Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing unit; a discharge unit to which a recording medium is discharged; a first conveyance path for conveying the recording medium from the image processing unit to the discharge unit; a second conveyance path having a part overlapped with the first conveyance path and for reversing and conveying the recording medium from the overlapped part to the image processing unit through a path different from the first conveyance path; a first rotary member that is arranged at the overlapped part; and a control unit that controls the first rotary member, wherein the control unit makes the recording medium stand by at a position including at least the overlapped part before the recording medium is conveyed to the image processing unit through the second conveyance path.

Abstract: A double-surface printing type facsimile device is provided with a storage configured to store image data of document data received by facsimile, a printing unit configured to print the image data stored in the storage in one of single-surface printing mode and double-surface printing mode on a recording sheet, the image data being printed on one surface and the other surface of the recording sheet subsequently when the printing unit operates in the double-surface printing mode, a backup memory configured to store only the image data to be printed on the other surface of the recording sheet, and a reprinting unit configured to reprint the image data stored in the backup memory in the single-surface printing mode.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a latent image carrier, a conveyer system including nipping rollers to convey a sheet to vicinity of the latent image carrier, a switching system to switch operation modes between an image forming mode and a cleaning mode, and a cleaning controller to control a cleaning operation in the cleaning mode. The cleaning operation includes activating the conveyer system to convey a cleaner sheet at least until a front end reaches a position opposite from the latent image carrier and inactivating the conveyer system to stop the cleaner sheet thereat, a cleaning behavior, in which the latent image carrier is activated whilst the cleaner sheet is maintained nipped between nipping rollers in the conveyer system, a forwarding behavior to forward the cleaner sheet for a predetermined forwarding length, and repeating the cleaning behavior.

Abstract: During a first operation, at least one of a first pattern and a second pattern is formed on a first area of an image carrier, and at least the other pattern is formed on a second area of the image carrier. The first area corresponds to a half of the image carrier, while the second area corresponds to the remaining half of the image carrier. During a second operation, a second pattern is formed on an area of the image carrier where a first pattern is formed during the first operation, and a first pattern is formed on an area of the image carrier where a second pattern is formed during the first operation.

Abstract: The invention provides a composition for production of a sterilizer having a water content of 1 to 25% by weight and comprising (A) an ester of a polyhydric alcohol and an organic acid having a hydrocarbon group which may have a hydroxyl group and (B1) hydrogen peroxide. From the composition, a sterilizer is obtained as an aqueous solution containing an organic peracid.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a containing unit; two detecting units; a counting unit; and a determining unit. The image forming unit is configured to form a toner image. The containing unit is configured to contain waste that is generated when the image forming unit forms a toner image. The two detecting units that are configured to detect the waste accumulated in the containing unit. The counting unit starts, when at least one of the two detecting units detects waste, counting up a count value based on the toner image forming operation executed by the image forming unit. The determining unit determines that waste accumulated in the containing unit has reached a maximum amount if the count value of the counting unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined first threshold value and both of the two detecting units detects waste.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a controller that is configured to, during a warming-up operation performed before an image forming operation, control a cleaner performing cleaning to remove development agent from a conveying belt and a remaining amount detector performing detection of an amount of development agent remaining in the development unit in a contact state where a development unit contacts an image holding body. When it is presumed that there is a small amount of development agent on the image holding body, the controller controls the remaining amount detector to perform the detection in execution of the cleaning. When it is presumed that there is a large amount of development agent on the image holding body, the controller controls the remaining amount detector to perform the detection, after execution of the cleaning in a separate state where the development unit is apart from the image holding body.

Abstract: An upright piano which is capable of providing a soft pedal effect in a first playing mode for performing acoustic playing, and an excellent performance in a second playing mode, without being affected by step-on of a soft pedal, while properly detecting the rotational position of each hammer, is disclosed. The upright piano includes sensors for detecting the rotational position of a hammer in the second playing mode, a hammer rest rail with which the hammer is in contact in a key-off state of a key, a soft pedal, a pedal rod for pushing up the hammer rest rail as the soft pedal is stepped on, a stopper movable between a permitting position and a blocking position, and a stopper drive mechanism for driving the stopper to the permitting position in the first playing mode and to the blocking position in the second playing mode.

Abstract: Provided is a restart support program which executes a method of supporting restart of the system in a computer when the system in which a sequence flow representing an order in which a plurality of processings are executed, one or more objects which are processing targets in each processing, and one or more operations for each object are defined has stopped execution in certain processing. The restart support program stores version information related to a version of an object which transitions with an operation in association with each processing for each object. When the system has stopped execution in certain processing, the restart support program determines processing in which execution has to be restarted from among a plurality of processings based on success and failure of processing, an object and version information of each object which are stored in association with processing, and an object and version information of each object which are actually stored in the system.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention can include an image forming apparatus having an image carrier, a light emitting portion capable of emitting a light towards a predetermined position, a light receiving portion capable of detecting a light amount of incident light from the predetermined position, a light emission control portion capable of changing an outgoing light amount of the light emitting portion, and a determining portion capable of determining whether or not the image carrier is disposed in the predetermined position based on a change in detected light amounts at the light receiving portion including a change in the outgoing light amount of the light emitting portion.

Abstract: In a color laser printer, four toner cartridges are juxtaposed in a straight line in a process unit. When the process unit is withdrawn from the laser printer to a position at which the toner cartridge nearest the front of the laser printer can be removed, an out-of-toner sensor farthest from the front of the laser printer from among four out-of-toner sensors turns on. Side surfaces of a unit-accommodating section constituting the process unit block detection light from the other three out-of-toner sensors so that these out-of-toner sensors remain off. Since the farthest out-of-toner sensor switches from off to on, the CPU determines that the process unit has been withdrawn to a position at which the nearest toner cartridge can be removed.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus body; an image carrier unit that includes: a support member; and an image carrier that is rotatably supported by the support member and directly or indirectly carries images; a positioning part that is provided at the apparatus body and positions the image carrier unit by being abutted against the support member; a plurality of rotating bodies which are provided in the apparatus body; and a control unit that controls driving states of the plurality of rotating bodies, wherein the control unit controls the rotating bodies so that a resultant force of forces applied to the image carrier unit from the plurality of rotating bodies is always applied in a normal direction where the support member is abutted against the positioning part, in a period where the plurality of rotating bodies moves to a normal rotation state from a stopped state.

Abstract: A method and device of outputting information related to a communication error including obtaining a communication log containing a communication message delivered between a second device and a third device in accordance with a control message transmitted from a first device to the second device. A non-transmitted control message specifying procedure reading out control message association information containing identification information of a control message delivered between the second device and the third device in association with a control message addressed and transmitted from the first device to the second device, and specifying a non-transmitted control message based on the read-out control message association information and the communication log.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a first sheet discharging path that reverses a traveling direction of a sheet and discharges the sheet; a cover, which forms a part of the first sheet discharging path when the cover is in a closed state; a second sheet discharging path, which is formed when the cover is in an open state, which is branched from the first sheet discharging path, and which discharges the sheet from the image forming unit without reversing the traveling direction of the sheet; a sensor, which is positioned downstream in a conveying direction of the sheet from the image forming unit, and which detects a passage of the sheet; and a determination unit that determines a jam based on a detection result of the sensor, the determination unit changing a determination criterion of the jam in accordance with the state of the cover.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a first sheet discharging path having a first dischargeable minimum sheet length; a second sheet discharging path having a second dischargeable minimum sheet length that is shorter than the first dischargeable minimum sheet length; a measuring unit that measures a length of the sheet; and a control unit. When the length of the sheet is shorter than the first dischargeable minimum sheet length in a state in which the first sheet discharging path is selected, the control unit is configured to: control the image forming unit to form the image on the measured sheet; convey the measured sheet downstream in a sheet conveying direction from the image forming unit; and stop conveyance of a sheet subsequent to the measured sheet at a position upstream in the sheet conveying direction from the measured sheet.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to perform printing and an initializing process, a casing formed with an opening and accommodating the image forming unit, a cover configured to open and close the opening, a detecting unit configured to detect whether the cover is in an opened state or a closed state, a measuring unit configured to measure an opening degree of the cover in the opened state, and a controller configured to control, when the detecting unit detects that the cover is changed from the closed state to the open sate and returned to the closed state, an initializing process of the image forming unit according to the opening degree of the cover in the opened state.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided and includes a transport unit which transports a recording medium; a plurality of image forming units provided so as to be individually retractable with respect to the transport unit, the image forming units forming images on the recording medium; a sensing unit sensing an occurrence of a jam; and a report unit. The reporting unit reports, when the sensing unit senses occurrence of a jam, an image forming unit from among the plurality of image forming units corresponding to a position of the recording medium on the transport unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit; a transport roller transporting the sheet to the image forming unit; a stacking unit stacking a sheet; a manual feed path extending from a manual feed slot to the transport roller; a feed path extending from the stacking unit to the transport roller; a feed unit transporting the sheet of the stacking unit to the transport roller through the feed path; a first detection unit detecting a sheet inserted into the manual feed path from the manual feed slot; and a control unit, when the first detection unit detects the sheet inserted from the manual feed slot while an operation to feed the sheet of the stacking unit to the image forming unit by the feed unit and the transport roller, and an image forming operation by the image forming unit are executed, aborting the image forming operation.

Abstract: A drug and a composition for inhibiting biofilm formation are provided. A biofilm formation inhibitor composition containing the following component (A): (A) at least one or more selected from compounds represented by Formula (1) to Formula (4): wherein R1 to R5 each represent an alkyl group or the like; EO represents an ethyleneoxy group; p represents an integer from 0 to 5; and m+n represents a number from 0 to 30, or a salt thereof; and (B) a surfactant.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for controlling the formation of a biofilm composed of microorganisms and microorganism-producing substances or for promoting the removal of a biofilm in various fields and a method for suppressing biofilm formation and for removing a biofilm. The present invention provides a composition of a biofilm control agent containing the following component (A) and component (B): (A) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the general formulas (1), (2), (3), and (4): (wherein R1, R2, R3, and R5 each represent an alkyl group or alkenyl group; R4 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; EO represents an ethyleneoxy group; p represents an integer of 0 to 3; and m and n each represent the average number of added moles and m+n represents a number of 0 to 15); and (B) an enzyme.