Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Satoshi Machino

Yasuhiro Nakai

Kiyofumi Morimoto

Osamu Ueda

Masanori Matsumoto

Tsutomu Yoshimoto

Satoshi Katayama

Kenzoh Yoshida

Tomoko Kanazawa

Hiroyuki Sawai

Takeshi Nakamura

Hitoshi Nagahama

Kazuhiro Emoto

Hideyuki Nishimura

Kazushige Morita

Kohji Shinkawa

Tatsuhiro Morita

Makoto Kurokawa

Takeshi Murata

Akihiro Kondo

Takahiro Teramoto

Hiroshi Kurosaki

Keiko Yutani

Akiko Masuda

In an image forming apparatus serving as one embodiment, a large-format display that has a display screen visible from a rear face or a side face is disposed on at least one side face of a case of the image forming apparatus, and is formed such that the large-format display and the image forming apparatus are separable. The large-format display is provided with a pair of legs disposed so as to have a predetermined space L between the legs, and this space between the legs is formed so as to be no more than the lateral width of the image forming apparatus, and no more than the depth-wise width of the image forming apparatus.

Image forming apparatus with display apparatus mounted

An image forming apparatus is provided with an original capturing portion, a print portion, an operation portion, a management portion that manages various provided information, and a control portion that controls the original capturing portion, the print portion, the operation portion, and the management portion. A display apparatus that has a display screen visible from a back face or a side face of the image forming apparatus is disposed on at least one side face of an image forming apparatus case, and the control portion displays various provided information managed by the management portion on the display screen.

Display-integrated image forming apparatus

A display apparatus that has a display screen visible from a back face or a side face of an image forming apparatus is disposed on at least one side face of an image forming apparatus case.

A digital multifunction peripheral provided with a scanner portion, an operation portion, an image forming portion, a device control portion, a fax modem, a communications portion, a management portion, and a hard disk (HD) is connected to a server apparatus via an external network. A large-format display is attached integrally to a rear face of a case of the digital multifunction peripheral, with a first display screen facing toward the outside. The device control portion is connected to the server apparatus via the external network, and displays various pieces of provided information managed by the server apparatus on the first display screen.

Display-integrated image forming apparatus, image display system, and image display method

An e-mail apparatus enhancing the ease of operation. The e-mail messages are transmitted based on classification results to reduce the load of a user. The e-mail apparatus facilitates composing a body of a message, selecting registrant data for a prescribed area, selecting attributes and a setting for association with the body of the message, the attributes and the setting for determining a list of recipients of the message according to the registrant data in the prescribed area, and sending the message to the list of recipients.

Electronic mail apparatus

An image forming devicecomprises an electrophotographic processing unitequipped with a developerincluding a developing agent containing black toner having infrared reflectiveness, and forms an image having infrared reflective property. The image forming devicefurther comprises a detectorfor detecting whether the formed toner image has infrared reflective property or not and a control unit for controlling each unit based on the result of detection by the detectorso as to form a black image having infrared reflective property in a reliable manner.

Image forming device, toner and copy

An object of the invention is to provide an electrophotographic photoconductor featuring uniform chargeability to a predetermined potential, low residual potential and excellent stability in the operating environment and repeated use thereof, as well as a method of producing the same. An undercoat layer between a substrate and a photosensitive layer is formed by the use of a coating fluid for undercoat layer containing a coupling agent having an unsaturated bond, a metal oxide, a binder and a mixture solvent. The coupling agent increases affinity of the metal oxide for the binder so that the coating fluid does not suffer the aggregation of the metal oxide or gelation thereof, presenting homogeneity and excellent can-stability. Thus is obtained a uniform undercoat layer. A photoconductor having this undercoat layer is adapted to be uniformly charged to a predetermined potential and to suppress the rise of residual potential and particularly the rise of residual potential due to a use thereof under low-temperature, low-humidity conditions or the repeated use thereof over an extended period of time, thus offering a high photosensitivity in a stable manner.

Electrophotographic photoconductor and method of producing same

An object of the present invention is to improve the storage stability of a coating liquid for forming a photosensitive layer of a photosensitive member for electrophotography as well as to improve the electrophotography properties of a photosensitive member produced by applying the coating liquid. A photosensitive member for electrophotography is produced by applying a coating liquid composition for a photosensitive member for electrophotography prepared by dissolving or dispersing an organic photoconductive compound and a binder resin in a solvent, and further containing an aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon on an electroconductive substrate, and drying for forming a photosensitive layer on the electroconductive substrate.

Coating liquid composition for photosensitive member for

The present invention provides a highly sensitive and highly durable electrophotographic photoconductor providing a conductive support and a photosensitive layer formed thereon, the photosensitive layer comprising a bis-enamine compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein 'A' is a C.sub.6-12 arylene group which may have a substituent, a bivalent heterocyclic reside which may have a substituent, a C.sub.2-4 lower alkylene group which may have a substituent; 'B' is a lower dialkylamino group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkyl group, a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; and k is an integer from 1 to 5 provided that when k is an integer of 2 or more, 'B' may be identifcal or different, may together form a ring; and n is an integer from 2 to 4. The electrophotographic photoconductor according to this invention is excellent in stability resisting fluctuations in temperature and humidity, high in electric chargeability, almost free from reduction in photosensitivity in repetitive use and also free from deterioration in image quality such as defection in toner images.

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Osaka, Japan

Satoshi Machino