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20120148271 | TONER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner container includes a toner accommodating portion: a rotatable toner stirring member; a sensor for detecting a remaining amount of the toner; wherein the sensor includes a first flexible sheet portion, a second sheet portion, a first opening, a first electroconductive portion, a second electroconductive portion, wherein the first sheet portion flexes by a stirring operation of the stirring member, and the first electroconductive portion is contacted to the second electroconductive portion, by which the remaining toner amount is detectable, and wherein the toner accommodating portion is provided with a second opening for communicating the first opening and an outside of the toner accommodating portion with each other. | 06-14-2012 |
20130039670 | DEVELOPING UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing unit includes a developer storage unit, a developer bearing member, an agitation member, a flexible member, and a magnet member. The developer storage unit stores a developer. The developer bearing member develops an electrostatic latent image formed on an image bearing member with the developer. The agitation member agitates the developer in the developer storage unit. The flexible member, disposed in the developer storage unit, is distorted by pressure applied by the agitation member via the developer. The magnet member, disposed on the flexible member, is displaced in response to the flexible member being distorted. | 02-14-2013 |
20130223857 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a developing unit adapted to contain a developer a member adapted to perform a circumduction motion in the developing unit and a detection unit installed on an internal surface of the developing unit and adapted to detect a signal corresponding to pressure in the developing unit which varies with the circumduction motion of the member. An amount of the developer can be determined based on the detected pressure. | 08-29-2013 |
20130266330 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developing unit for accommodating a developer; a ratatable member for paddling in the developing unit, wherein the paddling member includes a pressure-applying portion for applying pressure to a wall surface perpendicular to a rotational axis direction; a pressure-detecting portion for detecting the pressure applied by the pressure-applying portion of the ratatable member, wherein the pressure-detecting portion is provided on the wall surface perpendicular to the rotational axis direction of the ratatable member in the developing unit; and a discriminating portion for discriminating an amount of the developer in the developing unit on the basis of a detection result of the pressure-detecting portion. | 10-10-2013 |
20130308965 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable member which is provided on and rotatable about a rotation shaft in a detachably mountable developing unit containing a developer and has flexibility so that it is flexed depending on a resistance of the developer; an electroconductive member to be detected which is provided on the rotatable member; a detecting electrode provided in a neighborhood of an outer wall surface of a bottom of the developing unit; a converting portion for detecting an electrostatic capacity between the member to be detected and the detecting electrode and for converting the electrostatic capacity into an electric signal; a measuring portion for measuring a time duration in which the electric signal converted by the converting portion exceeds a predetermined threshold; and a discriminating portion for discriminating an amount of the developer on the basis of the time duration measured by the measuring portion. | 11-21-2013 |
20130343788 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a toner carrying member for carrying a toner; an image carrying member, contacting the toner on the toner carrying member, on which a toner image is to be formed with the toner; and an electrode portion provided at an opposing position in which the electrode portion opposes the toner carrying member via the image carrying member interposed therebetween. The toner image is formed on the image carrying member by changing a value of a voltage, on the basis of image information, applied to the electrode portion. The toner carried on the toner carrying member and the image carrying member contact each other in a toner contact area. The toner is moved between the toner carrying member and the image carrying member in a toner movement area by changing the value of the voltage applied to the electrode portion. The toner movement area is present downstream of the toner contact area with respect to a movement direction of the image carrying member. | 12-26-2013 |
20140023385 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a developing unit that is detachable and contains a developer, a detection member that includes an electrode to be detected and is rotatable around a rotation axis in the developing unit, an agitator that moves around the rotation axis in the developing unit; an electrostatic capacitance sensor electrode provided on an exterior of the developing unit, an electrostatic capacitance sensor that detects electrostatic capacitance between the electrode to be detected and the electrostatic capacitance sensor electrode, and outputs data on the detected electrostatic capacitance, and a CPU that determines an amount of developer in the developing unit based on the data output from the electrostatic capacitance sensor. | 01-23-2014 |
20140037305 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a developing unit that contains developer and that is detachable; a detection member that includes a detected electrode and that moves around a rotation shaft in the developing unit, an electrostatic capacitance sensor electrode that is provided on an outer side of the developing unit, an electrostatic capacitance sensor that detects an electrostatic capacitance between the detected electrode and the electrostatic capacitance sensor electrode and that outputs data related to the detected electrostatic capacitance, and a CPU that determines an amount of the developer in the developing unit based on the data output from the electrostatic capacitance sensor. | 02-06-2014 |
20140044443 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a stirring member that stirs developer in a developer containing portion rotates at high speed, toner flies and the detection accuracy of light transmission type toner remaining amount detection is degraded. A developing apparatus including a developer containing portion that contains developer, a stirring member that stirs the developer in the developer containing portion, and a partition member which is disposed to separate the developer containing portion from a space adjacent to the developer containing portion and which bends to block at least a part of a light path, which is formed in the space and used to detect an amount of the developer, when being pressed by the stirring member via the developer. | 02-13-2014 |
20150293488 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DETECTION APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: irradiation means for irradiating an image carrier having a detection image with light; light-receiving means for receiving reflected light of the light irradiated by irradiation means and outputting a detection signal corresponding to a light-receiving amount of the reflected light including a specular-reflected light component; and detection means for detecting one of position information and density information of the detection image based on a signal corresponding to a difference between a value of the detection signal corresponding to the light-receiving amount of the reflected light from a first position where the detection image is formed and a value of the detection signal corresponding to the light-receiving amount of the reflected light from a second position different from the first position. | 10-15-2015 |
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20100054833 | DOCUMENT FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A document feeder includes a document feeding means which feeds document sheets stacked on a document tray one at a time, a registration means which feeds each document sheet to an image reading position, a re-feeding means which receives the document sheet after a first side thereof is read and re-feeds the document sheet to allow a second side to be read, a discharging means which discharges the document sheet, a first drive transmission mechanism which transmits a driving force to the document feeding means and the re-feeding means, and a second drive transmission mechanism which transmits the driving force to the registration means and the discharging means. The driving force is transmitted to the first and second drive transmission mechanisms from a single motor. A clutch is provided upstream of the document feeding means in a direction in which the driving force is transmitted in the first drive transmission mechanism. | 03-04-2010 |
20110175277 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is an automatic document conveying device, including: a document feeding portion that feeds a document from a document stacking tray; a conveying portion that conveys the document which is fed, to a document reading portion; a discharge portion that discharges the document after being read to a discharge tray; a branching guide that switches a conveying path so that a second surface is read after a first surface of the document is read; and a switchback portion including a switchback roller pair for sending the document to the conveying portion again after the conveying path is switched by the branching guide, in which a switch of the conveying path by the branching guide and open/close of a nip of the switchback roller pair are performed in one drive portion. | 07-21-2011 |
20110235131 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A position adjustment mechanism ( | 09-29-2011 |
20130119602 | DOCUMENT CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A document conveying device of the present disclosure includes a feeding unit, a stopper, and a restriction surface. The feeding unit is swingably supported on a first swinging fulcrum and is disposed selectively at a paper feeding position or at a retracted position. The stopper is swingably supported on a second swinging fulcrum, and has a document restriction portion and an engagement piece. The restriction surface is provided on the main body side of the document conveying device, and extends downward from a position coinciding with a first trajectory toward an inner side of the first trajectory, while extending downward from a position coinciding with a second trajectory toward an inner side of the second trajectory. When the feeding unit is at the retracted position, the engagement piece is engaged with the restriction surface, and when the feeding unit is at the paper feeding position, the engagement therebetween is released. | 05-16-2013 |
20130334761 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is an automatic document conveying device, including: a document feeding portion that feeds a document from a document stacking tray; a conveying portion that conveys the document which is fed, to a document reading portion; a discharge portion that discharges the document after being read to a discharge tray; a branching guide that switches a conveying path so that a second surface is read after a first surface of the document is read; and a switchback portion including a switchback roller pair for sending the document to the conveying portion again after the conveying path is switched by the branching guide, in which a switch of the conveying path by the branching guide and open/close of a nip of the switchback roller pair are performed in one drive portion. | 12-19-2013 |
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20090216358 | ASSEMBLY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND ASSEMBLY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - An assembly information management apparatus includes a detection means for detecting an update of a selected part selected from a group of parts constituting any assembly information in the set, a first calculation means for calculating outline shape data of the selected part after being updated from the selected part detected by the detection means, an identification means for identifying a common assembly information group sharing the selected part from the set, a second calculation means for calculating outline shape data of common assembly information for each piece of common assembly information identified by the identification means based on outline shape data of remaining parts after excluding the selected part constituting the common assembly information and outline shape data of the selected part after being updated calculated by the first calculation means, and an association means for associating each piece of the common assembly information with outline shape data. | 08-27-2009 |
20140188850 | RECORDING MEDIUM, SEARCH METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A file management server displays, according to selection order of first information and second information, either a relationship that the first information is subordinate to the second information or a relationship that the second information is subordinate to the first information as a subordinate relationship to be set. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188929 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A storage unit stores therein an association relationship between information for specifying a first portion of a file in a first table format and information for specifying a second portion of a file in a second table format. The control unit extracts, upon receiving a search request for an area to be influenced by the first portion, the information for specifying the second portion associated with the information for specifying the first portion by referring to the storage unit, and outputs the information for specifying the second portion and information for specifying the file in the second table format containing the second portion, as a reply to the search request. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188950 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A storage unit stores therein information for specifying a cell contained in a file in a table format and attribute information on the file in an associated manner. When first information is stored in the storage unit in association with attribute information on a first file in a table format and second information is stored in the storage unit in association with attribute information on a second file in a table format, whether there is a relevance between the first file and the second file is determined by comparing the first information and the second information by referring to the storage unit. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188951 | RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE - The file management server refers, when file information on at least two files targeted for association is acquired, to a storing unit that stores therein condition information, in which conditions for determining whether association between files is permitted are set, and determines whether the two files in the file information satisfy a condition that is set in the condition information and associates, when the condition is satisfied, the two files. | 07-03-2014 |
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20100064310 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an apparatus capable of transmitting video data to a display panel. The apparatus includes a managing unit configured to manage history information on a program transmitted to individual display panels in association with display panel information, a first determination unit configured to determine whether the program transmitted to the display panels is a restricted program that requires authentication information, a second determination unit configured, if the program is determined to be the restricted program, to determine, using the history information, whether the display panel is a display panel that displayed the restricted program in the past, and a control unit configured to transmit video data of the restricted program to the display panel if the display panel displayed the restricted program in the past. | 03-11-2010 |
20120140145 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed is an image display apparatus comprising pixels each one of which is composed of three subpixels, wherein each pair of the two subpixels is provided with a light source | 06-07-2012 |
20120281025 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The light sources are controlled by dividing a display period of one frame into such a first subframe period that blue transmitted light is obtained from the blue subpixel and red transmitted light is obtained from the red subpixel by turning ON the light sources of the blue color and the red color and such a second subframe period that green transmitted light is obtained from the green subpixel by turning ON a light source of a green color and at least any one of a procedure in which cyan transmitted light is obtained from the blue subpixel and a procedure in which yellow transmitted light is obtained from the red subpixel is performed. | 11-08-2012 |
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20090154827 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - This invention is to easily generate a normal map at a low cost. Hence, image data representing the characteristic of the surface of paper is inputted using an image input device. The type of finish of the paper is determined. Filtering processing corresponding to the type of finish is performed for the image data. A normal map is generated from the image data on which the filtering processing is performed. | 06-18-2009 |
20090273819 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing method for displaying a simulation image of an image formed on a print medium under a first light-source color on a display device under a second light-source color comprises an acquisition step of acquiring image data to be simulated in a format according to the second light-source color, a reflective color calculation step of calculating a reflective color obtained when the acquired image data is located under an achromatic light-source color, a glossy color calculation step of converting the first light-source color into the format according to the second light-source color, and calculating a glossy color of the image data based on the converted first light-source color, and a generation step of generating an image to be displayed by adding the reflective color calculated in the reflective color calculation step and the glossy color calculated in the glossy color calculation step. | 11-05-2009 |
20110007333 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREFOR - A color processing apparatus configured to simulate a print product output by a printer on a monitor. The apparatus includes a first conversion unit configured to convert color data representing an image of the simulation object into color data in a printer color space, a first calculation unit configured to calculate color data of diffuse reflection in a line-of-sight direction from color data in the printer color space, a second calculation unit configured to calculate color data in the printer color space and specular reflection color data, a third calculation unit configured to calculate color data of specular reflection in a line-of-sight direction from color data of specular reflection calculated using a parameter representing an exitance of the glossiness and colorless light-source color data, a combination unit configured to combine the color data of diffuse reflection and color data of specular reflection, and a second conversion unit configured to convert the combined color data to color data in the monitor color space. | 01-13-2011 |
20110206292 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - This invention makes it possible to obtain an enlarged image while suppressing noise and maintaining the sharpness of an original image only by setting a simple enlargement ratio without no special knowledge. Original image data (Ia) is enlarged in accordance with a set enlargement ratio (E) to generate an enlarged image (IA). The enlarged image (IA) is smoothed by using a smoothing filter with a size depending on the enlargement ratio (E) to generate smoothed image data (IB). Difference image data (IC) is generated by calculating the difference between the enlarged image data (IA) and the smoothed image data (IB). The generated difference image data is multiplied by an emphasis coefficient. The product is added to the enlarged image data, thereby obtaining image data (IS) that has undergone enlargement/unsharp masking. | 08-25-2011 |
20120224785 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - This invention makes it possible to obtain an enlarged image while suppressing noise and maintaining the sharpness of an original image only by setting a simple enlargement ratio without no special knowledge. Original image data (Ia) is enlarged in accordance with a set enlargement ratio (E) to generate an enlarged image (IA). The enlarged image (IA) is smoothed by using a smoothing filter with a size depending on the enlargement ratio (E) to generate smoothed image data (IB). Difference image data (IC) is generated by calculating the difference between the enlarged image data (IA) and the smoothed image data (IB). The generated difference image data is multiplied by an emphasis coefficient. The product is added to the enlarged image data, thereby obtaining image data (IS) that has undergone enlargement/unsharp masking. | 09-06-2012 |
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20100176713 | PHOSPHOR PARTICLE GROUP AND LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided is a phosphor particle group of divalent europium-activated oxynitride green light emitting phosphor particles each of which is a β-type SiAlON substantially represented by a general formula: EuaSibAlcOdNe, where 0.0055≦a≦0.4, b+c=12, d+e=16, wherein 60% or more of the phosphor particle group is composed of the phosphor particles in which a value obtained by dividing a longer particle diameter by a shorter particle diameter is greater than 1.0 and not greater than 3.0. A high-efficiency and stable light emitting apparatus using a β-type SiAlON, which includes a light converter using the phosphor particle group, and a phosphor particle group therefor are also provided. | 07-15-2010 |
20140184056 | PHOSPHOR PARTICLE GROUP AND LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided is a phosphor particle group of divalent europium-activated oxynitride green light emitting phosphor particles each of which is a β-type SiAlON substantially represented by a general formula: EuaSibAlcOdNe, where 0.005≦a≦0.4, b+c=12, d+e=16, wherein 60% or more of the phosphor particle group is composed of the phosphor particles in which a value obtained by dividing a longer particle diameter by a shorter particle diameter is greater than 1.0 and not greater than 3.0. A high-efficiency and stable light emitting apparatus using a β-type SiAlON, which includes a light converter using the phosphor particle group, and a phosphor particle group therefor are also provided. | 07-03-2014 |
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20090038477 | EVAPORATED FUEL GAS ADSORBENT, EVAPORATED FUEL GAS TRAPPING APPARATUS, ACTIVE CARBON AND PROCESS PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides an evaporated fuel gas adsorbent, an evaporated fuel gas trapping apparatus that uses the adsorbent, an activated carbon, and a process for producing the activated carbon. The evaporated fuel gas adsorbent is capable of improving adsorptivity and desorptivity by reliably preventing a temperature rise and a temperature fall caused by heat generated in response to the adsorption and desorption of evaporated fuel gas, is capable of achieving a size reduction of the device, and is capable of being easily produced. The activated carbon has high mechanical strength and high abrasive resistance, has many pores suitable to adsorb an organic solvent, especially, evaporated fuel gas, and has a high packing density. The activated-carbon producing process is industrially advantageous. The evaporated fuel gas adsorbent comprises an adsorptive material and latent heat storage mediums including containers each of which is made of a flexible film and in each of which a substance that absorbs or releases heat in response to a phase change is encased. The activated carbon is characterized in that a specific surface area calculated by a BET method (multipoint method) in a nitrogen adsorption isotherm determined from a nitrogen adsorption amount at liquid nitrogen temperature is 1000 to 2500 m | 02-12-2009 |
20100113266 | MERCURY ADSORBENT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention aims at providing a mercury adsorbent which is optimized in base activated carbon, sulfur amount carried, and heat treatment conditions, and is enhanced in mercury adsorption performance, and a process for producing the adsorbent, which can be put into industrial practice advantageously. The aim is attained by a mercury adsorbent made up of sulfur-carried activated carbon, with which sulfur is carried on activated carbon and which exhibits a sulfur peak top of the temperature of sulfur desorption at 534° C. to 537° C. in a calorimetric curve measured by a differential scanning calorimeter at a temperature rise rate of 10° C./minute under a nitrogen atmosphere, and a process for production of the adsorbent. | 05-06-2010 |
20100212496 | ADSORBENT, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, CANISTER AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide an adsorbent suitable as an adsorbent for a canister which is capable of reducing an amount of evaporated fuel gas released into the atmosphere even where a motor vehicle is allowed to park for a prolonged period of time, a process for producing the adsorbent as well as a canister using the adsorbent and a method for using the canister. The above object can be accomplished by an adsorbent in which an integrated volume of pores having an average diameter of 3,000 to 100,000 nm as measured with a mercury porosimeter is 6.5 mL/dl or more and an equilibrium adsorption as measured in an n-butane volume concentration of 2,000 ppm is 0.16 g/dL or more, a process for producing the adsorbent, as well as a canister and a method for using the canister. | 08-26-2010 |
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20120026426 | GROUP OF PHOSPHOR PARTICLES, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL TELEVISION RECEIVER - Provided is a phosphor particle group of divalent europium-activated oxynitride green light emitting phosphor particles ( | 02-02-2012 |
20120068595 | PHOSPHOR PARTICLE GROUP AND LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided is a phosphor particle group of divalent europium-activated oxynitride green light emitting phosphor particles each of which is a β-type SiAlON substantially represented by a general formula: EuaSibAlcOdNe, where 0.005≦a≦0.4, b+c=12, d+e=16, wherein 60% or more of the phosphor particle group is composed of the phosphor particles in which a value obtained by dividing a longer particle diameter by a shorter particle diameter is greater than 1.0 and not greater than 3.0. A high-efficiency and stable light emitting apparatus using a β-type SiAlON, which includes a light converter using the phosphor particle group, and a phosphor particle group therefor are also provided. | 03-22-2012 |
20120162573 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display including a backlight and a filter, the backlight including a light-emitting device having a light-emitting element emitting blue light, and a green phosphor and a red phosphor absorbing a part of primary light emitted from the light-emitting element and emitting first secondary light and second secondary light, respectively, the green phosphor being a β-type SiAlON phosphor containing Eu and Al dissolved in a crystal of a nitride or an oxynitride having a β-type Si | 06-28-2012 |
20140353705 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE - A semiconductor light emitting element includes a transparent substrate that transmits light emitted from said semiconductor light emitting element and a multi-layered structure formed on the transparent substrate. The multi-layered structure includes a semiconductor multi-layered film consisting of an n-type layer, an MQW light emitting layer and a p-type layer. The transparent substrate includes a light scattering structure formed in the transparent substrate for scattering the light that entered the substrate. | 12-04-2014 |
20150076447 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - A nitride semiconductor light-emitting element includes a second light-emitting layer, a third barrier layer, and a first light-emitting layer from a side close to a p-type nitride semiconductor layer. The first light-emitting layer includes a plurality of first quantum well layers and a first barrier layer provided between the plurality of first quantum well layers. The second light-emitting layer includes a plurality of second quantum well layers and a second barrier layer provided between the plurality of second quantum well layers. The second quantum well layers include a multiple quantum well light-emitting layer thicker than the first quantum well layers. | 03-19-2015 |
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20150035892 | PRINTER AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printer which is connected to a post-processing apparatus, the post-processing apparatus performing a wrapped binding in which a paper sheet bundle including a plurality of inner paper sheets is wrapped by outer paper sheets, and which prints the outer paper sheets and inner paper sheets to be sent out to the post-processing apparatus, wherein the printer includes a control unit configured to control printing of the inner paper sheets and the outer paper sheets in cooperation with the post-processing apparatus, and the control unit is configured to set printing restart information of inner paper sheets and printing restart information of outer paper sheets, and controls a restarting of printing in accordance with the setting, when printing is restarted after an abnormal conveyance that occurred inside of the post-processing apparatus has been resolved. | 02-05-2015 |
20150091968 | PRINTING SYSTEM - When a printing conveyance speed at a printing unit is changed, if a length of a printing paper sheet in the conveyance direction thereof is smaller than an inter-unit conveyance distance, which is set in advance, between the printing unit and a post-processing unit, only a printing suspending operation at the printing unit is performed, and a post-processing suspending operation at the post-processing unit is not performed. On the other hand, if the length of the printing paper sheet in the conveyance direction thereof is equal to or greater than the inter-unit conveyance distance, both the printing suspending operation at the printing unit and the post-processing suspending operation at the post-processing unit are performed. In this manner, the post-processing suspending operation is omitted depending on the length of the printing paper sheet in the conveyance direction thereof. | 04-02-2015 |