An image reading device includes a first roller that is rotatably supported by a frame, a second roller that is supported by the frame in a rotatable and translatable manner and that presses a medium against the first roller, a joint unit that transmits rotation from a drive shaft to the second roller, a drive unit that rotates both the first roller and the drive shaft, and a read unit configured to read an image on a conveyed medium that is conveyed by the rotation of the both of the first roller and the second roller.

A sheet transport apparatus is equipped with a sheet transport guide section for guiding a sheet to be transported. The sheet transport guide section includes a first transport guide member swingable about a first axis, and a second transport guide member swingable about a second axis, the second transport guide member forming a sheet transport path between the second transport guide member and the first transport guide member. The second transport guide member is arranged at a first position when the first transport guide member is closed, at a second position where the second transport guide member is opened from the first position when the first transport guide member is opened, or at a third position where the second transport guide member is opened from the second position.

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium according to image data, and an adjusting unit that adjusts the image around a cut when the recording medium has the cut.

According to at least one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a first sensor, a second sensor, and a controller. The first sensor is configured to detect a user. The second sensor is configured to detect a sheet in a sheet holder. The controller is configured to change a transition mode of an operation mode based on a first detection result of the sheet in the sheet holder by the second sensor in response to the detection of the user by the first sensor when the operation mode of the image forming apparatus is a second power-saving mode, which consumes less power than a first power-saving mode.

A job includes pages that have multiple items positioned according to coordinates. A sheet coordinate location identifier for each of the items (that corresponds to the coordinates for the items) is added to the job. The job is printed to produce printed sheets of items (printed items) printed according to the coordinates. A cutting device cuts the printed sheets, according to the coordinates, into individually cut items. Each of the cut items includes the sheet coordinate location identifier printed thereon, and this identifies the pre-cutting locations of the cut items within the uncut sheets of print media. The cut items are inspected for cutting defects to identify defective items. Pre-cutting locations of the defective items are identified using only the sheet coordinate location identifier printed on the defective items. A repair recommendation for the cutting device is based on the most common pre-cutting location of the defective items.

A controller for a printer, a printing system, method for controlling a printer and a software medium are disclosed. The controller includes a process monitor configured to determine which images of a plurality of images are currently being processed simultaneously by the printer; and a display configured to indicate to a user, based on the determining by the process monitor, which images of the plurality of images are currently being processed simultaneously by the printer.

When a page turner is to be accommodated, a holding table is folded, and an air blowing section is rotated and moved toward a side surface of an accommodation case where a page-turning mechanism can be accommodated, whereby the upper surface of the accommodation case and the air blowing port of the air blowing section are substantially flush with each other. Also, an expansion unit is removed from the holding table, and a casing is closed to cover a page-turning main body section constituted by the accommodation case and the air blowing section and the holding table. As a result, the entire page turner is accommodated in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape whose vertical and horizontal size is equal to a vertical and horizontal size of a predetermined book. Finally, the page turner is inserted between a pair of side plates constituting leg sections in an image pickup apparatus stand.

A page turner which turns pages of a book, including a holding table which holds the book in an opened state, amain body section which turns each page of the opened book from a page-turning start point to a page-turning end point, a casing which is constituted by a plurality of constituent surfaces, and accommodates the holding table and the main body section in a rectangular parallelepiped shape formed of the plurality of constituent surfaces when the page turner is accommodated; and a stand on which an imaging apparatus for photographing each page of the book is placed, in which the stand includes a pair of self-standing leg sections, and support the rectangular parallelepiped casing with the casing being held upright and interposed between the pair of leg sections when the page turner is accommodated.

A casing has a guide sheet attached or printed on the inner side thereof which has a written guide such as an illustration for informing a user of an installation position of a page-turning main body section and an installation position of an imaging apparatus stand for each book size. This guide sheet has written thereon markers each representing a placement position on a holding table for each book size and symbols each representing an installation position of the page-turning main body section adapted to a book size with the holding table on the casing as a reference for each of the markers. Also, on the guide sheet, installation positions of the page-turning main body section are written corresponding to the symbols.

A stand installation plate that is a mounting plate for fixing an imaging apparatus stand at a predetermined angle is attached to a constituent surface corresponding to a back portion of a casing with a screw. This stand installation plate is horizontally rotatable with the screw as a rotation axis. At a predetermined position on the stand installation plate, a male screw that is a fixing section is provided. When using a page turner, a user installs the imaging apparatus stand on the stand installation plate such that the male screw is inserted into a hole formed in a bottom plate of a leg section. Then, by screwing a cap provided with a female screw into the male screw, the user fixed the imaging apparatus stand on the stand installation plate.