Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Kohei Chubachi

Daisuke Nakamura

Kazuyoshi Matsumoto

Masahiro Yonekawa

Norikazu Yanase

Yoshinori Uchino

Hiroshi Morikawa

Tsuguyori Kemma

Akiko Bamba

Taijirou Sueishi

Kenji Hiratani

Tsuyoshi Miyata

Satoshi Oda

Kaori Ozeki

Masami Umezawa

Printer

An image forming apparatus includes a printing device to perform normal printing of a job according to a setting, and processing circuitry to: accept a request for executing printing of another job while the printing device is performing the normal printing of the job according to the setting; when the request for executing printing of another job is a request for executing trial printing, control the printing device to interrupt the normal printing of the job to perform the trial printing of the another job; and control an ejection device to discharge a recording medium printed in the normal printing of the job and a recording medium printed in the trial printing of the another job on different sheet discharge trays.

Image forming apparatus, image forming system, control method, and recording medium

An image adding system includes a cloth holder to hold a cloth to which an image is added, a printer to print the cloth held by the cloth holder with an image, and a heater to heat the cloth. The cloth holder is used by both the printer and the heater with the cloth held on the cloth holder when the printer prints the image on the cloth and the heater heats the cloth.

Image adding system, printer, cloth holder, and holder with cloth

A fabric holder includes a platen to hold a portion of a fabric to be printed, and a peripheral cover including a frame to sandwich the fabric between the platen and the frame. The fabric holder is detachably attachable to a heating device that heats the fabric, and the peripheral cover includes a heat insulator having a thermal conductivity lower than a thermal conductivity of the peripheral cover.

Fabric holder, heater, and image applier

Heater for drying ink on textile

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Tokyo, Japan

Kohei Chubachi