Abstract: In a printing control apparatus that communicates with an image forming apparatus connected via a network, information used in order to enable utilization of the image forming apparatus is registered. This information indicates a printing-completion notification function possessed by the image forming apparatus. In response to registration of this information, setting information for setting the printing-completion notification destination of the printing-completion notification function to the printing control apparatus is generated in such a manner that notification of completion of printing can be received from the image forming apparatus. Here setting information, which is recognizable by the image forming apparatus, is generated in order to set the printing-completion notification destination to the printing control apparatus.

Abstract: A document management server of this invention includes a storage unit which stores output device management information and document management information, the output device management information associating, for each output device, a group to which the output device belongs and a device-corresponding-group as a group made to correspond to the output device, and the document management information associating, for each document file, a group to which the document file belongs and a document-corresponding-group as a group made to correspond to the document file, an output permission determination unit which refers to the output device management information and the document management information in accordance with an instruction to output a designated document file from a designated output device, and determines that output is permitted when a group to which the designated document file belongs is contained in a device-corresponding-group associated with the designated output device, and a group to which t

Abstract: When a single print job is divided into a plurality of distributed jobs and the distributed jobs are printed using a plurality of printers, whether any of the plurality of printers is abnormal is detected. If at least one of the printers is abnormal, at least part of the distributed job that was to be printed by the abnormal printer is assigned to another printer by control that facilitates the collection and sorting of the printouts produced by the printers.

Abstract: A print control apparatus which can prevent a user from being aware of a printed output product preparing process being not fully automated, and enable a print service provider to properly discriminate between automated processes and unautomated processes and also enable a user who actually performs a print process to complete a printed output product as intended without mistakes. A host computer 101 supplies a print job to a printer 102 capable of performing finishing processing on a printed output product. The host computer 101 receives an electronic original including setting items related to printing and finishing of predetermined document data. When the received electronic original is comprised of a plurality of document data files, it is determined which of setting items related to processes which are not permitted to be set in printing each of the document data files, from among the setting items contained in the electronic original.

Abstract: The present invention provides a one-component magnetic toner for developing an electrostatic charge image, which do not cause an image defect by toner aggregation or fusion even though a device is miniaturized and the processing speed of the device is accelerated, and which allows easy recycling of a toner cartridge. The one-component magnetic toner for developing an electrostatic charge image of the present invention is one comprising; toner particles comprising fine magnetic particles (A) and a binder resin; and fine magnetic particles (B) externally added to the toner particles, in which the maximum permeability (?mA) of the fine magnetic particles (A) contained in the toner particles and the maximum permeability (?mB) of the fine magnetic particles (B) externally added to the toner particles satisfy a relationship represented by the following formula (1). ?mB/?mA?1.

Abstract: When one print job is distributed and printed by a plurality of printing apparatuses, it is intended that a desired print result of the user can be certainly obtained. A virtual distribution printer 12 detects an attribute of the print job which is inputted from an application 11, sets the minimum division unit, in accordance with the detected attribute, in which even if the inputted print job is divided, the print result is not changed, divides the print job on the basis of the minimum division unit, and distributes and outputs the divided print jobs to a plurality of printers 13 to 16, thereby enabling the print result expected by the user to be certainly obtained.

Abstract: When one print job is distributed and printed by a plurality of printing apparatuses, it is intended that a desired print result of the user can be certainly obtained. A virtual distribution printer 12 detects an attribute of the print job which is inputted from an application 11, sets the minimum division unit, in accordance with the detected attribute, in which even if the inputted print job is divided, the print result is not changed, divides the print job on the basis of the minimum division unit, and distributes and outputs the divided print jobs to a plurality of printers 13 to 16, thereby enabling the print result expected by the user to be certainly obtained.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus which generates print data includes a range setting module which sets the print range of each printer in order to distribute a print job to a plurality of printers and perform print processing, a recognition module which recognizes generation of an error in processing of each print range together with an error generation page within the print range when printing is performed in accordance with the set print range, a determination module which determines a re-print start page within the print range in accordance with the print attribute and error generation page of the print job within the print range that is interrupted by generation of the error, and a data transfer module which transfers print data of a re-print range specified by the determined re-print start page to a substitute printer which performs re-printing of the interrupted print range, and causes the substitute printer to execute re-printing.

Abstract: When one print job is distributed and printed by a plurality of printing apparatuses, it is intended that a desired print result of the user can be certainly obtained. A virtual distribution printer 12 detects an attribute of the print job which is inputted from an application 11, sets the minimum division unit, in accordance with the detected attribute, in which even if the inputted print job is divided, the print result is not changed, divides the print job on the basis of the minimum division unit, and distributes and outputs the divided print jobs to a plurality of printers 13 to 16, thereby enabling the print result expected by the user to be certainly obtained.

Abstract: In a fixing method for fixing a toner image to a transfer medium, heat-and-pressure fixing is carried out using a specific pressure member and a specific toner. The pressure member has a heat-resistant elastic layer having a thermal conductivity of 0.20 W/m·K or below. The toner has, in its DSC endothermic curve, at least a maximum value in the region of temperature of from 105° C. to 150° C., and, in GPC of THF-soluble component of the toner, a main peak in the region of molecular weight of from 2,000 to 25,000, a sub-peak or shoulder in the region of molecular weight of 70,000 or higher, and an Mw/Mn ratio of 8 or higher, containing 20% to 70% of a component belonging to the region of molecular weight of from 1,000 to 10,000.

Abstract: In a fixing method for fixing a toner image to a transfer medium, heat-and-pressure fixing is carried out using a specific pressure member and a specific toner. The pressure member has a heat-resistant elastic layer having a thermal conductivity of 0.20 W/m·K or below. The toner has, in its DSC endothermic curve, at least a maximum value in the region of temperature of from 105° C. to 150° C., and, in GPC of THF-soluble component of the toner, a main peak in the region of molecular weight of from 2,000 to 25,000, a sub-peak or shoulder in the region of molecular weight of 70,000 or higher, and an Mw/Mn ratio of 8 or higher, containing 20% to 70% of a component belonging to the region of molecular weight of from 1,000 to 10,000.

Abstract: In a printing control apparatus that communicates with an image forming apparatus connected via a network, information used in order to enable utilization of the image forming apparatus is registered. This information indicates a printing-completion notification function possessed by the image forming apparatus. In response to registration of this information, setting information for setting the printing-completion notification destination of the printing-completion notification function to the printing control apparatus is generated in such a manner that notification of completion of printing can be received from the image forming apparatus. Here setting information, which is recognizable by the image forming apparatus, is generated in order to set the printing-completion notification destination to the printing control apparatus.

Abstract: When a single print job is divided into a plurality of distributed jobs and the distributed jobs are printed using a plurality of printers, whether any of the plurality of printers is abnormal is detected. If at least one of the printers is abnormal, at least part of the distributed job that was to be printed by the abnormal printer is assigned to another printer by control that facilitates the collection and sorting of the printouts produced by the printers.

Abstract: A process for producing a toner comprises the steps of: adjusting to 4.0 to 6.0 the pH of an aqueous medium containing a calcium phosphates obtained by mixing an aqueous phosphate solution with an aqueous calcium salt solution; dispersing in the aqueous medium a polymerizable monomer composition having at least a polymerizable monomer, a colorant, a polar polymer or polar copolymer having a carboxyl group, and a polymerization initiator to form particles of the polymerizable monomer composition; in the aqueous medium, polymerizing the polymerizable monomer contained in the particles to form toner particles; and adjusting the pH of the aqueous medium to 1.0 to 3.0 to dissolve the calcium phosphate, followed by separating the toner particles from the aqueous medium. The circularity of the toner obtained is not less than 0.970 and less than 1.000 as measured with a flow-type particle image analyzer (FIPA).

Abstract: A process for producing a toner for developing an electrostatic latent image. The process has the steps of dispersing in an aqueous medium having a pH of from 4.5 to 8.5 a polymerizable monomer composition containing at least a polymerizable vinyl monomer, a colorant, an organic metal compound, an aromatic carboxylic acid, a polyester resin having an acid value of from 5 mg.multidot.KOH/g to 50 mg.multidot.KOH/g, and a polymerization initiator, to form particles of the polymerizable monomer composition in the aqueous medium, and polymerizing the polymerizable vinyl monomer in the particles of the polymerizable monomer composition.

Abstract: An antenna fixture includes a mount fixture for mounting a parabolic reflecting mirror to a mast fixture fixed to a mast. The mount fixture makes it possible to adjust the azimuth angle and elevation angle of the parabolic reflecting mirror. The mast fixture is a cylindrical body capable of being externally pressure fitted to the mast. The mast fixture includes upper mounting leaves and lower mounting leaves provided with tapped holes. The mount fixture includes side walls, which are externally fitted to the upper and lower mounting leaves. The to side walls include supporting holes which allow bolts to be passed therethrough and threadably attached to the tapped holes of the upper mounting leaves. Near the supporting holes are located azimuth-angle adjusting circular arc holes formed with the supporting holes as a center. Elevation-angle adjusting circular-arc holes are also formed in the side walls with the supporting holes as a center.

Abstract: A toner for developing electrostatic images has toner particles containing a binder resin and a colorant, and fine titanium oxide particles or fine alumina particles. The surfaces of the fine titanium oxide particles or fine alumina particles have been subjected to an organic treatment and have a methanol wettability half value of 55% or more.

Abstract: A toner which comprises toner particles containing a binder resin, a colorant, a polar resin and a release agent, wherein the binder resin is a styrene polymer, a styrene copolymer, or a mixture of these, and has a weight average molecular weight Mw.sub.1 of from 10,000 to 1,000,000, the polar resin is a polyester resin containing a tetrahydrofuran-soluble matter of which weight average molecular weight Mw.sub.2 is from 7,000 to 50,000 and an ethyl alcohol-soluble matter of which weight average molecular weight Mw.sub.3 is from 1,000 to 7,000, where Mw.sub.2 /Mw.sub.3 is from 1.2 to 10.

Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic image includes toner particles constituted by at least a binder resin, a colorant, a polar resin and a release agent. The polar resin has at least one terminal group which has been modified by a polycarbonate acid having at least three carboxyl groups. The polar resin has an acid value of 3-35 mgKOH/g. The polar resin may preferably be a polyester resin having an acid value of 4-35 mgKOH/g and having a number-average molecular weight (Mn) of 3,000-15,000, a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 6,000-50,000, and an Mw/Mn of 1.2-3.0 based on GPC. The polar resin (preferably polyester resin) having modified by a polycarboxylic acid having at least three carboxylic groups to provide a specific acid value is effective in improving resultant toner performances, such as low-temperature fixability, anti-offset characteristic at high temperatures, triboelectric chargeability, and flowability.

Abstract: A toner for developing electrostatic images is formed of toner particles comprising (a) a binder resin, (b) a colorant or magnetic material, (c) an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid (A), and (d) a metal compound of the aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid (A). The aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid (A) and the metal compound of the aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid (A) are contained in a weight ratio of 1:99 to 10:90. As a result of co-inclusion of a small amount of the aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid (A) in addition to the metal compound thereof, the resultant toner is provided with a quick chargeability in a low humidity environment and an improved level of triboelectric charge in a high humidity environment, presumably because of the stabilization effect of the small amount of the aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid (A) on the metal compound thereof.