Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp.

Ricoh Corporation

Hirofumi Ogawa

Hiroshi Yoshinaga

Masanao Ehara

Motokazu Yasui

Hideo Furukawa

Hiroyuki Gotoh

Tadashi Ogawa

Hiroyuki Shimada

Makoto Kondo

Shinichi Namekata

Kazunori Ozeki

Nobuki Hagiwara

Koichi Naito

Ippei Fujimoto

Ippel Fujimoto

Takuya Ejiri

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to receive a request for a process based on a spoken voice of a user, and in a case where the request includes a first setting and a second setting that are in a prohibition relationship, perform a control for performing the process with the first setting in a case where the first setting is spoken earlier than the second setting in the spoken voice.

Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to receive an instruction to execute a service by utterance, and perform control to present execution information regardless of whether or not a setting for presenting the execution information is performed, the execution information being information indicating an execution result of the received service.

Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing information processing program

A print instruction apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires basis weight class information from multiple image forming apparatuses to be selected, the basis weight class information representing information on basis weight class of recording paper set for each of the multiple image forming apparatuses, and a generating unit that generates a common basis weight classification from the acquired basis weight class information, the common basis weight classification including a basis weight class common to the multiple image forming apparatuses.

Print instruction apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium

An information processing apparatus to which plural image forming apparatuses having different functions are connected and which transfers a print job transmitted from a terminal apparatus of a user to the image forming apparatus usable by the user, includes a generation unit that generates a model group of the image forming apparatus usable by the user, for each user.

Information processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and information processing system for print job management

An input display apparatus includes the following elements. A display unit has a display area. A receiver receives plural types of gestures which are performed on the display area. A setting unit sets plural settings for an apparatus in accordance with the types of gestures received by the receiver. A display controller controls the display unit to display at least one of the plural settings and gesture guidance information for guiding an input of a gesture which is associated with the setting to be displayed.

Apparatus, method, and computer readable medium for displaying gesture guidance information

Input display apparatus and method, image forming apparatus, imaging apparatus, and computer readable medium

An image forming device whereby stable fixing performance is obtained and whose fixing properties are excellent and that does not produce curling of the paper after fixing, due to performing control for correcting fixing temperature by environmental sensing not only during standby but also over time. A plurality of temperature detecting units are provided in the fixing device and a plurality of detecting units that detect temperature and humidity are provided within the image forming device. Temperature correction is performed whereby the target control temperature of the fixing device is changed to a prescribed value in accordance with the temperature or humidity detected by the plurality of detecting units.

Image forming device with a control means to correct the fixing control temperature

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism and a fixing mechanism. The fixing mechanism fixes a visible image formed by the image forming mechanism onto a recording sheet. The fixing mechanism includes a first roller, a second roller, a belt, a third roller, and an applicator. The second roller includes a first heater having a first heat capacity. The belt is looped over the first and second rollers. The third roller is arranged opposite to the first roller via the belt, includes a second heater having a heat capacity smaller than the first heat capacity of the first heater, applies a pressure to the belt and the first roller, and rotates in conjunction with a movement of the first roller via the belt. The applicator is arranged at a position in contact with the third roller and applies oil to a surface of the third roller.

Image forming apparatus, fixing apparatus and toner

An image forming apparatus including a fixing device that has a rotatable endless belt, a contacting member to contact the rotatable endless belt, a rotatable pressing member contacting the contacting member via the rotatable endless belt to form a nip region, a heating member to heat the rotatable endless belt, a detecting device to detect a temperature of the heating member, a controlling device to control a temperature of the heating member based on a detection result of the detecting device, and a determining device to determine that the sheet-like recording medium has passed through the fixing device. The controlling device controls such that the temperature of the heating member set for the fixing operation is decreased to a temperature set when the sheet-like recording medium has passed through the fixing device, immediately after a last sheet-like recording medium in a series of a job has passed through the fixing device.

Image forming apparatus preventing excessive increase in temperature of fixing device

A fixing device includes an abutting member arranged at a position between an upstream side of a fixing roller and a downstream side of a heating roller in a moving direction of a fixing belt so as to abut against the fixing belt and expand a fixing region. The fixing device may also include a first supporting member and a second supporting member, which supports the fixing belt, etc., with respect to the first supporting member. An angle, formed between an approaching direction of a sheet-like recording medium and a line tangential to an upstream end of the fixing region in the moving direction of the fixing belt, is set equal to 20&deg; or larger.

Fixing device preventing rubbing of toner image

A fixing device for fixing a toner image on a recording medium includes a heating roller, a fixing roller, an endless fixing belt extended around at least the heating roller and the fixing roller and configured to be heated by the heating roller, a pressing roller disposed opposite to the fixing roller via the fixing belt, a temperature detecting member configured to detect a surface temperature of the heating roller, and a control device configured to control a surface temperature of the fixing belt at a predetermined temperature based on a surface temperature of the heating roller detected by the temperature detecting member. The temperature detecting member contacts a circumferential surface of the heating roller where the fixing belt is not extended around, such that the temperature detecting member is held in a low frictional relation to the circumferential surface of the heating roller.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Hirofumi Ogawa