Abstract: A free-space optical communication apparatus control apparatus includes: a detecting section for detecting an impediment to laser communication of a free-space optical communication apparatus; and a judging section for judging, in accordance with the state of the impediment to the laser communication, whether pruning of a tree is necessary.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a recording material; a fixing portion configured to fix the toner image, on the recording material, formed on the recording material by the image forming portion; an input portion configured to input information on the recording material; and a controller. In a case where the controller executes an operation in a first mode in which the toner image is formed on a pressure-bonded recording material bent and pressure-bonded so that one surface of the recording material becomes an opposing inner surface, the controller controls the fixing portion on the basis of first information on a basis weight of the pressure-bonded recording material and second information on a folding shape of the pressure-bonded recording material, which are inputted by the input portion.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a varnish applying unit, a conveying unit, an irradiation unit, and a controller. The controller controls conveyance of a recording material so that a conveying speed of the recording material in a case that varnish is applied to the recording material with a toner image is formed is slower than a conveying speed of the recording material in a case that varnish is applied to the recording material with no toner image. The controller controls irradiation of the varnish with light so that intensity of the light with which the varnish is irradiated in a case that the varnish is applied to the recording material with the toner image is lower than intensity of the light with which the varnish is irradiated in a case that the varnish is applied to the recording material with no toner image.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a fixing portion, an input portion to which a kind of a pressure-bonding print which is a recording material on which an image is formed on a surface thereof and which is folded and bonded at the surface is inputted, a display portion, and a controller. The controller causes the display portion to display a message before the image is formed on the pressure-bonding print when a kind of the pressure-bonding print inputted by the input portion is a first kind such that an adhesive is applied to a first region of the surface and is not applied to a second region inside the first region in a case that the image is formed on the pressure-bonding print by the image forming portion.

Abstract: A system includes a certificate issuance means and an NFT issuance means. The certificate issuance means issues a purchase certificate related to a product or service purchased by a user. The NFT issuance means issues, in a case where a verification of the issued purchase certificate succeeds, to the user, an NFT (Non-Fungible Token) of digital content related to the product or service purchased by the user.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus accepts input of selection of a predetermined printing mode for forming a toner image for adhering foil onto a sheet via the toner image and information related to a type of the sheet; forms the toner image on the sheet; and displays a warning on a display unit according to the information related to the type of the sheet in a case where the predetermined printing mode is selected through an input unit.

Abstract: An image forming unit forms a toner image on a sheet. An input unit accepts a selection of a first mode for forming the toner image for adhering foil onto the sheet via the toner image, and an input of information related to a margin area set to be an area where the toner image is not formed by the image forming unit on the sheet. A display unit displays a warning according to the information related to the margin area in a case where the first mode is selected by the input unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus accepts a selection of a predetermined print mode for forming a toner image for adhering foil onto a sheet via the toner image and an input of information related to a grammage of the sheet. The apparatus forms the toner image on the sheet. The apparatus control a display unit to display a warning according to the information related to the grammage of the sheet in a case where the predetermined print mode is selected.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus accepts a selection of a first mode for forming a toner image for adhering foil onto a sheet via the toner image and an input of information relating to post-processing. The apparatus forms the toner image on the sheet. The apparatus displays a warning on a display according to the information relating to the post-processing, when the first mode is selected by the input unit.

Abstract: There is provided an image-forming apparatus including: an image-forming unit configured to form a toner image on a sheet based on image data; a setting unit configured to set a first mode to form the toner image for gluing a foil onto the sheet via the toner image; and a control unit configured to control a display unit to display an alert depending on a shape of the toner image to be formed by the image-forming unit in a case where the first mode is set by the setting unit.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming unit including a first photosensitive member, a first developing unit, a second photosensitive member, a second developing unit, a third photosensitive member, a third developing unit, a fourth photosensitive member, and a fourth developing unit; a varnish applying unit; an irradiation unit; and a controller configured to control image formation by the image forming unit to form a black image, on which the varnish is superimposed, with yellow toner, magenta toner, and cyan toner.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a varnish applying apparatus, and a controller. A toner image formed on a recording material by the image forming apparatus on the basis of inputted first image data is a first toner image, and an image formed on the recording material by the varnish applying apparatus on the basis of inputted second image data is a varnish image. In a case that the varnish image is to be formed in a non-image region where the first toner image is not formed, before the varnish image is formed, a second toner image is formed with monochromatic toner by the image forming apparatus on a portion of the non-image region where the varnish image is to be formed.

Abstract: The rights management means grants derivative creation rights to a secondary creator based on a rights grant instruction indicating the granting of the derivative creation rights for first content created by a primary creator to the secondary creator. The calculation means calculates a contribution rate indicating a degree to which second content improves an evaluation of the first content based on evaluation information of indicating an evaluation of second content created by the secondary creator who owns the derivative creation rights. The payment amount determination means determines the payment amounts to the primary creator and the secondary creator based on the contribution rate.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a varnish applying apparatus, an input unit, a first image processing unit, and a second image processing unit. The image forming apparatus forms a toner image on a recording material on the basis of image data obtained by subjecting first image data to data change processing. The varnish applying apparatus forms a varnish image on the recording material on the basis of image data obtained by subjecting second image data to the data change processing.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a fixing device, a varnish image forming apparatus, an image reading portion, and a controller. The controller corrects first image data depending on first detection image data of a toner image formed on a first recording material and read by the image reading portion, and then depending on the corrected first image data, a toner image is formed on a second recording material subsequent to the first recording material. The controller corrects second image data depending on second detection image data of a varnish image read by the image reading portion, and then depending on the corrected second image data, a varnish image is formed on the second recording material.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a varnish applying apparatus, an input unit, a first image processing unit, and a second image processing unit. The image forming apparatus forms a toner image on a recording material on the basis of image data obtained by subjecting first image data to data change processing. The varnish applying apparatus forms a varnish image on the recording material on the basis of image data obtained by subjecting second image data to the data change processing.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a varnish applying unit, a conveying unit, an irradiation unit, and a controller. The controller controls conveyance of a recording material so that a conveying speed of the recording material in a case that varnish is applied to the recording material with a toner image is formed is slower than a conveying speed of the recording material in a case that varnish is applied to the recording material with no toner image. The controller controls irradiation of the varnish with light so that intensity of the light with which the varnish is irradiated in a case that the varnish is applied to the recording material with the toner image is lower than intensity of the light with which the varnish is irradiated in a case that the varnish is applied to the recording material with no toner image.