| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080219691 | Image Forming Apparatus - In an image forming apparatus | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080298819 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, ADJUSTING METHOD THEREOF AND REPLACEMENT COMPONENT THEREOF - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus in which a replacement component is set including the replacement component in which a storage medium storing adjustment necessity information indicating whether an adjustment procedure is needed or not after the replacement component is replaced and adjustment item information indicating an adjustment item is attached, an information reading unit to read the adjustment necessity information and the adjustment item information from the storage medium when the replacement component is set and a control unit to execute the adjustment procedure based on the adjustment necessity information and the adjustment item information read by the information reading unit when a power is turned on after the replacement component is replaced. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090067950 | BOOKBINDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A bookbinding apparatus, which is capable of being attached to an image forming apparatus, and bookbinding by adhering a cover sheet onto a spine of a sheet bundle formed by a plurality of sheets on each of which an image has been formed by the image forming apparatus, the bookbinding apparatus including: a coating section for coating adhesive onto the spine of the sheet bundle; a heater for heating the adhesive; a temperature detection section for detecting temperature of the adhesive; an input section for receiving input from a user; and a heater control section for controlling the heater based on a detection result of the temperature detection section based on the input from the input section so that temperature of the adhesive becomes a predetermined control temperature, and changing a control condition of the heater. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090072468 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: a sheet feeding tray to store a sheet; an image forming section to form an image on the sheet; a fusing section to fuse the image; a controlling section to perform cleaning of the fusing section when a sheet has been nipped in the fusing section at an occurrence of a jam by passing a sheet through the fusing section after the jam is relieved; an operating section to set an allowed condition of a sheet; and a memory section to store an allowed condition, wherein the controlling section determines whether the sheet feeding tray stores a sheet which satisfies the allowed condition, and when the sheet feeding tray stores the sheet which satisfies the allowed condition, selects the sheet feeding tray and controls the sheet feeding tray to feed the sheet and controls the fusing section to pass the sheet. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20100110487 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Disclosed an image forming apparatus including: a nonvolatile storage section to store a print job; an input section for instructing to store the print job in the storage section; a condition setting section to allow the storage section to store a predetermined condition for enabling execution of the print job so that the predetermined condition corresponds to the print job; and a control section to execute the print job stored in the storage section, wherein the control section executes the print job when the control section judges that the predetermined condition stored in the storage section is met. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110008759 | INSTRUCTOR SUPPORT SYSTEM - According to an embodiment, an instructor support system has a plant simulation device used for plant operation training, an instructor support device, a dialog display device, a video device, and an operator position detection means that picks up an image of an operator with an operation detection video camera and carries out image processing for the image. The instructor support device has an operator position judgment means that judges an operator position in accordance with the information received from the operator position detection means, an operator information saving means that records a corresponding table between an ID code and an operator name, an operator name display data generation means, and an operation history display screen that shows the generated operator name display data to an instructor. | 01-13-2011 |