An information processing apparatus manages an image forming apparatus installed in a building having a plurality of areas. The information processing apparatus includes an installation area information storage device, containing installation area information indicating each of the areas where the image forming apparatus is installed, a communication device that makes communication with an external apparatus, and a control device including a processor, and configured to acts as a controller, when the processor executes an operation control program. The controller transmits, when an abnormality detection device, provided in each of the areas to detect an abnormality that has occurred in the area, detects the abnormality, a command notice to turn off power for the image forming apparatus installed in the area where the abnormality has occurred, from the communication device to the image forming apparatus, according to the installation area information stored in the installation area information storage device.

An image forming apparatus includes a temperature detecting unit configured to detect a temperature outside the image forming apparatus, a storage portion, and a control unit configured to execute a dew condensation eliminating operation for eliminating dew condensation in the image forming apparatus based on a detection result of the temperature detecting unit. The control unit stores, in the storage portion, an execution time of the dew condensation eliminating operation executed when a power supply to the image forming apparatus is stopped during the dew condensation eliminating operation and determines, when the power supply to the image forming apparatus is started, whether or not to execute the dew condensation eliminating operation based on the execution time and a power supply stop continuing time from when the power supply is stopped to when the power supply is started.

An image forming apparatus includes a dew condensation removal unit configured to execute dew condensation removal processing if it is determined that dew condensation may have occurred in the image forming apparatus, a reception unit configured to receive a print job for instructing execution of print processing, a restriction unit configured to restrict the execution of the print processing during execution of the dew condensation removal processing, a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display a selection screen for selecting whether to execute or cancel the print processing based on the print job if the print job is received during the execution of the dew condensation removal processing, and a print control unit configured to control the print processing to be executed after completion of the dew condensation removal processing if the execution of the print processing is selected.

A digital video camera, including a heat management system, which includes at least one inlet and at least one outlet in the housing to enable air to flow through the housing. The heat management system also includes a first heat sink thermally connected to an image sensor(s), and a second heat sink thermally connected to a data processing unit(s), and a centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan is configured to draw air into the front of the fan in an axial direction and push air radially out in a sideways direction, whereby air travels through the inlet(s) over the first heat sink and then over the second heat sink to the outlet(s).

A platen assembly in an image-forming device is designed to assist visually impaired users in situating a document into the home corner of the platen. The platen assembly has a pair of placement-assisting thermal strips disposed extending along intersecting sides of the platen. A temperature gradient is established in the thermal strips, by a warming source provided at common ends of the thermal strips, by the thermal strips being an electrical-resistance heating material and a cooling structure or device being provided at common ends of the strips, or by the thermal strips substantially consisting of a thermoelectric material. To further assist a user in situating a document on the platen, the assembly may feature a raised edge extending from the home corner of the platen, along where the pair of placement-assisting thermal strips meet, as well as Braille written strategically on the thermal strips to direct toward the document-orienting corner.

An image forming apparatus including: a temperature detecting unit configured to detect a temperature outside the image forming apparatus; a storage portion; and a control unit configured to execute a dew condensation eliminating operation for eliminating dew condensation in the image forming apparatus based on a detection result of the temperature detecting unit, wherein the control unit stores, in the storage portion, an execution time of the dew condensation eliminating operation executed when a power supply to the image forming apparatus is stopped during the dew condensation eliminating operation and determines, when the power supply to the image forming apparatus is started, whether or not to execute the dew condensation eliminating operation based on the execution time and a power supply stop continuing time from when the power supply is stopped to when the power supply is started.

An image forming apparatus includes a frame configured to support a process member configured to execute part of an image formation process on a recording material, a fan placed on a placement surface of the frame so as to be relatively movable with respect to the frame, a duct fixed to the frame and having a communication port communicating with an air intake port or an air outlet port of the fan, a restriction portion configured to restrict a movable range of the fan, and an elastic member disposed to be nipped by the duct and the fan.

An image reading apparatus includes a reader, a conveying path, a conveyer, a conveyer driving unit, a conveyer housing, a lighting unit, a cooler, and a frame. The reader reads an image on a sheet at a predetermined reading position. The conveying path guides the sheet having the image to the reading position and guides the sheet read by the reader in an ejecting direction. The conveyer conveys the sheet along the conveying path. The conveyer driving unit drives the conveyer. The conveyer housing supports the conveying path, the conveyer, and the conveyer driving unit. The lighting unit is fixed to an interior of the reader and illuminates the sheet conveyed by the conveyer to the reading position. The cooler cools the lighting unit. The frame separately fixes the reader and the conveyer housing. The cooler is fixed to the conveyer housing.

An image reading apparatus includes: a paper path; an image reader which reads a side of the sheet conveyed along the paper path in a reading position; a sheet support member located opposite to the image reader to support a rear surface opposite to a surface to be read of the sheet; a spectrophotometer which colorimetrically measures color of an image formed on the sheet; and an image reading housing which accommodates the image reader and the spectrophotometer. The image reader includes: a reading housing; and a drawer guide provided in the reading housing such that it can be drawn from the image reading housing, and maintains the distance between a light transmitting member housed in the reading housing and the sheet support member to be greater than a reading distance lower limit. The drawer guide transfers heat to the outside of the reading housing.

A digital video camera, including a heat management system, which includes at least one inlet and at least one outlet in the housing to enable air to flow through the housing. The heat management system also includes a first heat sink thermally connected to an image sensor(s), and a second heat sink thermally connected to a data processing unit(s), and a centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan is configured to draw air into the front of the fan in an axial direction and push air radially out in a sideways direction, whereby air travels through the inlet(s) over the first heat sink and then over the second heat sink to the outlet(s).