Abstract: A technique capable of certainly suppressing adhesion of waste ink to hands, clothes, and the like during replacement of a waste ink tank is provided. There are included a container portion provided with an insertion port which a discharge member discharging waste ink can be inserted into and pulled out from and a shielding portion movable between a shielding position where the insertion port is shielded and an open position where the insertion port is opened.

Abstract: An information output system in which an output destination management server is provided with an output destination management table for managing a mail address, performance information, and the like for each printer. In response to a search request from a terminal apparatus, the output destination management table is used to search for one or a plurality of candidate printers. The terminal apparatus is notified of the mail address of one candidate printer or the plurality of candidate printers. The terminal apparatus uses the mail address of a designated printer as a destination, and issues an electronic mail including the information to be printed. A printing mail server receives the electronic mail. The information included in the electronic mail is transferred to the designated printer from a print server. Accounting processing is executed prior to the printing of the information.

Abstract: A robot control system includes a scenario receiver to receive a robot control program or scenario, a scenario register to incorporate the received scenario in the robot, a scenario selector to select a scenario for execution thereof from scenarios beforehand incorporated in the robot and scenarios added to the robot, and a scenario executor to execute the selected scenario. Therefore, there are provided a robot, a robot control system, and a program of the same in which a new control program module can be added to a robot control program.

Abstract: A robot control system includes a scenario receiver to receive a robot control program or scenario, a scenario register to incorporate the received scenario in the robot, a scenario selector to select a scenario for execution thereof from scenarios beforehand incorporated in the robot and scenarios added to the robot, and a scenario executor to execute the selected scenario. Therefore, there are provided a robot, a robot control system, and a program of the same in which a new control program module can be added to a robot control program.

Abstract: An information service terminal which allows the user to access various items such as the Web pages on the Internet without operating a keyboard and a mouse through complex sequences. The information service terminal has an address database for storing URLs (Uniform Resource Locators), which are used as addresses of the Web pages, in association with respective channels, a channel remote-controller for inputting a channel number, and a display unit. In the terminal, when one of the channel is selected, depending on the channel number, the address database is searched for a corresponding one of the URLs to access the corresponding Web page. The user can browse the desired Web page data by designating the corresponding channel number by the channel remote-controller.