Mita Industrial Co., Ltd.

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Kyocera Mita Corporation

Yasuhiko Kida

Tsuyoshi Nagao

Yoshiyuki Takeda

Masayuki Kakuta

Yoichiro Irie

Takeshi Yoshida

Takeshi Matsuo

Hiroyuki Harada

Yumi Kitamura

Toshitsugu Nishimi

Yusuke Nakagoshi

Haruo Yamamoto

Hiromi Sakata

Toru Yasui

Daisuke Yoshida

Tetsuya Nishino

Katsuji Furushige

Tetsuya Maeda

Hiroyuki Nagai

Toshikazu Matsui

Hidehiro Tabuchi

Jun Miyoshi

Yasushi Tsukamoto

Akira Fujikura

Mitsugu Shibanaka

Toshinobu Yoshida

Yasuhiro Fukui

Hiromasa Akamatsu

Hideaki Shimizu

Aiko Matsuda

Nobukazu Otsuka

An image forming apparatus includes an image reading section, a storage section, a communication section, an acceptance section, and an operation control section. The storage section has a plurality of storage regions at least one or more of which are signage-specific storage regions associated one-to-one with one or more digital signage devices. Each of the signage-specific storage region stores: a plurality of pieces of image data generated by the image reading section having read a number of documents; and setting data indicating a display setting of how the relevant digital signage device displays the pieces of image data. When the acceptance section accepts a delivery instruction, the operation control section allows the communication section to send the pieces of image data and the setting data both stored in the signage-specific storage region associated with the relevant digital signage device designated in the delivery instruction to the relevant digital signage device.

Image forming apparatus that delivers image data to digital signage device

An image forming apparatus includes an image reading section, a storage section, a communication section, an acceptance section, and an operation control section. The storage section has a plurality of storage regions at least one of which is associated one-to-one with one or more digital signage devices. The operation control section is configured to, when the acceptance section accepts a delivery instruction, allow the image reading section to read an original document and generate image data from the read original document, allow the storage section to store the image data generated by the image reading section in the one or more respective storage regions associated with the one or more digital signage devices designated in the delivery instruction, and allow the communication section to send the image data stored in the one or more associated storage regions to the one or more respective digital signage devices.

Image forming apparatus that delivers image data displayed on digital signage devices and computer-readable non-transitory recording medium with image forming apparatus control program recorded thereon

An image forming apparatus includes an image reading section, a storage section, a communication section, an acceptance section, and an operation control section. The storage section has a plurality of storage regions at least one or more of which are signage-specific storage regions associated one-to-one with the one or more digital signage devices. Each of the signage-specific storage regions stores the image data generated by the image reading section having read the original document. The operation control section is further configured to, when the acceptance section accepts the delivery instruction, allow the communication section to send the image data stored in the signage-specific storage region associated with the individual digital signage device designated in the delivery instruction to the digital signage device designated in the delivery instruction and allow the storage section to store the delivery instruction as history information in the associated signage-specific storage region.

Image forming apparatus that delivers image data displayed on digital signage devices and computer-readable non-transitory medium with image forming control program recorded thereon

An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit, a data acquisition unit, and a communication unit. The detection unit is configured to detect whether or not print target data based on a print job has been created in a format suitable for printing on a predetermined image forming apparatus. The data acquisition unit is configured to acquire, when the detection unit detects that the print target data has been created, the created print target data and accompanying print information extracted from the print job. The communication unit is configured to transmit print data containing the acquired print target data and accompanying print information to the image forming apparatus using a predetermined protocol applicable to the image forming apparatus.

Computer-readable non-transitory storage medium with communication program stored thereon, information processing apparatus, image forming system, and image forming apparatus

A communication terminal device includes a transmission target setting part; a transmission destination reception part, and a transmission part. The transmission target setting part sets, based on an instruction from an operator, specification of transmission target data targeted for fax transmission performed by a previously specified facsimile device. The transmission destination reception part receives, from the operator, input of transmission destination information indicating a destination for transmission of the transmission target data whose specification has been received by the transmission target setting part. The transmission part transmits the transmission target data and the transmission destination information to a server, together with a delivery instruction for delivering the transmission target data and the transmission destination information by the server where the predefined facsimile device is defined as a reception destination of the transmission target data and the transmission destination information.

Communication terminal device, information processor transmitting transmission target data via a server and the information processor to a predefined facsimile device

An image forming apparatus includes a printing data reception unit, an identification information creation unit, an identification information transmission unit, an HDD, an image forming unit, an identification information acceptance unit, and a controller. The printing data reception unit receives from a communication terminal device printing data including printing target data and its printing accompanying information with a predetermined protocol. The identification information creation unit creates identification information upon receiving the printing data. The identification information transmission unit transmits identification information to the communication terminal device. The HDD stores the printing data. The identification information acceptance unit accepts input of the identification information. The controller makes the image forming unit print the printing target data corresponding to the input identification information.

Image forming apparatus, communication device, and image forming system for printing data received from communication terminal device

An image forming apparatus includes: an operation unit; an image forming unit; a control unit making the image forming unit perform an image formation; a data acquisition unit obtaining an image formation object data; a data conversion unit converting the image formation object data to an image formation format data; and a plurality of memory regions storing the image formation format data, wherein when the data acquisition unit obtains the image formation object data, the control unit makes the data conversion unit convert the image formation object data to the image formation format data, makes each of the plurality of memory regions store each of the image formation format data, and, when the operation unit receives an image formation instruction, makes the image forming unit perform an image formation, in a predetermined order, of the image formation format data stored in the plurality of memory regions.

Image forming apparatus and image forming system

A mobile printing system includes a cloud server apparatus, a mobile terminal device, a device management server apparatus, a print-control device, and an image forming apparatus. The cloud server apparatus stores a document data file. The mobile terminal device includes a wireless communication interface, and a short-range communication interface of which the maximum communicable distance is shorter than that of the wireless communication interface, and transmits the document data file with its device ID to the cloud server apparatus. The device management server apparatus receives the document data file in association with the device ID, and converts the document data file to print data and stores it. The print-control device detects the mobile terminal device using a short-range communication interface, and receives its device ID, and receives the print data from the document management server apparatus, and transmits the print data to the image forming apparatus for printing.

Mobile printing system using a device management server

A Multi-Function peripheral (MFP), a server apparatus, and a client apparatus for generating image output data from document data and transmitting the image output data to the server apparatus are each connected to a network. In the server apparatus, an output data management unit stores the received image output data in an output data storage unit. Upon receiving user authentication information that is input with a user operation on the MFP, the server apparatus determines whether the user authentication information is valid. When the user authentication information is determined to be valid, the server apparatus transmits to the MFP one or more among the stored image output data associated with the user authentication information.

Image forming system

An information notification deviceincludes a memory unit, a request reception unit, and a communication unit. The memory unitstores first equipment information indicating the internal state of a printer engine. When the image forming apparatusis in sleep mode, the request reception unitreceives requests for second equipment information indicating the current state of the image forming apparatus. When the second equipment information is low rate of change with time first attribute information, the communication unittransmits the first equipment information to the requesting source. When the second equipment information is second attribute information, whose rate of change with time is higher than first attribute information, the power supplysupplies power to the engine, the communication unitobtains the second equipment information from the engineand transmits it to the requesting source.

Information notification device on image forming apparatus in a sleeping mode

An image forming apparatus in which there can be set a writing space mode in which document images in a preset number are printed on a half of a single paper sheet, thus forming a writing space on the other half of the paper sheet. This image forming apparatus is arranged to print document images in a preset number on a half of a single paper sheet when the writing space mode has been set as a copying mode.

Image forming apparatus having writing space mode

An image forming apparatus is provided with a document size detecting sectionfor detecting the size of a document to be read, a document size changing sectionfor changing the size of a document image based on a magnification set by a user, and a mode setting sectionfor setting an operation mode to a document identical size mode, in which the document image is outputted on a recording sheet having the same size as the one detected by the document size detecting sectionregardless of the magnification set by the user.

Image forming apparatus with a document identical size mode and outputting a document image having a size conforming to the document

A sheet sorter including a plurality of trays on which sheets are to be placed, adapted to sort sheets by switching the trays on which the sheets are to be placed, and designed to enable users to easily find their own sheets even if no tray is designated. Trays are each provided with a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of sheets, and the tray bearing no sheet is preferentially selected as the tray on which a sheet is to be placed when no tray is designated. If there are a plurality of trays bearing no sheet, the uppermost one thereof is selected. If there is no tray bearing no sheet, the tray having a longest duration from the last time when the sheet is placed thereon is selected.

Sheet sorter and an image forming apparatus

The invention provides a stackless continuous dual-sided copying method in photocopying machines. The method includes: a first step of finding as a circulatable sheet count the number of copy sheets that can stay in a circulating conveyance path when performing stackless continuous dual-sided copying; a second step of successively feeding sheets of copy paper wherein the number of the fed sheets is based on the circulatable sheet count if a copy sheet count remaining amount is greater than the circulatable sheet count, and successively convey-introducing the sheets of copy paper into the circulating conveyance path from a copy-sheet conveyance entry point for the circulating conveyance path; and a third step of resuming sheet-feeding operations at a predetermined timing after the last sheet of the copy sheets has finished passing the conveyance entry point in the circulating conveyance path, for starting a next continuous dual-sided copying cycle after copying to first sides of the copy sheets successively convey-introduced into the circulating conveyance path in the second step is completed. Accordingly, when carrying out stackless continuous dual-sided copying in accordance with the present invention, there is no need for copy sheet detection sensors to determine whether the number of copy sheets conveyed to the circulating conveyance path has reached the conveyable sheet count.

Stackless continuous dual-sided copying method in photocopiers

A paper conveying device for overrunning paper from a stop position and then, switching the paper back to stop the paper in a stop position. The driving of a paper conveying section for conveying paper is stopped at the time point where the rear end of the paper reaches the stop position. Thereafter, the amount of overrun of the paper is detected, so that the paper is switched back by the amount. Consequently, the amount of overrun and the amount of switchback of the paper are suppressed to the minimum amounts required. In addition, the stress applied to the paper is reduced, and the paper is set in a short time.

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