Abstract: Provided are a finisher, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium and a method for controlling transportation of media sheets. The finisher includes a sheet transporter, a sheet cutter for dividing each printed media sheet into multiple cut media sheets by cutting, a sheet inserter that inserts insertion sheets into the sheet path, a sheet stacker for stacking the cut media sheets and the insertion sheets transported by the sheet transporter, a sheet buffer disposed on a branch line branching off from the sheet path, and a controller. The controller sets a sheet insertion mode to a pre-sheet insertion mode or a post-sheet insertion mode, and causes the sheet transporter to transport a part of cut media sheets or an insertion sheet into the sheet buffer and change the order of the sheets in the sheet path so that the insertion sheet is positioned between the cut media sheets.

Abstract: A machine learning device learns an action of a driving source in a transport device continuously transporting at least two transported objects along a transport path, and includes: a hardware processor that: acquires position information of the at least two transported objects on the transport path on the basis of a result of detection by a sensor provided in the transport path; calculates a reward on the basis of the position information acquired, according to a predetermined rule; learns an action by calculating an action value in reinforcement learning on the basis of the position information acquired and the reward calculated; and generates and outputs control information that causes the driving source to perform an action determined on the basis of a learning result.

Abstract: A post-processing apparatus that performs, by one or more functional units which can be switched one another, predetermined post-processing corresponding to a function of the one or more functional units on a conveyed paper includes: a plurality of slots in which the one or more functional units can be loaded at respective loading positions along a conveyance path; a loading detector that detects that the one or more functional units are loaded in the slots; and a condition output part that outputs a condition that allows the post-processing depending on the loading positions of the slots in which the one or more functional units are loaded.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image former which forms one or more images on at least one sheet fed from each of a plurality of feed trays; a first adjuster which adjusts positions of the images formed on the sheet by the image former such that the positions of the images match on both sides of the sheet fed from each of the feed trays; and a second adjuster which further adjusts the positions of the images on the sheet, the positions having been adjusted by the first adjuster, such that the positions of the images match between the sheets fed from the feed trays.

Abstract: Provided are a finisher, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium and a method for controlling transportation of media sheets. The finisher includes a sheet transporter, a sheet cutter for dividing each printed media sheet into multiple cut media sheets by cutting, a sheet inserter that inserts insertion sheets into the sheet path, a sheet stacker for stacking the cut media sheets and the insertion sheets transported by the sheet transporter, a sheet buffer disposed on a branch line branching off from the sheet path, and a controller. The controller sets a sheet insertion mode to a pre-sheet insertion mode or a post-sheet insertion mode, and causes the sheet transporter to transport a part of cut media sheets or an insertion sheet into the sheet buffer and change the order of the sheets in the sheet path so that the insertion sheet is positioned between the cut media sheets.

Abstract: A post-processing apparatus that performs, by one or more functional units which can be switched one another, predetermined post-processing corresponding to a function of the one or more functional units on a conveyed paper includes: a plurality of slots in which the one or more functional units can be loaded at respective loading positions along a conveyance path; a loading detector that detects that the one or more functional units are loaded in the slots; and a condition output part that outputs a condition that allows the post-processing depending on the loading positions of the slots in which the one or more functional units are loaded.

Abstract: An image forming device includes: an image forming part that forms an image on a transfer medium; a conveyance part that conveys the transfer medium; and a hardware processor that controls the conveyance part, receives a result of reading by an image reader, which reads an image on the transfer medium passing through the image forming part, and determines whether an image on the transfer medium is normal, wherein the hardware processor can perform control of sorting, by a sorting part that can perform sorting of a transfer medium according to a result of the determination, a transfer medium determined to have a normal image and a transfer medium determined to have an abnormal image, and can further perform control of previously grasping analysis time in the determination and suspending conveyance of the transfer medium at a conveyance position at or in advance of a sorting position.

Abstract: An image forming device includes: an image forming part that forms an image on a transfer medium; a conveyance part that conveys the transfer medium; and a hardware processor that controls the conveyance part, receives a result of reading by an image reader, which reads an image on the transfer medium passing through the image forming part, and determines whether an image on the transfer medium is normal, wherein the hardware processor can perform control of sorting, by a sorting part that can perform sorting of a transfer medium according to a result of the determination, a transfer medium determined to have a normal image and a transfer medium determined to have an abnormal image, and can further perform control of previously grasping analysis time in the determination and suspending conveyance of the transfer medium at a conveyance position at or in advance of a sorting position.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image former which forms one or more images on at least one sheet fed from each of a plurality of feed trays; a first adjuster which adjusts positions of the images formed on the sheet by the image former such that the positions of the images match on both sides of the sheet fed from each of the feed trays; and a second adjuster which further adjusts the positions of the images on the sheet, the positions having been adjusted by the first adjuster, such that the positions of the images match between the sheets fed from the feed trays.

Abstract: A three-dimensional modeling apparatus models a three-dimensional object by lamination modeling in an air-tight process chamber. The three-dimensional modeling apparatus includes an elevation guide chamber provided adjacent to the process chamber, an elevation stage provided so as to be capable of being raised and lowered in the elevation guide chamber, and a communication pipe communicating between a space below the elevation stage in the elevation guide chamber and the process chamber.

Abstract: A post-processing device includes a sheet transporting section that transports one or more sheets, a cutting section that cuts the sheet along a transporting direction of the sheet being transported by the sheet transporting section and a paper piece transporting section that transports a paper piece cut by the cutting section, and a transporting speed of the paper piece transporting section is set lower than a transporting speed of the sheet transporting section.

Abstract: A three-dimensional modeling apparatus 10, 11 includes a three-dimensional modeling unit 20, 40 and a control unit 15. The three-dimensional modeling unit 20, 40 is configured to stack unit layers ul made of a material solidified in a predetermined solidification pattern thereby to produce a three-dimensional object O. The control unit 15 is configured to correct a sectional pattern sp at each level in a model M along a lamination direction, allowing for deformation in modeling based on at least one of a material characteristic, a modeling condition, and a facility condition, thereby to determine the solidification pattern corresponding to the sectional pattern sp.

Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes a control unit for introducing a sheet onto an outside of a booklet saddle stitched by a saddle stitching unit so as to cover one or more binding needles before pressurizing a center portion of the saddle stitched booklet by a pressurization member, causing the pressurization member to perform pressurization processing through the sheet, and, after the pressurization processing, causing the booklet together with the sheet to be ejected to the ejection unit.

Abstract: A post-processing device includes a sheet transporting section that transports one or more sheets, a cutting section that cuts the sheet along a transporting direction of the sheet being transported by the sheet transporting section and a paper piece transporting section that transports a paper piece cut by the cutting section, and a transporting speed of the paper piece transporting section is set lower than a transporting speed of the sheet transporting section.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section configured to form an image on a sheet and a control section configured to control image formation at the image forming section and is connectable to a reading apparatus and a sheet processing apparatus. The control section includes a function to compare image data for image formation at the time of forming an image on the sheet at the image forming section with read-out image data produced from an image read out from the sheet at the reading apparatus; a function to detect an image abnormality from a comparison result; and a function to change a control state of an image forming action in accordance with sheet processing executed at the sheet processing apparatus at the time of having detected the image abnormality.

Abstract: An image forming system includes: a ring bookbinding section which perform a ring bookbinding to a bundle of sheets by using a binder provided with a spine portion and a plurality of finger portions; and a judging section, wherein a last page is firstly fed immediately after job initiation and, subsequently after having fed the last page, image formation based on the image data is initiated, when the judging section judges that an image is not formed on the last page, and wherein all of the image data is firstly acquired completely after job initiation, subsequently the last page is fed and formed image thereon, and then image formation of remaining pages is carried out, when the judging section judges that image is formed on the last page.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section configured to form an image on a sheet and a control section configured to control image formation at the image forming section and is connectable to a reading apparatus and a sheet processing apparatus. The control section includes a function to compare image data for image formation at the time of forming an image on the sheet at the image forming section with read-out image data produced from an image read out from the sheet at the reading apparatus; a function to detect an image abnormality from a comparison result; and a function to change a control state of an image forming action in accordance with sheet processing executed at the sheet processing apparatus at the time of having detected the image abnormality.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus equipped with a processing apparatus which requires a warm-up operation of a predetermined time and performs a predetermined processing to an image-formed sheet includes: a control section to specify whether each of a plurality of input jobs is a first job requiring the processing by the processing apparatus or a second job performing no processing by the processing apparatus, and to determine an execution order of the jobs so that a plurality of first jobs are successively executed when the first jobs are input in addition to the second job; and an image forming section to sequentially execute the jobs in accordance with the execution order of the jobs which is determined by the control section.

Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes a post-processing unit performing post-processing for a sheet ejected from a former-stage apparatus, a post-processing time calculating unit calculating a time required for the post-processing based on a content of the post-processing, a time comparing unit comparing the time required for the post-processing and a sheet interval between sheets ejected from the former-stage apparatus, an overlapping conveying unit overlapping a plurality of sheets ejected from the former-stage apparatus and conveying the overlapping sheets on an upstream side of the post-processing unit, and a control unit controlling the overlapping conveying unit, wherein the control unit changes the number of overlapping sheets in the overlapping conveying unit in accordance with the sheet interval of sheets ejected from the former-stage apparatus where the time required for the post-processing is determined to exceed the sheet interval based on a comparison result of the time comparing unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a finisher to perform finishing processing on a paper ejected from an image forming apparatus, including: a control section to switch an adjustment amount to be used in the finishing processing based on information of paper grain of the paper.