Abstract: To provide a process for producing a ceramic fiber-reinforced composite material, which suppresses the deterioration of an interface layer, improves mechanistic properties and has excellent durability even under a high temperature, even ceramic fibers formed of silicon carbide fibers are used, without complicating the production steps. To obtain a ceramic fiber-reinforced composite material, by melt-infiltrating a composite material substrate obtained by forming ceramic fibers, formed of silicon carbide fibers and having an amorphous structure, into a composite with a matrix formed of an inorganic substance, with an alloy having a composition that is constituted by a disilicide of at least one or more transition metal among transition metals selected from scandium, yttrium, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, and tantalum, and silicon as the remainder, and having the silicon content ratio of 66.7 at % or more and less than 90.0 at %.

Abstract: To obtain a ceramic fiber-reinforced composite material, by melt-infiltrating a composite material substrate obtained by forming ceramic fibers into a composite with a matrix formed of an inorganic substance, with an alloy having a composition that is constituted by a disilicate of at least one or more transition metal among transition metals that belong to Group 3A, Group 4A or Group 5A of the Periodic Table and silicon as the remainder, and having the silicon content ratio of 66.7 at % or more.

Abstract: An image forming device equipped with a heater for fusing toner on a recording medium. A first memory stores an initialization program and a control program. A second memory is provided for reading the control program. The initialization program stored in the first memory is configured to drive the heater before the control program is copied from the first memory to the second memory.

Abstract: An image forming device includes four operation modes: a copy mode, a fax mode, an e-mail mode and a scanner mode. The image forming device can set a processing content of each operation mode for each prescribed setting item. The image forming device includes a favorite keys group to which setting items selected from all setting items of all operation modes can be assigned. Setting items selected from all setting items of a particular operational mode can be assigned to a standby screen keys group included in a standby screen for that operational mode. A setting item not assigned to the standby screen keys group for a particular operational mode is assigned to a menu screen keys group for that operational mode. When detecting an operation performed on a key included in the favorite keys group, the standby screen keys group and the menu screen keys group, the image forming device performs a setting operation for the setting item assigned to the operated key.

Abstract: A fusing roller in an image forming apparatus heats and fuses a developed image transferred to a recording medium. A heat generator is controlled to maintain a detected temperature of the fusing roller at a reference fusing temperature until a predetermined time period is elapsed from when a trigger signal for starting preheating provided prior to entry of a print command is entered, and is stopped when the predetermined time period elapses. The fusing roller is rotated while being heated until the detected temperature once reaches the reference fusing temperature, and thereafter the detected temperature is maintained at the reference fusing temperature until the predetermined time period elapses by heating but not rotating the fusing roller.

Abstract: Creation of a music selection list is performed by a client terminal such as a personal computer, and music data specified by the music selection list is utilized by an electronic music instrument. The user can receive music data providing service based on a user's own music selection list even with the electronic music instrument having a simple user interface. Processing of selecting a music selection list for a user from a large number of music selection lists is performed by the personal computer, and the music data specified by the selected music selection list is delivered to the electronic music instrument. A desired music selection list can be selected easily from a large number of music selection lists even with the electronic music instrument having a simple user interface.

Abstract: A fusing roller in an image forming apparatus heats and fuses a developed image transferred to a recording medium. A heat generator is controlled to maintain a detected temperature of the fusing roller at a reference fusing temperature until a predetermined time period is elapsed from when a trigger signal for starting preheating provided prior to entry of a print command is entered, and is stopped when the predetermined time period elapses. The fusing roller is rotated while being heated until the detected temperature once reaches the reference fusing temperature, and thereafter the detected temperature is maintained at the reference fusing temperature until the predetermined time period elapses by heating but not rotating the fusing roller.

Abstract: An image forming device equipped with a heater for fusing toner on a recording medium. A first memory stores an initialization program and a control program. A second memory is provided for reading the control program. The initialization program stored in the first memory is configured to drive the heater before the control program is copied from the first memory to the second memory.

Abstract: A printing device with a manual paper feeding function includes a manual paper feeding unit which feeds a plurality of papers, a size sensor which detects a paper size of a fed paper, a paper size error determining unit that determines a presence or an absence of a paper size error in accordance with a detected paper size of the fed paper and a set size, a next page determining unit that determines a presence or an absence of a next page to be printed in accordance with the determination of the presence of the paper size error in case of a manual paper feeding operation and a control unit that ignores the determination of the presence of the paper size error in case of the absence of the next page to be printed.

Abstract: A printing device with a manual paper feeding function includes a manual paper feeding unit, a first paper size input unit that inputs a paper size by an operation and a second paper size input unit that detects a paper size of fed paper and inputs the detected paper size.

Abstract: An electronic device includes an entry unit, a registering function accepting unit, and a function registering unit. The entry unit includes software keys registered with functions of the electronic device. The registering function accepting unit accepts a function selection instruction from a user. The function registering unit registers a function with the software keys. The software keys include an unregistered software key in which a function is not registered. The function registering unit registers the function accepted by the registering function accepting unit with the unregistered software key.

Abstract: A communication device is connected to a first information management device in a manner such that communication can be carried out. The communication device includes a destination accepting unit, a determination unit, and a communication control unit. The destination accepting unit accepts an entry of second destination identification information, which is information for identifying a destination, from outside. The determination unit determines whether or not the first destination identification information corresponding to the second destination identification information is stored in the destination storage unit. The communication control unit permits communication with a destination corresponding to the second destination identification information when a determination is made that the first destination identification information corresponding to the second destination identification information is stored in the destination storage unit.

Abstract: An image forming device includes four operation modes: a copy mode, a fax mode, an e-mail mode and a scanner mode. The image forming device can set a processing content of each operation mode for each prescribed setting item. The image forming device includes a favorite keys group to which setting items selected from all setting items of all operation modes can be assigned. Setting items selected from all setting items of a particular operational mode can be assigned to a standby screen keys group included in a standby screen for that operational mode. A setting item not assigned to the standby screen keys group for a particular operational mode is assigned to a menu screen keys group for that operational mode. When detecting an operation performed on a key included in the favorite keys group, the standby screen keys group and the menu screen keys group, the image forming device performs a setting operation for the setting item assigned to the operated key.

Abstract: An image forming machine (1) that can select a most appropriate recording sheet. The image forming machine (1) may be a facsimile machine having a photocopy function. The facsimile machine has a 100% magnification preferred mode and a one-page-printing preferred mode. In the latter mode, an image may be reduced for printing, or two images may be combined and printed on a single sheet of paper. ROM (30) stores a plurality of print types in a predetermined order for each of these modes (PT1, PT2). The facsimile machine (1) has a plurality of paper cassettes (51, 52, 53) to store recording sheets. A controller (10) selects one of the paper cassettes which best suits for the printing under a predetermined criterion, and causes a printer (50) to print the image on one or more recording sheets supplied from the selected paper cassette.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a voice data storage unit which stores voice guidances by designating attributes for each of the voice guidances, a voice output unit which outputs the voice guidances and a control unit which extracts a necessary voice guidance from the voice storage unit when it is necessary to output the voice guidance and outputs the voice guidance from the voice output unit according to the attributes of the voice guidance.

Abstract: A printing device with a manual paper feeding function includes a manual paper feeding unit, a first paper size input unit that inputs a paper size by an operation and a second paper size input unit that detects a paper size of fed paper and inputs the detected paper size.

Abstract: An original document image scanning and printing device includes a scanning unit that scans an image of an original document, a printing unit that prints out the image, an image processing unit that rotates the image and a control unit that controls rotating and scanning the image in preference to rotating and printing the image when it is necessary to rotate the image scanned by the scanning unit.

Abstract: A printing device with a manual paper feeding function includes a manual paper feeding unit which feeds a plurality of papers, a size sensor which detects a paper size of a fed paper, a paper size error determining unit that determines a presence or an absence of a paper size error in accordance with a detected paper size of the fed paper and a set size, a next page determining unit that determines a presence or an absence of a next page to be printed in accordance with the determination of the presence of the paper size error in case of a manual paper feeding operation and a control unit that ignores the determination of the presence of the paper size error in case of the absence of the next page to be printed.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a voice data storage unit which stores voice guidances by designating attributes for each of the voice guidances, a voice output unit which outputs the voice guidances and a control unit which extracts a necessary voice guidance from the voice storage unit when it is necessary to output the voice guidance and outputs the voice guidance from the voice output unit according to the attributes of the voice guidance.

Abstract: An original document image scanning and printing device includes a scanning unit that scans an image of an original document, a printing unit that prints out the image, an image processing unit that rotates the image and a control unit that controls rotating and scanning the image in preference to rotating and printing the image when it is necessary to rotate the image scanned by the scanning unit.