Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Kohji Yoshimura

Mizuna Tanaka

Akihiko Tosaka

Megumi Arai

Takashi Oida

Yuuya Ozaki

Kazutaka Takeda

Yoshiko Konaka

An information processing apparatus includes: circuitry that measures at least one of first communication speeds of a plurality of servers that store identical data or one or more second communication speeds of one or more information terminals that access the identical data in at least one of the plurality of servers, each of the first communication speeds corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of servers, each of the one or more second communication speeds corresponding to a respective one of the one or more information terminals, determines, from among the plurality of servers, a corresponding server that is to be a communication counterpart of each of the one or more information terminals, based on at least one of the first communication speeds or the one or more second communication speeds, and notifies each of the one or more information terminals of the corresponding server determined to be the communication counterpart of the information terminal.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and recording medium

Adjustment image data is for use in adjusting imaging operation. The adjustment image data is stored in a storage of an image forming apparatus and read from the storage to form an image on a sheet of paper at the time of adjusting an imaging operation of the image forming apparatus. The adjustment image data includes a single identification mark located in the vicinity of a longitudinal center of the sheet of paper.

Adjustment image data for use in imaging operation and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, an image forming device to form an image on the image bearer, a transfer device to transfer the image formed on the image bearer onto a sheet, a storage to store the sheet, a sheet feeder to convey the sheet one by one to the transfer device, and a slip amount prediction controller. The slip amount prediction controller calculates a predicted slip amount between the sheet feeder and the sheet before forming the image and, subsequently calculates an interval between images based on the predicted slip amount. The slip amount prediction controller controls the image forming device based on the calculated interval between images to form the image on the image bearer.

Image forming apparatus and image forming method

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Kanagawa, Japan

Kohji Yoshimura