Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorine-containing ether compound represented by Formula (1), R1—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4??(1). (In Formula (1), R1 is an end group including an organic group having at least one double bond or triple bond, R2 is a divalent linking group bonded to R1 by etheric oxygen, R3 is a perfluoropolyether chain, R4 is an end group having two or three polar groups with each polar group being bonded to different carbon atoms, and the carbon atoms, to which the polar groups are bonded, being bonded to each other via a linking group including carbon atoms to which the polar groups are not bonded.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an executing unit configured to, if there is a shortage of storage capacity for image information necessary to perform image formation, execute the image formation at a reduced image quality below a required image quality, and an informing unit configured to inform that image formation has been executed at a reduced image quality, and inform an effective measure to enable image formation that does not involve a reduction in image quality, the effective measure including at least one of making a setting change to storage capacity allocation and increasing storage capacity.

Abstract: A laminated shim for a disc brake includes base and cover shim plates. The base shim plate includes a base side substrate portion, and a base side locking piece extending in a lamination direction of the base shim plate and the cover shim plate. The cover shim plate includes a cover side substrate portion which is laminated on the base side substrate portion, and a cover side locking piece which extends from the cover side substrate portion in an extension direction of the base side locking piece and is radially overlapped with the base side locking piece. A circumferential end portion of one of the base side locking piece and the cover side locking piece abuts against a movement restricting surface facing a circumferential direction and provided at one of the base side substrate portion and the cover side substrate portion.

Abstract: A language management control apparatus includes a first controller that issues an execute instruction to perform an image forming process by referencing received image information and by using a first language selected from among plural pre-stored languages, a memory that stores the received image information, and a second controller that, if the selected first language is determined to be inadequate after a start of an execution of the image forming process, performs an operation to issue a suspend instruction to suspend the image forming process, an operation to select a second language from plural languages by reading the image information from the memory, and an operation to issue the execute instruction to perform the image forming process.

Abstract: A data processing device includes a receiving unit that receives printing request data which indicates a request for printing of a document, the printing request data including user property data indicating a property of a user of a printed matter and number-of-printed-copies data indicating a number of copies corresponding to the user property data; an acquiring unit that acquires, from a storage device that stores condition data indicating a condition related to a printing setting corresponding to the user property data, the condition data corresponding to the user property data with respect to the user property data; and an instructing unit that instructs a printing device to print the document by the number of copies indicated by the number-of-printed-copies data corresponding to the user property data based on a printing setting satisfying a condition indicated by the condition data corresponding to the user property data.

Abstract: A fluorine-containing ether compound of the present invention is represented by Formula (1). R1—CH2—R2—CH2—R3??(1) (In Formula (1), R1 is an organic end group having 3 or more carbon atoms which includes two or more polar groups with each polar group being bonded to different carbon atoms and the carbon atoms to which the polar groups are bonded being bonded to each other via a linking group including the carbon atoms which are not bonded to the polar groups, R2 includes a perfluoropolyether chain represented by Formula (3), and R3 is a hydroxyl group or R1) —(CF2)y-1—O—((CF2)yO)z—(CF2)y-1—??(3) (In Formula (3), y represents an integer of 2 to 4, and z represents an integer of 1 to 30).

Abstract: This fluorine-containing ether compound is represented by Formula (1). R1—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4—R5??(1) (in Formula (1), R1 is an aryl group or an aralkyl group, R2 is a divalent linking group having 0 or 1 polar group, R3 is a perfluoropolyether chain, R4 is a divalent linking group having 2 or 3 polar groups, and R5 is an aryl group or an aralkyl group.

Abstract: A data processing device includes a receiving unit that receives printing request data which indicates a request for printing of a document, the printing request data including user property data indicating a property of a user of a printed matter and number-of-printed-copies data indicating a number of copies corresponding to the user property data; an acquiring unit that acquires, from a storage device that stores condition data indicating a condition related to a printing setting corresponding to the user property data, the condition data corresponding to the user property data with respect to the user property data; and an instructing unit that instructs a printing device to print the document by the number of copies indicated by the number-of-printed-copies data corresponding to the user property data based on a printing setting satisfying a condition indicated by the condition data corresponding to the user property data.

Abstract: A data processing device includes a feature specification unit that analyzes document data indicating a print target document to specify a feature of the print target document, an acquiring unit that acquires feature data indicating a feature of at least one document specified by analyzing each document and setting data indicating a print setting corresponding to each document, from a storage device, a selection unit that compares the specified feature of the print target document with the features indicated by the feature data of the documents acquired by the acquiring unit and that selects setting data used for printing of the print target document among the acquired setting data based on a comparison result, and a print instructing unit that instructs a printing device to print the print target document in accordance with the selected setting data.

Abstract: A light emitting device can include a wavelength conversion member with a high light extraction efficiency and capable of achieving a light emitting device with high performance. The wavelength conversion member can include phosphor particles formed from a base material and an activator agent added thereto and having an irregular surface; a matrix material including a light-transmitting material, the matrix material being present between the phosphor particles; and additive particles formed from the base material and adhering to the irregular surface of the phosphor particle to form a particle structure having an irregular surface including a projected section and a recessed section. The difference between the projected section and the recessed section of the irregular surface of the particle structure is larger than the difference between a projected section and a recessed section of the irregular surface of the phosphor particle without the additive particles adhering thereto.

Abstract: A light emitting device can include a wavelength conversion member with a high light extraction efficiency and capable of achieving a light emitting device with high performance. The wavelength conversion member can include phosphor particles formed from a base material and an activator agent added thereto and having an irregular surface; a matrix material including a light-transmitting material, the matrix material being present between the phosphor particles; and additive particles formed from the base material and adhering to the irregular surface of the phosphor particle to form a particle structure having an irregular surface including a projected section and a recessed section. The difference between the projected section and the recessed section of the irregular surface of the particle structure is larger than the difference between a projected section and a recessed section of the irregular surface of the phosphor particle without the additive particles adhering thereto.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method that perform reproduction control with a high degree of freedom on slideshow reproduction are provided. Reproduction control to which first control data in which information on a reproduction start point and a reproduction end point of an image is recorded and second control data in which information on maximum display time of each image is recorded are applied is performed. When automatic slide paging setting as user setting information is ON (valid), image transition processing is performed according to whether the maximum display time for reproducing the second control data has passed, regardless of whether the reproduction end point of the first control data has passed.

Abstract: An image processing device includes an acceptance unit which accepts an input of print data; a decision unit which decides whether or not a draw instruction for a two-color image consisting of a background color and a foreground color is contained in the print data accepted by the acceptance unit; and a conversion unit which converts to draw a graphic representing a part of the foreground color in the two-color image for an image drawn area, instead of a draw process in pixel units concerning the two-color image, when the decision unit decides that the draw instruction for the two-color image is contained in the print data.

Abstract: Systems and methods for producing, reproducing, and maintaining electronic books are provided. In one aspect, a system (20) may include a book producing device (21) configured to create at least one page image (47) for an electronic book including reproducible content, where the page image (47) includes a selectable portion having a part of the reproducible content of the electronic book. In addition, the system (20) may also include an electronic book reproducing device (24). The electronic book reproducing device (24) may be configured to determine a target area (92) based on a selection by a user of the selectable portion of the page image (47), and, selectively reproduce, within the target area (92) and in a predetermined manner, the reproducible content and/or other data associated with the selectable portion of the page image.

Abstract: An image processing device includes an acceptance unit which accepts an input of print data; a decision unit which decides whether or not a draw instruction for a two-color image consisting of a background color and a foreground color is contained in the print data accepted by the acceptance unit; and a conversion unit which converts to draw a graphic representing a part of the foreground color in the two-color image for an image drawn area, instead of a draw process in pixel units concerning the two-color image, when the decision unit decides that the draw instruction for the two-color image is contained in the print data.