Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp.

Hitachi Via Mechanics Ltd.

Jun Wakamatsu

Yuriko Inakawa

Noriyuki Tatsuma

Eiji Nishi

Akira Okamoto

Atsuhiro Itoh

Fumio Harada

Masaki Kurokawa

Takashi Kikumoto

Mamoru Mochizuki

Kimihiko Isobe

Kazuhiro Ohkawa

Masaharu Tonouchi

Kenichirou Hotokeishi

Shinichi Takahashi

Koichi Miyazaki

Tamio Otani

Takanari Ishimura

Katsuhiro Nagasawa

Yuya Yamaguchi

Nobuhide Kawabata

Mitsuhisa Yomogisawa

Hiroyuki Kamata

Tomoaki Ozaki

Ryouhei Iwasaki

Norishige Kumagai

Eijii Nishi

Matsaki Kurokawa

Atsushiro Itoh

An information processing apparatus that manages print processes of plural printing apparatuses, the information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire execution information indicating an execution status of each printing apparatus from the plural printing apparatuses, in a case in which a predetermined condition regarding processing of converting print data into a raster image is satisfied in one printing apparatus, extract another printing apparatus capable of executing the processing of converting the print data into the raster image from among other printing apparatuses other than the one printing apparatus by using the execution information, cause the other printing apparatus, that is extracted, to execute the processing of converting the print data of a print job scheduled to be printed in the one printing apparatus into the raster image, and perform control to transmit the raster image created by the other printing apparatus to the one printing apparatus.

Information processing apparatus, printing apparatus, and information processing system

An information processing apparatus includes: a first output unit that, when an instruction to perform image formation based on 2D image data is received, generates first image formation information for formation of images on respective recording media based on the 2D image data and outputs the generated first image formation information to an image forming apparatus; a second output unit that, when an instruction to perform 3D modeling based on 3D data is received, generates plural slice data by slicing the 3D data by plural respective planes, generates second image formation information for formation of a series of slice images on respective recording media based on the plural generated slice data, and outputs the generated second image formation information to the image forming apparatus; a generation unit that generates a series of control data as defined herein; and a storing unit as defined herein.

Information processing apparatus, three-dimensional modeling system, and computer readable medium storing information processing program

An information processing apparatus includes: an interrupting unit that, in case where image formation based on 2D image data is commanded during execution of 3D modeling based on slice data generated by slicing 3D data, suspends output of image formation data for formation of slice images on respective recording media by an image forming apparatus and output of control data that allow a post-processing apparatus to perform, without delay, post-processing of the 3D modeling on the recording media on which slice images have been formed by the image forming apparatus; a changing unit that changes order of execution of formation of remaining slice images of the 3D modeling, a remaining part of the post-processing of the 3D modeling, and image formation based on the 2D image data, according to a prescribed condition; and an output unit as defined herein.

Information processing apparatus for interrupting three-dimensional modeling, three-dimensional modeling system, and computer readable medium storing information processing program for the same

Provided is a print controller connectable to each of a cut paper printer and a continuous paper printer, the print controller including a receiving unit that receives a print job in a job ticket format from a print work flow system, a test print instruction unit that generates a print job of a new test print based on the print job and instructs the cut paper printer to execute a print process to execute a test print using print data included in the print job, a holding notification unit that notifies the print work flow system of an effect that the print job is held, and a real print job instruction unit that sends the print data included in the print job and a print parameter to the continuous paper printer and instructs the continuous paper printer to execute a real print job.

Print controller, print control method and non-transitory computer readable recording medium for executing test print

Provided is a print management apparatus including a failure detector that detects a failure of a printing control apparatus and a printing apparatus in a printing system, and a printing continuation control unit that performs a control for requesting, when the failure detector detects the failure of any one of the printing control apparatus and the printing apparatus, an another printing system to lend an apparatus corresponding to the apparatus of which the failure is detected among the printing control apparatus and the printing apparatus, and for continuing, when the apparatus that is a request target is lent in response to the request, printing by the lent apparatus instead of the apparatus of which the failure is detected.

Print management apparatus, non-transitory recording medium, and printing system

An image forming apparatus includes a determination unit and a restriction unit. The determination unit determines an image forming capability of each of the image forming apparatus and a different image forming apparatus, an image being formed on a printing medium that is transported between the image forming apparatus and the different image forming apparatus. The restriction unit restricts an image forming operation of the image forming apparatus when the determination unit determines that the image forming capability of any one of the image forming apparatus and the different image forming apparatus is to be lower than an image forming capability of the other one of the image forming apparatus and the different image forming apparatus when independently performing an operation to form an image on the printing medium.

Determining capability and affect of upstream and downstream image forming devices and restricting operation accordingly

The invention provides a machining apparatus, and its machining method, having machining tables whose weight do not increase so much even if a number of machining sections such as spindles is increased. One of the machining tables is a rectangular stationary table having a groove in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction on its surface and the other is a rectangular movable table engaged with the groove. The machining apparatus machines a printed circuit board, whose area is larger than that of the movable table, on a mounting surface of the stationary table by changing position of the printed circuit board by moving the movable table and by determining machining position by moving a spindle at position facing the mounting surface of the stationary table.

Machining apparatus and machining method

An information communication system having a sending device that sends electronic information via a communication section, a receiving device that receives the electronic information sent from the sending device via the communication section, the sending device which includes a ratio information maintaining section that maintains ratio information regarding an amount of electronic information assigned to each of plural communication sections at the time of sending the electronic information, a dividing section that divides the electronic information corresponding to the plural communication sections on the basis of the maintained ratio information, and a sending section that sends the divided electronic information to the receiving section, the receiving device comprising, a receiving section that receives the electronic information sent from the sending section via the plurality communication sections, and a restoring section that combines and restores the received electronic information to a state prior to being divided by the dividing section.

Information communication system, sending device, receiving device, recording medium storing transmission control program, recording medium storing reception control program, data signal embodied in carrier wave, sending method, and receiving method

A device processing history storage system in which a device and a terminal are connected through a network, in which the terminal includes: a request portion which transmits to the device a request for device processing or a request for storage of a history of the device processing; a history request portion which requests the device for the history; and a history display portion which displays the history received from the device, and the device includes: a device processing portion which performs the device processing; a history generation portion which generates a history of the device processing performed by the device processing portion; a history storage portion which stores the history generated by the history generation portion; and a history transmission portion which transmits to the terminal the history which is stored in the history storage portion.

Device, device processing history storage system and device processing history storing method

A printer for receiving print data transmitted from a client device via a network and for effecting print processing on the basis of the received print data, comprising: a detecting unit which detects whether or not the print processing has been completed properly; a determining unit which determines a cause if it has been detected by the detecting unit that the print processing has not been completed properly; a storing unit which stores the print data in a file server on the network if it has been detected by the detecting unit that the print processing has not been completed properly; and a mail transmitting unit which transmits to the client device by an electronic mail a cause of the improper completion of the print processing determined by the determining unit and storage position information on the print data stored by the storing unit.

Printer and method of controlling the same

An image forming system includes: plural printing units each provided for each of different basic printing colors; and plural image processing units each provided in association with each of the printing units, and that generate image data for a basic color of the image processing unit's part and image data for other basic colors than the image processing unit's part required for combining processing of the image data for the basic color of the image processing unit's part, based on input printing data, and output resultant image data to a corresponding one of the printing units.

Image forming system and computer readable medium storing image forming program for processing and combining basic colors

A device that performs processing upon receiving a request from a terminal, which includes: a processing information storage unit that stores information relating to the processing; a processing history generating unit that generates a history of the processing based on the information relating to the processing stored in the processing information storage unit; a processing history transmitting unit that transmits the history of the processing generated by the processing history generating unit to the terminal; and a restriction setting unit that sets restriction on the history of the processing, in which the processing history generating unit generates the history of the processing according to the restriction set by the restriction setting unit.

Device and method for restricting display of history

A device for performing a processing in response to a request received from a requester, comprises a receiving unit that receives the request or authentication information from the requestor; a processing unit that performs processing according to the request received by the receiving unit; a job history memory that stores a history of job performed by the processing unit; and a job history display controller that controls a display of a job history list in response to the request from the requestor, wherein the job history display controller restricts a display of a history of job which has been performed in response to a request from other requestor than the first-mentioned requestor and belongs to the other requester.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Jun Wakamatsu