Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus and an image processing method capable of limiting the content of a document displayed on a preview screen. The image processing apparatus and image processing method according to this disclosure generate limited display data for displaying a limited document in which the content of a limited area satisfying a specific limiting condition cannot be recognized in a document indicated by document data of a processing target in the image processing apparatus. Then display the preview screen of the limited document on a display unit of the image processing apparatus based on the limited display data.

Abstract: A probe card includes a probe having a spring property and a probe head that holds the probe. The probe head includes a guide portion that holds the probe such that the probe can move in an axis direction Z. The guide portion includes a heat radiation structure that absorbs heat of the probe generated by energization and emits the heat to the outside of the probe.

Abstract: To provide an image forming system by which a printed object can be obtained in a short time after a request for image formation is issued, an image forming system includes an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus via a network to form an image. The information processing apparatus includes a first determining unit, a second determining unit, a transmission control unit, and a transmitting unit. The first determining unit determines whether an electronic file is opened. In a case where the first determining unit determines that the electronic file is opened, the second determining unit determines whether a specific action related to image formation of the electronic file is detected.

Abstract: To provide an image forming system by which a printed object can be obtained in a short time after a request for image formation is issued, an image forming system includes an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus via a network to form an image. The information processing apparatus includes a first determining unit, a second determining unit, a transmission control unit, and a transmitting unit. The first determining unit determines whether an electronic file is opened. In a case where the first determining unit determines that the electronic file is opened, the second determining unit determines whether a specific action related to image formation of the electronic file is detected.

Abstract: A probe card includes a probe having a spring property and a probe head that holds the probe. The probe head includes a guide portion that holds the probe such that the probe can move in an axis direction Z. The guide portion includes a heat radiation structure that absorbs heat of the probe generated by energization and emits the heat to the outside of the probe.

Abstract: An information processor includes: a communication section, a reception section, a communication control section, a storage section, and a storage control section. The communication section transmits/receives data to/from an external server. The reception section receives instructions from a user. The communication control section controls data communication operation performed by the communication section and causes the communication section to receive, from the server, data which is included in a plurality of pieces of data stored in the server and which is specified by the instruction received by the reception section. The storage control section causes the storage section to store the data received from the server by the communication section. In a case where the data received by the communication section is the data received from a predefined server, the data is deleted from the storage section when predefined time has passed since predefined processing was performed on the data.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a server and an information processing device that includes an accepting unit, a communication control unit, a storage unit, and a storage control unit. The storage control unit causes the storage unit to store the data received by the communication unit from the server. The storage control unit performs processes to: (i) cause the communication unit to receive the associated information from the server in addition to the data when the communication unit is caused to receive the data from the server; and (ii) determine whether the storage unit stores data associated with one piece of data or not when the accepting unit accepts a deletion instruction of data specifying the one piece of data stored in the storage unit and delete the associated data from the storage unit together with the one piece of data when the storage unit stores the associated data.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprising: an acceptance section; a prediction section which predicts, based on margin information contained in an instruction for execution of an accepted job, an arrangement pattern of a plurality of sheets to be obtained by the execution; a determination section which determines, based on the margin information, whether or not a sum of respective areas of margin regions of the plurality of sheets is greater than a threshold associated with the predicted arrangement pattern; and an adjusted printing section which downscales, in response to a determination that the sum is greater than the threshold, an overall image consisting of a set of partial images intended to be formed and arranged in the predicted arrangement pattern, in such a manner as to fall within one or more sheets arranged in an altered arrangement pattern, and forms the downscaled image on the one or more sheets.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprising: an acceptance section; a prediction section which predicts, based on margin information contained in an instruction for execution of an accepted job, an arrangement pattern of a plurality of sheets to be obtained by the execution; a determination section which determines, based on the margin information, whether or not a sum of respective areas of margin regions of the plurality of sheets is greater than a threshold associated with the predicted arrangement pattern; and an adjusted printing section which downscales, in response to a determination that the sum is greater than the threshold, an overall image consisting of a set of partial images intended to be formed and arranged in the predicted arrangement pattern, in such a manner as to fall within one or more sheets arranged in an altered arrangement pattern, and forms the downscaled image on the one or more sheets.

Abstract: A method for increasing the yield of alcohols by a Guerbet reaction in a gas phase and reducing production cost is provided. A method for producing alcohols by a Guerbet reaction, wherein the reaction is performed in a gas phase and at a total pressure of less than 1 atm and preferably from 0.01 to 0.5 atm, using one or more raw material alcohols.

Abstract: A method for preparing a mixture (M) including at least one alcohol (Aj), wherein said method includes a gas-phase oligomerization reaction of at least one alcohol (Ai) with a solid acid-base catalyst doped with one or more metals, said reaction being carried out in the presence of hydrogen and at a temperature of no less than 50° C. and strictly less than 200° C.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a novel method for manufacturing various organic compounds from two or more kinds of alcohol, or one kind of alcohol having three or more carbon atoms. It is a method for synthesizing one kind of, or two or more kinds of organic compounds comprising allowing two or more kinds of alcohol or one kind of alcohol having three or more carbon atoms to contact a calcium phosphate catalyst such as hydroxyapatite, or hydrotalcite.

Abstract: A method for increasing the yield of alcohols by a Guerbet reaction in a gas phase and reducing production cost is provided. A method for producing alcohols by a Guerbet reaction, wherein the reaction is performed in a gas phase and at a total pressure of less than 1 atm and preferably from 0.01 to 0.5 atm, using one or more raw material alcohols.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide compositions comprising organic compounds useful as a chemical industrial material or a fuel composition with the use of an alcohol such as ethanol as a material. It is a method for producing compositions using alcohol as a starting material and comprising: allowing alcohol to contact with an alcohol conversion catalyst such as hydroxyapatite (first step) and conducting a hydrogenation reaction respectively for all reaction products consisting of a liquid phase including alcohols, water and hydrocarbons of 4-12 carbons and a gas phase which is light gas containing paraffins, alcohols and olefins; all liquid phase reaction products consisting of all reaction products from which light gas has been removed; a liquid phase dehydration reaction products consisting of all reaction products from which light gas, unreacted alcohol and product water have been removed; and light gas (second step).

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is operative to avoid user confusion during a job-cancelling operation. A job executing portion of the apparatus executes at least one of a copy job, a print job, a facsimile reception job, an e-mail reception job, a facsimile transmission job, and an e-mail transmission job. A suspending portion of the apparatus suspends a printing-out operation of a running job in response to pressing a stop/clear key. A job list screen display controller allows a display portion to display a suspending job list screen for showing a user a suspended job and a waiting job. A cancel job selection receiving portion receives a user selection of a job to be cancelled among the jobs displayed on the suspending job list screen. A job cancelling portion then cancels the job received by the cancel job selection receiving portion.