Abstract: A scheduler of an image processing apparatus allocates processing of control programs of the image processing apparatus to a plurality of cores when it is determined that a processor is mounted to a peripheral unit. The scheduler allocates a control program of the peripheral unit and a program related to a control program for the peripheral unit among the control programs of the image processing apparatus to at least one core among the plurality of cores and allocates remaining control programs among the control programs of the image processing apparatus to remaining cores among the plurality of cores when it is determined that a processor is not mounted to the peripheral unit.

Abstract: A scheduler of an image processing apparatus allocates processing of control programs of the image processing apparatus to a plurality of cores when it is determined that a processor is mounted to a peripheral unit. The scheduler allocates a control program of the peripheral unit and a program related to a control program for the peripheral unit among the control programs of the image processing apparatus to at least one core among the plurality of cores and allocates remaining control programs among the control programs of the image processing apparatus to remaining cores among the plurality of cores when it is determined that a processor is not mounted to the peripheral unit.

Abstract: In the image forming apparatus, when the document data is developed to generate the print data in order to print out by the document data, the possibility of repeated requests to print out by the document data is determined by whether or not the document data is stored in the shared directory, or whether or not the document data is attached to the electronic mail distributed to a plurality of people. If the need of storing the document data has been determined, the document data is stored in the image forming apparatus. Upon receipt of a request to print out by the same document data as this document data, the stored print data is used for printing.

Abstract: In the image forming apparatus, when the document data is developed to generate the print data in order to print out by the document data, the possibility of repeated requests to print out by the document data is determined by whether or not the document data is stored in the shared directory, or whether or not the document data is attached to the electronic mail distributed to a plurality of people. If the need of storing the document data has been determined, the document data is stored in the image forming apparatus. Upon receipt of a request to print out by the same document data as this document data, the stored print data is used for printing.

Abstract: A defoaming agent for cementitious compositions is provided, which has an excellent defoaming performance and does not segregate when mixed with a high performance AE water-reducing agent to form a single admixture or when diluted in water at the desired concentration, and which has excellent long term storage properties. The defoaming agent for cementitious compositions is obtained by mixing at least a polyethylene oxide derivative and a nonionic defoaming agent wherein the polyethylene oxide derivative has at one end a hydrophobic group with a branched structure and/or an unsaturated bond and at the other end an anionic group.

Abstract: A cement additive is provided which has a good autogenous shrinkage reducing effect and reduces the viscosity of concrete, and wherein compound A, which is a polycarboxylate copolymer, and ether compounds are indispensable components.

Abstract: The present invention relates to providing anti-caking agent and additive for granulated blast furnace slag or mechanically stabilized product thereof. The anti-caking agent of the present invention contains component A: gluconic acid and/or a salt thereof, and component B: copolymer and/or a salt thereof of C5-6 chained olefin and one or more monomers selected from maleic anhydride, maleic acid or their esterified product, (meth)acrylic acid or its esterified product. The additive of the present invention contains component (I): an anti-caking agent for granulated blast furnace slag, and component (II): an anti-foaming agent selected from one or more kinds based on block and/or random copolymer of polyethylene oxide and propylene oxide, silicone, mineral oil, alcohol, fatty acid ester, and polyether.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus which not only judges the occurrence of multiple feeding with a high accuracy, but also can identify later the location of occurrence of the multiple feeding even if the document reading operation is continued after detecting the occurrence of a multiple feeding. The detection device (the detecting and reading section 53) detects the information storage media attached to the documents which are being fed one sheet at a time by the automatic document feeder 20 and from which the images are being read out. The determining section 56 detects based on the result of this detection the occurrence of multiple feeding in which a plural number of sheets of the document are conveyed in an overlapping state. The information recording section 54 writes the multiple feeding information, indicating that a multiple feeding has occurred, in the information recording medium of the document that was judged to have been fed in an overlapping state.

Abstract: A cement additive is provided which has a good autogenous shrinkage reducing effect and reduces the viscosity of concrete, and wherein compound A, which is a polycarboxylate copolymer, and ether compounds are indispensable components.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus including: an image reading section which reads an image containing a watermark having a hidden image and generates image data; and an image processing section which adds, onto the image data, information about image processing for preventing the watermark from being formed as a visible image when the image is reproduced based on the image data.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus which not only judges the occurrence of multiple feeding with a high accuracy, but also can identify later the location of occurrence of the multiple feeding even if the document reading operation is continued after detecting the occurrence of a multiple feeding. The detection device (the detecting and reading section 53) detects the information storage media attached to the documents which are being fed one sheet at a time by the automatic document feeder 20 and from which the images are being read out. The determining section 56 detects based on the result of this detection the occurrence of multiple feeding in which a plural number of sheets of the document are conveyed in an overlapping state. The information recording section 54 writes the multiple feeding information, indicating that a multiple feeding has occurred, in the information recording medium of the document that was judged to have been fed in an overlapping state.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and an image processing method, which can determine the optimal copy conditions at the time of preparing printed material from the read out document without depending on image analysis, are provided. When forming images on a sheet, the attribution information and the status information (the print information) of the document whose image is formed on the sheet are written in the information recording medium attached to that sheet. At the time of preparing an printed material by reading this sheet as a new document, the print information is obtained from the information recording medium of that sheet, and the optimal set values related to the copy conditions of the printed material, such as the positions of staples, etc., are determined and displayed or set.

Abstract: A defoaming agent for cementitious compositions is provided, which has an excellent defoaming performance and does not segregate when mixed with a high performance AE water-reducing agent to form a single admixture or when diluted in water at the desired concentration, and which has excellent long term storage properties. The defoaming agent for cementitious compositions is obtained by mixing at least a polyethylene oxide derivative and a nonionic defoaming agent wherein the polyethylene oxide derivative has at one end a hydrophobic group with a branched structure and/or an unsaturated bond and at the other end an anionic group.

Abstract: An additive for a cement composition comprising: (A) a polycarboxylic acid based copolymer and/or a salt thereof; (B) water-soluble cellulose ether; and (C) a defoaming agent.

Abstract: An additive for a cement composition comprising: (A) a polycarboxylic acid based copolymer and/or a salt thereof; (B) water-soluble cellulose ether; and (C) a defoaming agent.

Abstract: There is provided an image printing apparatus which can ensure confidentiality by including an identification section which identifies whether or not a user who requests a job is present in a predetermined range from the image printing apparatus, a queue which stores the job and manages an execution of the job in stored order, a job registration section which registers the job at the end of the queue, and a job management section which suspends the start of execution of the job registered in the queue when the identification section does not recognize the presence of the user who requests the job, and permits the start of execution of the job registered in the queue when the identification section recognizes the presence of the user who manages the job. A display device and a job processing method are also provided.

Abstract: An additive for a cement composition comprising:

Abstract: A workability-improving agent for improvingt the workability of cementitious compositions comprises at least one polyalkylene oxide derivative represented by the formula (I): R1—(CO)a—(O)b-(AO)n—X, wherein R1 is a hydrocarbon group of from 3 to 18 carbon atoms or a residual group of a polyamine derivative; a and b are 0 or 1; AO is an alkylene oxide of from 2 to 3 carbon atoms; (AO)n is a homopolymer or a block or random copolymer of alkylene oxide units of from 2 to 3 carbon atoms, n is an integer of from 1 to 30; X is H, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, SO3Y1 is H, Na and NH4; and/or a hydrocarbon derivative of formula (II): R2—(CO)c—OH wherein R2 is a aliphatic hydrocarbon group of 8 to 18 carbon atoms, and c is an integer of 0 or 1.

Abstract: A cement additive comprising a polycarboxylic acid type copolymer and/or a salt thereof and a polyalkylene glycol derivative, wherein said polycarboxylic acid type copolymer contains one or more species of copolymers composed of at least an unsaturated polyalkylene glycol type monomer and an unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid type monomer as their monomer components. Concretes in which the additive is used have excellent flow, without significant retarding effect, and a low air entrainment. When used with concrete for steam curing it allows earlier removal of form work.

Abstract: A multi-functional cement dispersant contains a graft copolymer obtained by a graft reaction of one or more selected from polyoxyalkylene monoalkylester, polyoxyalkylene monoalkylether and polypropyleneglycol of specified kinds to a copolymer obtained by radical polymerization of a mixture of radical polymerizable monomers containing maleic anhydride and monomers of a specified kind at a specified ratio. Hydraulic cement compositions produced with such a multi-functional cement dispersant have a superior fluidity with reduced loss over time and hardened objects produced from such a composition exhibit a superior early strength and have a low dry shrinkage and a high resistance against freezing and thawing.