayed on the display unit, and manipulates a “SEND ORDER SHEET” icon on the ordering screen, the control unit sends an order sheet to the server. The control unit causes the display unit to display, in the case of receiving order sheet receipt notification from the server in response to the sent order sheet, the received order sheet receipt notification.

Abstract: The consumable supply-ordering system for ordering consumable supplies that is used an image forming apparatus that has been purchased or leased, includes: an environmental information acquisition portion (communicator) for acquiring product information on consumable supplies used in the image forming apparatus and environmental performance information on the consumable supplies; a display portion having the function of displaying product information on the consumable supplies and environmental performance information on the consumable supplies simultaneously or separately in list representation or thumbnail representation; an information selector (display screen) for selecting information displayed on the display portion; and a selection result notifier (communicator) for notifying the source of supplies of the selection result selected by the information selector.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus to which a plurality of process cartridges has a safety switch for detecting opening and closing of a front cover, stroke switches for detecting positions of the process cartridges, a display portion and a speaker for notifying a state of the process cartridge, and a control portion. The control portion has a cartridge information notifying function for, when closing of the front cover is detected by the safety switch and the process cartridge is not detected by the stroke switch, notifying information of the process cartridge. Further, the control portion has a cartridge information notifying function for notifying first notification information for replacing the process cartridge, a cartridge moving function for moving the process cartridge by a moving portion, and a cartridge information notification cancelling function for cancelling notification of the first notification information.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus (1) includes a toner cartridge (71) between a front frame (78) or an front inside cover (79) and a front housing, and a cartridge attaching section (65) includes a shutter stopping section (65i) for opening a shutter (71c) by attachment of the toner cartridge (71) to the toner cartridge attaching section (65), and an IC chip fitting section (65c) to which an IC chip (75) is attached.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a fixing drive motor is positioned inside the image forming apparatus and closely to the front surface of the image forming apparatus so as to be laterally to toner cartridges and a waste toner box in a direction parallel to an outer surface of a front housing section.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an operation panel has, as a configuration of the operation panel, a display portion including a function to display environmental label information of the image forming apparatus. The environmental label information includes information on a type of greenhouse effect gases (CO2) and a total emission amount of the greenhouse effect gases in a life cycle of the image forming apparatus. On the display portion, there is provided a selective display portion for displaying an environmental label as list display or thumbnail display, as well as selectively displaying detailed information of the environmental label according to the environmental label.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an image forming main device which has a control section. The control section (a) obtains, from an external device via a communication device, option information indicative of an at least one optional device and eco-information indicative of an amount of greenhouse-gas emitted due to the at least one optional device, (b) controls a display device to display the option information and the eco-information, and (c) sends, to the external device via the communication device, an order for an optional device selected by a user via the input device out of the at least one optional device indicated by the option information displayed on the display device.

Abstract: A developing device 2 includes a control member 116 for controlling an amount of a developer supplied to an image bearing member 3 by causing a developer captured on a surface of a developing sleeve 119 to be uniform in layer thickness. The control member 116 is arranged to face, via the developing sleeve 119, one (120b) of a plurality of magnetic poles provided inside the developing sleeve 119. Further, the control member 116 is arranged to be in parallel with a developing roller 114 in an axial direction of a magnet fixing shaft 126. The control member 116 is such a non-magnetic member that the nearest part of the non-magnetic member from the developing roller 114 has been caused to be ferromagnetic and has been magnetic-field oriented.

Abstract: A developing device and an image forming apparatus capable of suppressing occurrence of development hysteresis and moving a developer on a chute without being retained is provided. The developing device provides a chute that guides a two-component developer regulated by a regulating member in the direction separating from a developing roller. The chute is composed of a rectangular thin plate made of non-magnetic austenitic stainless alloy, and a tip part that is one end part in a short side direction thereof is provided so as to face a surface of the developing roller. The tip part is transformed to a processed induced martensitic phase to be made ferromagnetic, and subjected to magnetic field orientation in an area facing the surface of the developing roller so as to form a repulsive magnetic field.

Abstract: A developing device for an image forming apparatus includes a partition member for partitioning an internal space of the developing device into a first carrying and second carrying paths, and a sliding member provided adjacent a developing roller and having an inclined planar surface. Residual developer collected from a surface of the developing roller slides along the inclined planar surface of the sliding member toward the first carrying path P, and the developer hits an inclined carrying surface of the partition member. A first portion of the developer slides along the carrying surface of the partition member and falls into the second carrying path. An opening in the carrying surface of the partition member allows a second portion of the developer to pass through the partition member and into the first carrying path.

Abstract: A developing device 2 includes a developer collecting guide member 128 for carrying a residual developer on the surface of a developing roller 114 in a direction from the developing roller 114 to a carrying member 112, the developer collecting guide member 128 including (i) a first inclined plane 128b that guides the residual developer to a position in a carrying path P which position is between a first side wall 117 and a rotary shaft of the carrying member 112 and (ii) a second inclined plane 128c which has a smaller angle of inclination than the first inclined plane 128b and guides the residual developer to the carrying path P, the second inclined plane 128c having an end section present downstream in a developer guiding direction, the end section reaching a position between the side wall 111a and the rotary shaft, and tapering in area to the end section.

Abstract: A developing device is disclosed which includes a developing tank, a developing roller, a carrying member, and a filter. Rotation of the developing roller causes a first airflow directed from the outside of the developing tank through an air path to the inside of the developing tank. Rotation of the carrying member causes a second airflow directed from below in an upward direction inside the developing tank. Collision between the first airflow and the second airflow causes a third airflow directed from the inside of the developing tank through the filter to the outside of the developing tank and further from the outside through the filter back to the inside of the developing tank. This arrangement prevents not only filter clogging but also a toner leak to the outside of the developing device.

Abstract: A printing control device of the present invention controls a printing device equipped with a consumable supply, and includes a display control section for causing a display section to display a printing setting screen via which printing conditions corresponding to functions of the printing device are set and entered into the printing device. The printing setting screen includes an ordering screen via which an order of the consumable supply equipped for the printing device is entered, and the ordering screen includes remaining-amount-of-consumable-supply information indicative of an index of a remaining amount of the consumable supply.

Abstract: A toner stirring section provided in a toner cartridge includes a first rotating body and a second rotating body. The first rotating body is rotated around an axis J13 to stir a toner. The second rotating body includes a conveying sheet for conveying the toner to a toner replenishing roller which is a conveying destination, to be rotatably provided around the axis J13, and to rotate by being pressed by the first rotating body being rotated. The first rotating body and the second rotating body are provided so that the first rotating body presses the second rotating body after the first rotating body is rotated by a predetermined degrees relative to the second rotating body.