An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus which forms an image on a sheet, an image reading apparatus which reads the image formed on the sheet by the image forming apparatus, and a finisher which performs a post-printing process with the sheet. The image forming system further includes: a paper path which is provided in the image reading apparatus and through which the sheet is passed; and an electricity eliminator which is arranged in the upstream side of the finisher to eliminate static electricity of the sheet, wherein the electricity eliminator applies at least one of water and charge to front and back sides of the sheet.

Provided is an image forming apparatus including a printing unit that is capable of performing printing on a recording medium using information from terminal devices, a history information holding unit that holds printing history information including information of each of the terminal devices that have performed printing using the printing unit, and an identification unit that identifies status grasping target terminal devices by the information of the terminal devices, the information being included in the printing history information.

Provided is an information display system including plural situation grasping devices that are provided in an office room, each of which grasps surrounding situations, and an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium, the image forming apparatus being provided in the office room and including a display which displays location related information of the situation grasping devices in the office room.

Provided is an image forming apparatus including a reading unit that reads information from a recording medium on which information on a situation grasping device is written, an acquiring unit that acquires specific information for specifying the situation grasping device from the information read by the reading unit, and a setting unit that sets association with the situation grasping device using the specific information acquired by the acquiring unit.

An image forming apparatus includes a scanner configured to acquire scan data by scanning a scan target, an electrostatic discharge (ESD) detector configured to detect an ESD when the scan data is acquired, and a data processor configured to process the scan data acquired when the ESD is detected according to an operation state of the scanner.

Provided is a device management system including

plural situation grasping devices that are provided in an office room, each of which grasps surrounding situations, and

an image forming apparatus that is provided in the office room, includes a storage unit storing information on the plural situation grasping devices, and forms an image on a recording material.

A sound absorber, which is included in a sheet feeder included in an image reading device, an image forming apparatus, and an electronic device, includes a cavity, a communication portion through which the cavity communicates with an outside of a sheet feeder, and a communication direction changing device configured to change a communication direction of the communicating portion.

An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus that includes an image forming part to form an image on a recording medium, a sheet container to contain the recording medium, a sheet feeder to feed the recording medium from the sheet container toward the image forming part, and a controller to switch speeds of conveyance of the recording medium conveyed by the image forming part and the sheet feeder between high speed sheet conveyance and low speed sheet conveyance. The image forming apparatus continuously forms the image on multiple recording media in a continuous printing mode. The controller adjusts a printing distance in the continuous printing mode between a trailing end of a preceding recording medium of the recording media and a leading end of a subsequent recording medium in the low speed sheet conveyance to be greater than the printing distance in the high speed sheet conveyance.

An image forming apparatus includes: a storage section configured to store a sheet profile in coordination with environment information of at least one of a temperature and a humidity around the apparatus, the sheet profile including an image formation condition in accordance with a sheet; an acquisition section configured to acquire the environment information; and a retrieval section configured to retrieve a sheet profile corresponding to current environment information acquired by the acquisition section from among the sheet profile stored in the storage section.

Provided is a device housing made of materials containing at least an electrically conductive material, an image reading device, and an electrostatic capacitance detection device that can achieve electrical connection with a relatively small space while preventing deformation of the device housing. The device housing includes a housing made of materials containing at least an electrically conductive material and including an electrically conductive surface in at least part of the surface of the housing, a ground conductor being present on a plane different from the plane including the electrically conductive surface, and a ground auxiliary conductor disposed over a level difference existing between the plane including the electrically conductive surface and the plane including the ground conductor. The ground auxiliary conductor is an electrically conductive sheet to connect the electrically conductive surface to the ground conductor electrically.