Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a device control application for causing the image forming apparatus to carry out a job, a storage control unit configured to perform control for causing the storage unit to store an image processing plug-in application for extending the device control application, and a processing unit configured to execute the image processing plug-in application in conjunction with execution of the device control application.

Abstract: An electric discharge machining apparatus includes a power supply, an electrode gap formed from an electrode and a workpiece, a current limiting resistor connected between the power supply and the electrode gap, switching elements that turns on and off application of a voltage from the power supply to the electrode gap, an inductance element connected in series between the switching elements and the electrode gap, and a control unit that controls the switching elements. The control unit causes the switching elements to perform ON/OFF operations according to a switching pattern having an on-pulse time width (?Ton) in which a voltage of the electrode gap can reach a voltage value of the power supply in an on-pulse time and a pause time width (?Toff) equal to or longer than a time width (?tic) of a discharge current flowing during the capacitor discharge and shorter than a cycle (?Tso) of the self-excited oscillation.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus switches between a first processing and a second processing when processing document data. In the first processing, the document data is transmitted to a server without making a determination using a hash value of received document data and a hash value of data transmitted to the server. In the second processing, a determination is made using the hash value of the document data and the hash value of the transmitted data, and, based on a determination result, the document data is transmitted to the server.

Abstract: A control unit controls an on/off operation of a switching unit such that a first DC pulse voltage is applied across an electrode gap from a pulse-voltage generation unit adjusted to a first impedance, and when a detection unit detects a preliminary discharge, a second DC pulse voltage is applied across the electrode gap from the pulse-voltage generation unit adjusted to a second impedance, which is lower than the first impedance, so as to generate a main discharge in the electrode gap, and during an idle time since the main discharge is completed until the next preliminary discharge is started, a third DC pulse voltage that is equal to or higher than a discharge arc voltage is applied across the electrode gap from the pulse-voltage generation unit adjusted to a third impedance, which is higher than the first impedance.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus instructs job execution, and determines whether processing for performing the job execution is executable in the image forming apparatus. In a case where it is determined that the processing is not executable in the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus transmits to a server data for performing the job execution. The image forming apparatus determines whether a job exists in a job list, and transmits to the server a deletion request of the data transmitted to the server, using a result of the determination and a detection result of logout.

Abstract: An electric discharge machining apparatus of the present invention includes a power supply, an electrode gap configured so as to be formed by an electrode and a workpiece, and an earth floating-capacitance current-suppressing coil configured to be inserted between the power supply and the electrode gap. Accordingly, the impedance in the charging path from the power supply to an interelectrode capacitance (an interelectrode parallel capacitor and an interelectrode parallel floating capacitance) can be decreased, and the impedance in the charging path to an earth floating capacitance can be increased, thereby enabling the electric current from the earth floating capacitance during discharge machining to be suppressed.

Abstract: A control device of the wire electric-discharge machining apparatus includes a speed-ratio computing unit that calculates machining speed information related to a corner machining speed in a corner machining portion corresponding to an amount of machining in the corner machining portion, on the basis of NC data, a feedback machining-speed computing unit that calculates, as a feedback machining speed to be used for feedback control of wire electric-discharge machining, a machining speed corresponding to an inter-electrode state between a wire electrode and a workpiece measured during wire electric-discharge machining, and a multiplier that calculates a machining speed to be used for control of a machining device at a time of machining the corner machining portion, on the basis of the machining speed information and the feedback machining speed.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus to communicate with an information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, first and second determination units, and a transmission control unit. The acquisition unit acquires a target file. The first determination unit determines whether the target file is processable by, and the second determination unit determines whether the target file is stored in, the information processing apparatus. The transmission control unit transmits information to the information processing apparatus. When the target file is not processable by, and is not stored in, the information processing apparatus, the transmission control unit transmits the target file and processing information to the information processing apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that communicates with an external apparatus includes an identification unit that identifies processing target data that is not processable in the image forming apparatus, a transmission unit that transmits the processing target data to the external apparatus before reception of at least one of a print instruction and a preview display instruction with respect to the processing target data identified by the identification unit, and a receiving unit that receives processing target data that has been processed in the external apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus instructs job execution, and determines whether processing for performing the job execution is executable in the image forming apparatus. In a case where it is determined that the processing is not executable in the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus transmits to a server data for performing the job execution. The image forming apparatus determines whether a job exists in a job list, and transmits to the server a deletion request of the data transmitted to the server, using a result of the determination and a detection result of logout.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus switches between a first processing and a second processing when processing document data. In the first processing, the document data is transmitted to a server without making a determination using a hash value of received document data and a hash value of data transmitted to the server. In the second processing, a determination is made using the hash value of the document data and the hash value of the transmitted data, and, based on a determination result, the document data is transmitted to the server.

Abstract: An electric discharge machining apparatus includes a power supply, an electrode gap formed from an electrode and a workpiece, a current limiting resistor connected between the power supply and the electrode gap, switching elements that turns on and off application of a voltage from the power supply to the electrode gap, an inductance element connected in series between the switching elements and the electrode gap, and a control unit that controls the switching elements. The control unit causes the switching elements to perform ON/OFF operations according to a switching pattern having an on-pulse time width (?Ton) in which a voltage of the electrode gap can reach a voltage value of the power supply in an on-pulse time and a pause time width (?Toff) equal to or longer than a time width (?tic) of a discharge current flowing during the capacitor discharge and shorter than a cycle (?Tso) of the self-excited oscillation.

Abstract: A control device of the wire electric-discharge machining apparatus includes a speed-ratio computing unit that calculates machining speed information related to a corner machining speed in a corner machining portion corresponding to an amount of machining in the corner machining portion, on the basis of NC data, a feedback machining-speed computing unit that calculates, as a feedback machining speed to be used for feedback control of wire electric-discharge machining, a machining speed corresponding to an inter-electrode state between a wire electrode and a workpiece measured during wire electric-discharge machining, and a multiplier that calculates a machining speed to be used for control of a machining device at a time of machining the corner machining portion, on the basis of the machining speed information and the feedback machining speed.

Abstract: A control unit controls an on/off operation of a switching unit such that a first DC pulse voltage is applied across an electrode gap from a pulse-voltage generation unit adjusted to a first impedance, and when a detection unit detects a preliminary discharge, a second DC pulse voltage is applied across the electrode gap from the pulse-voltage generation unit adjusted to a second impedance, which is lower than the first impedance, so as to generate a main discharge in the electrode gap, and during an idle time since the main discharge is completed until the next preliminary discharge is started, a third DC pulse voltage that is equal to or higher than a discharge arc voltage is applied across the electrode gap from the pulse-voltage generation unit adjusted to a third impedance, which is higher than the first impedance.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that communicates with an external apparatus includes an identification unit that identifies processing target data that is not processable in the image forming apparatus, a transmission unit that transmits the processing target data to the external apparatus before reception of at least one of a print instruction and a preview display instruction with respect to the processing target data identified by the identification unit, and a receiving unit that receives processing target data that has been processed in the external apparatus.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus to communicate with an information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, first and second determination units, and a transmission control unit. The acquisition unit acquires a target file. The first determination unit determines whether the target file is processable by, and the second determination unit determines whether the target file is stored in, the information processing apparatus. The transmission control unit transmits information to the information processing apparatus. When the target file is not processable by, and is not stored in, the information processing apparatus, the transmission control unit transmits the target file and processing information to the information processing apparatus.

Abstract: To shift a printing apparatus to a state capable of restarting a post-process according to completion of a job even if the post-process is interrupted by the job, a holding unit holds a job for which a printing request was accepted; a printing unit prints an image on a sheet by executing the held job; a transportation unit transports the image-printed sheet to a post-processing apparatus; a post-processing unit causes the post-processing apparatus to perform the post-process to the sheet; and a control unit executes, when a new job is accepted while the printing apparatus is operating in a mode of casing the post-processing apparatus to perform the post-process to the sheet inserted by a user, the new job before the held job and shifts the printing apparatus to the mode after the new job and before the held job.

Abstract: An electric discharge machining apparatus of the present invention includes a power supply, an electrode gap configured so as to be formed by an electrode and a workpiece, and an earth floating-capacitance current-suppressing coil configured to be inserted between the power supply and the electrode gap. Accordingly, the impedance in the charging path from the power supply to an interelectrode capacitance (an interelectrode parallel capacitor and an interelectrode parallel floating capacitance) can be decreased, and the impedance in the charging path to an earth floating capacitance can be increased, thereby enabling the electric current from the earth floating capacitance during discharge machining to be suppressed.