Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

Noboru Ogino

Makoto Harigae

Takaaki Suzuki

Yasuhiro Kojima

An image forming apparatus communicates with another device and includes a processor that controls the communication. A control unit controls the apparatus to operate in one of at least a first power saving state, a second power saving state, and a normal state. In the first power saving state, the apparatus is controlled so that an image forming unit, an image reading unit, and the control unit are not activated, and a communication device is activated. In the second power saving state, the apparatus is controlled so that at least one of the image forming unit and the image reading unit are not activated, and the communication device and the control unit are activated. In the normal state, the apparatus is controlled so that at least the image forming unit, the image reading unit, the communication device, and the control unit are activated.

Image forming apparatus and control method

According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a document platen, a document cover for covering the document platen during scanning, the document cover having a through-hole into which an original document can be inserted for placement on the document platen for scanning while the document cover is covering the document platen, a scanner that scans the original document on the document platen to image data corresponding to the original document, and a printing unit that prints an image of the original document corresponding to the image data obtained by the scanner.

Image forming apparatus, reading device, and control method

A minutes taking system includes a voice recognition apparatus and an image forming apparatus. The voice recognition apparatus receives voice signals from the image forming apparatus, performs voice recognition processing on the received voice signals, and returns voice recognition results to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes voice input units, a storage unit, a voice transmission unit, a voice recognition result receiving unit, a minutes data creating unit, and an image forming unit. The storage unit accumulates the voice signals input from the voice input units. The voice transmission unit transmits a non-transmitted voice signal, among the voice signals stored in the storage unit, to the voice recognition apparatus when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The minutes data creating unit creates minutes data based on the voice recognition result received by the voice recognition result receiving unit.

Minutes taking system, minutes taking method, and image forming apparatus

A first scan unit sequentially transports and scans documents from a document tray, and a second scan unit scans a document placed on a glass plane. A first select unit selects the first or second scan unit according to a predetermined rule when a start instruction is accepted. An accept unit accepts a change instruction, a continue instruction or a print instruction after the first scan unit scans all documents from the document tray or the second scan unit scans the document placed on the glass plane. A second select unit selects the first or second scan unit according to the predetermined rule when the continue instruction is accepted. A storage unit stores new image data provided by the first or second scan unit corresponding to an additional document until the print instruction is accepted. Then, a print unit prints image data stored in the storage unit during a period starting from when the start instruction is accepted and ending when the print instruction is accepted.

Document scanning apparatus and document scanning method for sequentially scanning documents and generating image data corresponding to these documents

An image forming apparatus of an example of the invention includes first connecting means for receiving image data, second connecting means for receiving control information for subjecting the image data to output control, the control information corresponding to the image data, third connecting means for communicating first print job information of the image data, and a display unit that displays the first print job information received by the third connecting means.

Image forming apparatus and method for use with an external controller

An image sensor scans a document which is transported by an image sensor drive mechanism section and is placed on a document glass plane. At this time, an ADF scan operation is performed when a document transport mechanism section is used for transporting documents. Otherwise, a manual-feed scan operation is performed. A CPU accepts a specification whether to scan the next document each time an ADF or manual-feed scan operation terminates. When an operation to scan the next document is specified, the ADF or manual-feed scan operation is performed. The ADF or manual-feed scan operation generates image data until a specification is issued to complete document scanning. The CPU uses image memory to store the generated image data corresponding to each page in a series of documents arranged in the order of scanning.

An image forming apparatus comprises function for reading images of a series of original documents in a first order and for outputting a series of image data items, storage function for storing the series of image data items outputted from the read function, instruct function for instructing one of the first order and a second order reverse to the first order, as an output order in which the series of image data items are outputted, first output function for outputting the series of image data items stored in the storage function, in the first order, in accordance with the output order instructed by the instruct function, second output function for converting the series of image data items stored in the storage function into the second order and for outputting the series of image data items converted, and function for forming images corresponding to the series of image data items outputted from the first or second output function.

Image forming apparatus having a mode in which an order of a plurality of read images to be printed can be changed

When an interruption key is once depressed during a printing operation to instruct an interruption, an interruption flag is turned on to perform a delay interruption process. If the interruption key is depressed once again while the interruption flag is turned on (i.e. a delay interruption is awaited), an urgent interruption is determined and an interruption copying process is immediately performed.

Image forming apparatus with interruption function

An image forming apparatus arranged to form and output a plurality of images of a plurality of original documents onto a plurality of sheets in an electronic sorting mode and having a control unit for controlling an image forming mechanism in such a manner that standby is performed during an operation for printing for each unit of groups of the sheets even if an instruction to perform interruption printing is issued, and the interruption printing process is performed after the group unit printing has been completed.

Image forming apparatus performing interruption process in electronic

An information recording medium is disclosed including a first disc having opposite side surfaces and a second disc having opposite side surfaces, coaxially positioned adjacent the first disc. A first spacing member is positioned between the first and second discs for fixedly connecting the first and second discs together to form an air space between the facing surfaces of the first and second discs. A recording layer is formed on a facing surface of one of the first and second discs in the air space between the discs. The recording layer includes a pre-formatted data recording area having recorded pre-formatted data thereon. A second spacing member is aligned with the surface of the pre-formatted data recording area for bonding the pre-formatted data recording area of the recording layer to the facing surface of the other of the first and second discs.

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Sunto Shizuoka, Japan

Noboru Ogino