Abstract: A fabrication system for fabricating a three-dimensional object includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry estimates, according to a fabrication condition and fabrication data, a three-dimensional object to be fabricated according to the fabrication data and corrects the fabrication data according to an estimation result of the three-dimensional object estimated by the processing circuitry.

Abstract: A fabricating apparatus (1) includes a discharger (10) and a heating unit (20, 20?, 20?). The discharger (10) discharges a melted fabrication material (FM) to form a fabrication material layer (Ln?1). The heating unit (20, 20?, 20?) heats the fabrication material layer (Ln?1) formed by the discharger (10). The discharger (10) discharges the melted fabrication material (FM) to the fabrication material layer (Ln?1) heated by the heating unit (20, 20?, 20?), to laminate another fabrication material layer (Ln) on the fabrication material layer (Ln?1) heated by the heating unit.

Abstract: A fabricating apparatus is configured to fabricate a three-dimensional object, the apparatus includes a discharging device, a heating device, and control circuitry. The discharging device is configured to discharge a fabrication material to form a fabrication material layer. The heating device is configured to heat the fabrication material layer formed by the discharging device. The control circuitry is configured to control at least one of a heating range of the fabrication material layer heated by the heating device and a heating energy applied to the fabrication material layer by the heating device when the discharging device discharges the fabrication material to laminate another fabrication material layer on the fabrication material layer heated by the heating device.

Abstract: A fabricating apparatus includes a temperature measuring device, a heating device, and circuitry. The temperature measuring device is configured to measure a temperature of a fabrication material layer. The heating device is configured to heat the fabrication material layer. The circuitry is configured to control the heating device with a heating amount for heating the fabricating material layer to a temperature at which the fabricating material layer melts, based on the temperature measured by the temperature measuring device.

Abstract: A modeling device includes a discharger, a first mover, a modifier, and a second mover. The discharger is configured to discharge a melted modeling material. The first mover is configured to move the discharger and a modeling platform on which the modeling material is discharged by the discharger, relative to each other. The modifier is configured to modify a layer formed of the modeling material discharged by the discharger. The second mover is configured to move the modifier relative to the discharger. The second mover is configured to move the modifier along a movement path in which an orientation of the modifier is maintained with respect to a three-axis Cartesian coordinate system.

Abstract: A fabrication system for fabricating a three-dimensional object includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry estimates, according to a fabrication condition and fabrication data, a three-dimensional object to be fabricated according to the fabrication data and corrects the fabrication data according to an estimation result of the three-dimensional object estimated by the processing circuitry.

Abstract: A fabricating apparatus includes a heater, a discharger, and circuitry. The heater is configured to heat a first fabrication material layer formed of a fabrication material. The discharger is configured to discharge a melted fabrication material onto the first fabrication material layer heated by the heater, to stack a second fabrication material layer on the first fabrication material layer. The circuitry is configured to control a heating amount of the heater according to shape data when the heater heats the first fabrication material layer.

Abstract: A fabricating apparatus includes a heater, a discharger, and circuitry. The heater is configured to heat a first fabrication material layer formed of a fabrication material. The discharger is configured to discharge a molten fabrication material onto the first fabrication material layer heated by the heater, to stack a second fabrication material layer on the first fabrication material layer. The circuitry is configured to control a heating of the heater according to shape data so that the first fabrication material layer does not exceed a threshold temperature defined by the fabrication material when the heater heats the first fabrication material layer.

Abstract: A three-dimensional modeling apparatus models a three-dimensional model with a modeling material and includes a processing space, a modeling material discharging member, and a coolant supplying unit. The modeling material discharging member includes: an entrance from which the modeling material is loaded; a discharging unit that discharges the modeling material into the processing space; a transport channel through which the modeling material loaded from the entrance is transported to the discharging unit; a heating unit that heats the modeling material in the transport channel; a cooling unit provided adjacently to the transport channel between the entrance and the heating unit; and a coolant path formed inside the cooling unit. The coolant supplying unit supplies coolant into the coolant path. At least a part of the coolant path is provided between a side surface of the cooling unit along a transport direction of the modeling material and the transport channel.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an adhesive toner pattern in a predetermined bonding range of a sheet, outside a printable range in which an image according to image data is formed, a stacking unit to stack multiple sheets one on top of another, and a sheet binding device that includes a fusing device to fuse and fix the adhesive toner pattern formed on the multiple sheets to bind the multiple sheets together, and a bonding strength setting unit to determine, in accordance with a desired bonding strength, at least one of a number of color toners used for forming the adhesive toner pattern, a bonding manner, a number of pixels of the adhesive toner pattern, a toner area ratio of the adhesive toner pattern, and a layer thickness of the adhesive toner pattern.

Abstract: A sheet post-processing apparatus includes: a binding unit that binds, as a bundle, a plurality of sheets by heating and pressing binding margin portions of the sheets set in advance, using toner interposed between the sheets as an adhesive material; and a pre-heating unit that heats the binding margin portions of the sheets while the sheets are stacked.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that can reduce the number of signal lines that can respond to interrupt processing by conducting I/O control that can acquire irregularly generated sensor detection signals. Identification control means of the image forming apparatus uses the data line in the period other than when conducting identification control of the detection means or the drive means to acquire the data of the specified detection means as valid data. Delay of the detection response time to irregularly generated signals can be minimized by using the data line other than when conducting identification control of the detection means or the drive means to acquire irregularly generated detection signals.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an adhesive toner pattern in a predetermined bonding range of a sheet, outside a printable range in which an image according to image data is formed, a stacking unit to stack multiple sheets one on top of another, and a sheet binding device that includes a fusing device to fuse and fix the adhesive toner pattern formed on the multiple sheets to bind the multiple sheets together, and a bonding strength setting unit to determine, in accordance with a desired bonding strength, at least one of a number of color toners used for forming the adhesive toner pattern, a bonding manner, a number of pixels of the adhesive toner pattern, a toner area ratio of the adhesive toner pattern, and a layer thickness of the adhesive toner pattern.

Abstract: In the image formation apparatus according to the present invention, a plurality of detection sections outputs binary signals to a detection identification control section, and an image formation control section for control of periphery of the engine of the apparatus outputs a detection section identifying signal and a detection section period signal to the detection identification control section. Also, the detection identification control section outputs a detection result of the detection sections as detection data to a control board. A plurality of driver sections are connected to a driver identification control section via a data line through which driving signals for driving a section to be driven are transmitted. Accordingly, the present invention provides a versatile image formation apparatus with a reduced number of output lines which can deal with a change of image formation system without increasing the number of signal lines.

Abstract: The image-forming apparatus has a plurality of detectors for outputting detection data comprising detection results of the operating statuses of a plurality of component members constituting the image-forming apparatus, and detection results of various types of detection sensors inside and outside of the image-forming apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is capable of reducing the vast amounts of image forming apparatus input lines by placing detection data from a plurality of detectors on a single signal line. An image forming apparatus may include an image forming controller configured to control a movement of the image forming apparatus, plural drivers configured to drive plural actuators, an identification controller configured to be coupled to a data signal line, an identification signal line and a term signal line, wherein the identification controller is configured to identify one of the plural drivers based on a term signal and an identification signal that are output from the image forming controller, and to output a driving signal from the image forming controller to the identified driver.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide an apparatus, method, system, computer program and product, each capable of controlling a timing for starting image formation such that when forming a preceding image and a following image, a timing for starting formation of the following image is adjusted based on a timing for starting the preceding image.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus capable of decreasing the image unevenness of a superimposed image at the time of forming starting (head) lines of the images in respective colors with different beams in order to decrease a shift of a superimposed image. Let a position, where an image in a first color is formed with a beam A as a leading beam, be (a). Let a starting position of formation of an image in a second color be (b), and one dot (line) of shift arises in the superimposed image. In order to decrease the shift of the superimposed image, image formation is performed with selecting a beam B as a beam which writes a head of the image (c). When image formation is performed for color shift reduction with changing a leading beam for each color image, tonality correction is performed to each beam for subsequent images so as to decrease image unevenness due to the difference between shapes and exposure power of respective beams.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that can reduce the number of signal lines that can respond to interrupt processing by conducting I/O control that can acquire irregularly generated sensor detection signals. Identification control means of the image forming apparatus uses the data line in the period other than when conducting identification control of the detection means or the drive means to acquire the data of the specified detection means as valid data. Delay of the detection response time to irregularly generated signals can be minimized by using the data line other than when conducting identification control of the detection means or the drive means to acquire irregularly generated detection signals.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus in which image warp and shift are able to be more precisely suppressed to prevent the deterioration of image quality, including a fluctuation amount detection device for detecting at a fixed cycle sampling point the belt fluctuation amount of an intermediate transfer body from a reference position in the direction orthogonal to the running direction of the intermediate transfer body or the main scanning direction, and a control unit which, in accordance with belt fluctuation amount data that expresses the belt fluctuation amount detected by the fluctuation amount detection device, corrects start position data that expresses the write start position data in the main scanning direction of the write device, and alters the fixed cycle sampling point when the amount of change in the belt fluctuation amount data in adjacent sampling points of the fixed cycle sampling points is greater than a value set in advance.