Abstract: To reduce the period of time required after a remote printer is instructed to start a print job and before it starts printing and hence reduce the period of time for which the remote printer is occupied, thereby enhancing working efficiency, it is determined whether originals are located on an original table or on a sheet feeder, and if the originals are located on the original table, it is determined whether the job is in an original table accumulation mode in which a local apparatus completes reading images from a plurality of originals before transmitting the images. If the job is not in the original table accumulation mode, the remote apparatus is instructed to start the job before images are read from the originals. On the other hand, if the job is in the original table accumulation mode, the remote apparatus is instructed to start the job after the images have been read from all the originals.

Abstract: A thermosetting coating composition, which contains in active hydrogen group component base substance resin (A), amino resin curing agent (B), block polyisocyanate compound curing agent, (C) and acid catalyst (D).

Abstract: Print information that has been generated by a first device is submitted to a second device and a print job is started (S101). Whether a failure has occurred on the side of the first device during the submission of the print information is detected (S102). In accordance with the detection made, it is determined to abort, suspend or resume processing of the print job that is currently being submitted. In accordance with the determination made, abort, suspension or resumption of processing is reported to the second device, which receives the print information, as notification of control of the print job (S105, S107, S109). This printing control method is such that if processing of print information is suspended owing to occurrence of a failure, the source (the first device) that submits the print information reports suspension to a remote device (the second device) that is the destination of the print information.

Abstract: A method for forming a multi-layer metallic coating film, the method being a 3-coat system comprising the steps of applying the following coating compositions (A), (B) and (C) in this order to a metal substrate coated with a cationically electrodepositable coating composition; (A) an organic solvent-based thermosetting metallic first base coating composition which comprises a neutralized carboxyl-containing resin having an acid value of 5 to 100 mg KOH/g, an amino resin and a metallic pigment, the composition having a substrate-hiding power corresponding to up to 3% transmittance of light at a wavelength of 400 to 700 nm in a 15 .mu.m-thick cured coating film, (B) an aqueous thermosetting second base coating composition which has a transparency corresponding to 10 to 95% transmittance of light at a wavelength of 400 to 700 nm in a 15-.mu.m thick cured coating film, and (C) an organic solvent-based thermosetting clear coating composition.

Abstract: A coating composition which consists essentially of:(A) a copolymer comprising 5 to 40 wt. % of an alkoxysilane-containing vinyl monomer which is a compound represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein A is ##STR2## R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or methyl group, R.sub.2 is a bivalent aliphatic saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are the same or different and are each a phenyl group, alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R.sub.5 is an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, m is 0 or 1, and n is an integer of 1 to 100, 5 to 50 wt. % of a hydroxyl-containing vinyl monomer and 30 to 70 wt. % of a fluorine-containing vinyl monomer, and (B) an amino resin in an amount of 5 to 50 wt. % based on the total amount of solids in the copolymer (A) and the amino resin (B).