Abstract: A low-cost ferritic steel sheet possessing not only formability enabling application to complexly configured automobile exhaust gas passage components but also high-temperature strength, high-temperature oxidation resistance and low-temperature toughness as good as or superior to existing ferritic steels, which ferritic steel sheet comprises, in mass percent, C: not more than 0.02%, Si: 0.7-1.1%, Mn: not more than 0.8%, Ni: not more than 0.5%, Cr: 8.0 to less than 11.0%, N: not more than 0.02%, Nb: 0.10-0.50%, Ti: 0.07-0.25%, Cu: 0.02-0.5%, B: 0.0005-0.02%, V: 0 (no addition)-0.20%, one or both of Ca and Mg: 0 (no addition)?0.01% in total, one or more elements among Y and rare earth elements: 0 (no addition)?0.20% in total, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and satisfies 3 Cr+40 Si?61, Cr+10 Si?21, and 420 C?11.5 Si+7 Mn+23 Ni?11.5 Cr?12 Mo+9 Cu?49 Ti?25 (Nb+V)?52 A+470 N+189?70.

Abstract: A list of print jobs stored in a printer, namely, print jobs by which an instruction of a change in attributes of the print jobs and an execution of the printing of the print jobs can be issued anytime is displayed on a display apparatus, thereby enabling the user to recognize such print jobs, select one of them, and issue a print executing instruction for the selected print job.

Abstract: Upon receiving print data from a host, the print data is saved, and an image information generation module generates rasterized image data and saves it in a rasterized image storage means after compression. At this time, a time T1 required for analysis is measured. The stored rasterized image data is output to an engine, and a time T4 required for reading out and outputting the data at that time is also measured. The times T1 and T4 are compared. If T4>T1, a print process is done by generating rasterized image data from the print data for the second and subsequent copies; if T4<T1, the stored rasterized image data is read out and printed. In a color print process, rasterized image data is generated from the print data to execute a print process, thus activating a color correction function.

Abstract: An output apparatus includes a cartridge which contains a recording material. A detector is provided in the apparatus for detecting the remaining amount of the recording material in the cartridge. A controller is provided in the apparatus for storing the cumulative consumed amount of the recording material in a non-volatile memory unit. Thus, the remaining amount of the recording material is determined.

Abstract: The present invention aims to prevent an inconvenience that, when one print job stops, other print jobs essentially capable of being output are also inoperable and thus increases working efficiency. Thus, on the basis of a situation of a sheet holding unit to be used in an input print job, the order of printing of the input print jobs is changed irrespective of order of input of the print jobs before a print process is started.

Abstract: An image forming device and control method thereof. The image forming device includes a printer engine control unit capable of detecting failure in transport of a sheet on which image data of a page is to be printed, a printer controller controlling output of image data from an output unit to a printer engine according to a first control mode wherein the image data of the page is re-outputted, and a second control mode wherein the image data of the page is not re-outputted, based upon settings in a job management table corresponding to the sheet. This enables suitable determination regarding whether or not the image data of the page corresponding to the jammed sheet should be re-outputted.

Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel sheet containing 16-25 mass % of Cr and Ti and/or Nb at a ratio of (C+N)×8 or more is used as a substrate for formation of a hydrogen-permeating membrane exposed to a high-temperature atmosphere of 600-900° C., while another ferritic stainless steel sheet containing Cr up to 15 mass % is used as a substrate for formation of a hydrogen-permeating membrane exposed to a high-temperature atmosphere of 450-600° C. The stainless steel sheet is formed to a perforated body 3a with holes for passage of gas. A hydrogen-permeating membrane 3b is fixed to on an external surface of the perforated body 3a to build up a hydrogen-separating pipe 3. A plurality of the hydrogen-separators 3 are inserted into a cavity between inner and outer walls of a double-pipe 2 filled with a catalyst 4. Hydrocarbon gas fed through a nozzle 7 is decomposed with combustion heat of a fuel F fed into an inner space of the double-pipe 2.

Abstract: An output apparatus includes a cartridge which contains a recording material. A detector is provided in the apparatus for detecting the remaining amount of the recording material in the cartridge. A controller is provided in the apparatus for storing the cumulative consumed amount of the recording material in a non-volatile memory unit. Thus, the remaining amount of the recording material is determined.

Abstract: An output apparatus includes a cartridge which contains a recording material. A detector is provided in the apparatus for detecting the remaining amount of the recording material in the cartridge. A controller is provided in the apparatus for storing the cumulative consumed amount of the recording material in a non-volatile memory unit. Thus, the remaining amount of the recording material is determined.

Abstract: A low-cost ferritic steel sheet possessing not only formability enabling application to complexly configured automobile exhaust gas passage components but also high-temperature strength, high-temperature oxidation resistance and low-temperature toughness as good as or superior to existing ferritic steels, which ferritic steel sheet comprises, in mass percent, C: not more than 0.02%, Si: 0.7-1.1%, Mn: not more than 0.8%, Ni: not more than 0.5%, Cr: 8.0 to less than 11.0%, N: not more than 0.02%, Nb: 0.10-0.50%, Ti: 0.07-0.25%, Cu: 0.02-0.5%, B: 0.0005-0.02%, V: 0 (no addition)-0.20%, one or both of Ca and Mg: 0 (no addition)-0.01% in total, one or more elements among Y and rare earth elements: 0 (no addition)-0.20% in total, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and satisfies 3Cr+40Si≧61, Cr+10Si≦21, and 420C−11.5Si+7Mn+23Ni−11.5Cr−12Mo+9Cu−49Ti−25(Nb+V)−52Al+470N+189≦70.

Abstract: In a printing apparatus in which a part of the execution program is downloaded from the host computer, the invention allows the user to easily known the copyright information of the execution program and to select the use of such copyright. The host computer sends print data to the laser beam printer constituting the printing apparatus and downloads a part of the execution program. At the same time, the copyright information and the license information of the execution program are transmitted to the laser beam printer. The control unit of the laser beam printer processes the data based on the execution program, thereby recording the data on the recording sheet, and displays the copyright information and license information on the operation panel. Observing the display, the user selects whether or not to obtain the license by the operation panel.

Abstract: The new hydrogen-recovering device 10 has a box-shaped frame 11 made of stainless steel having a takeout pipe 12 attached to its one side. A plurality of spacers 13 are arranged inside the box-shaped frame 11 along a lengthwise direction of the device 10. A perforated metal plate 14 is fixed to each surface of the box-shaped frame 11, and a hydrogen-permeating membrane 16 cladded with a membrane holder 15 is further fixed to the perforated metal plate 14. Hydrogen gas as a decomposition product of hydrocarbon selectively passes through the hydrogen-permeating membrane 16 and flows through the takeout pipe 12 to the outside. A tubular device, which has the structure that a hydrogen-permeable membrane is fixed to a perforated metal plate wound around a tubular frame, is also proposed. The device 10 is light and strong, so that it is installed in a gas-reforming plant without use of a fixing jig.

Abstract: A printer, which can perform printing in a mode desired by an outside user utilizing an electronic mail, has a mode of printing set based on a command included within a received electronic mail, and the received electronic mail is printed in the set mode of printing.

Abstract: The present invention aims to prevent an inconvenience that, when one print job stops, other print jobs essentially capable of being output are also inoperable and thus increases working efficiency. Thus, on the basis of a situation of a sheet holding unit to be used in an input print job, the order of printing of the input print jobs is changed irrespective of order of input of the print jobs before a print process is started.

Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel sheet containing 16-25 mass % of Cr and Ti and/or Nb at a ratio of (C+N)×8 or more is used as a substrate for formation of a hydrogen-permeating membrane exposed to a high-temperature atmosphere of 600-900° C., while another ferritic stainless steel sheet containing Cr up to 15 mass % is used as a substrate for formation of a hydrogen-permeating membrane exposed to a high-temperature atmosphere of 450-600° C. The stainless steel sheet is formed to a perforated body 3a with holes for passage of gas. A hydrogen-permeating membrane 3b is fixed to on an external surface of the perforated body 3a to build up a hydrogen-separating pipe 3. A plurality of the hydrogen-separators 3 are inserted into a cavity between inner and outer walls of a double-pipe 2 filled with a catalyst 4. Hydrocarbon gas fed through a nozzle 7 is decomposed with combustion heat of a fuel F fed into an inner space of the double-pipe 2.

Abstract: Upon receiving print data from a host, the print data is saved, and an image information generation module generates rasterized image data and saves it in a rasterized image storage means after compression. At this time, a time T1 required for analysis is measured. The stored rasterized image data is output to an engine, and a time T4 required for reading out and outputting the data at that time is also measured. The times T1 and T4 are compared. If T4>T1, a print process is done by generating rasterized image data from the print data for the second and subsequent copies; if T4<T1, the stored rasterized image data is read out and printed. In a color print process, rasterized image data is generated from the print data to execute a print process, thus activating a color correction function.

Abstract: The new hydrogen-recovering device 10 has a box-shaped frame 11 made of stainless steel having a takeout pipe 12 attached to its one side. A plurality of spacers 13 are arranged inside the box-shaped frame 11 along a lengthwise direction of the device 10. A perforated metal plate 14 is fixed to each surface of the boxy-shaped frame 11, and a hydrogen-permeating membrane 16 cladded with a membrane holder 15 is further fixed to the perforated metal plate 14. Hydrogen gas as a decomposition product of hydrocarbon selectively passes through the hydrogen-permeating membrane 16 and flows through the takeout pipe 12 to the outside. A tubular device, which has the structure that a hydrogen-permeable membrane is fixed to a perforated metal plate wound around a tubular frame, is also proposed. The device 10 is light and strong, so that it is installed in a gas-reforming plant without use of a fixing jig.

Abstract: A martensitic precipitation-hardenable stainless steel essentially consisting of, in weight percent, not more than 0.08% C, 0.5-4.0% Si, not more than 4.0% Mn, 5.0-9.0% Ni, 10.0-17.0% Cr, more than 0.3% and up to 2.5% Mo, 0.15-1.0% Ti, not more than 1.0% Al and not more than 0.03% N and the balance being Fe, and inevitable incidental impurities, which may contain 0.3-2.5% Cu is disclosed. This steel has low hardness before aging and exhibits high strength and good toughness after aging.