Abstract: An image processing apparatus stores held print jobs on a storage apparatus, displays a list of the held print jobs that have been stored on the storage apparatus, and performs a display according to a state of the storage apparatus when displaying the list.

Abstract: In an information processing device, a processor is configured to perform: acquiring; displaying; receiving; and identifying. The acquiring acquires from a memory a single set of template data for a composite label. The single set of template data includes a plurality of sets of image data corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of print labels and representing respective ones of a plurality of label images. The single composite label is to be created using the plurality of print labels. The displaying displays on a display a composite label image in which the plurality of label images is superimposed on each other. The receiving receives a designating operation on the composite label image via an operating interface. The designating operation targeting a target label image. The identifying identifies target image data corresponding to the target label image from among the plurality of sets of image data.

Abstract: A method for controlling a printer includes receiving a set of first variables for the printer, determining, using a machine-learning program, one or more second variables based on the set of first variables, and controlling a printer to perform a print job based on the set of first variables and the one or more second variables. The first and second variables may correspond to different types of printer settings. The machine-learning program may determine the second variables using a classifier model that may prevent partial curing or drying, print media deformation and/or other defects.

Abstract: A controller is configured to: perform a registration process for again storing connection information in an intermediary server; after the registration process, perform a transition process of changing a state of a device from a first state to a second state, the first state being a state where setting information is stored in a memory and a service is usable by the device, the second state being a state where intermediary server information is stored in the memory and the connection information and the setting information are not stored in the memory; after the transition process, receive, from the intermediary server, the connection information that is stored again; connect to a target server by using the received connection information and again receive the setting information from the target server; and store, in the memory, the setting information that is received again.

Abstract: A document creation method includes: specifying a missing unit in document information divided into units; and specifying a unit serving as a reference for inserting the missing unit.

Abstract: A communication device may receive a specific signal from a first external device; after the specific signal has been received from the first external device, cause an output unit of the communication device to output specific information obtained by using a public key; after the specific information has been outputted, receive an authentication request in which the public key is used from the first external device; in a case where the authentication request is received from the first external device, send an authentication response to the first external device; after the authentication response has been sent to the first external device, receive connection information from the first external device; and in a case where the connection information is received from the first external device, establish, by using the connection information, a wireless connection between the communication device and a second external device.

Abstract: A printing system includes an administrator terminal, a user terminal, and a processor that provides a printing service related to a printer configured to be used by the user terminal, in which the processor transmits, based on an expiration date of a contract for the printing service, request information for requesting response information to the administrator terminal and transmits notification information to the user terminal when continuation processing for the contract is not executed based on the response information from the administrator terminal, the user terminal transmits, based on the notification information, inquiry information for inquiring about continuation of the contract to the administrator terminal, the administrator terminal transmits, based on the inquiry information, continuation information for continuing the contract to the processor, and the processor executes, based on the continuation information, the continuation processing and grants permission to use the printing service to the

Abstract: A device management program causes a terminal device to function as a storing unit configured to store first access point information concerning a first access point and first device information, which is device information concerning a connected device, in correlation with each other in advance, a communication-state confirming unit configured to confirm a communication state at predetermined timing, an access-point-information acquiring unit configured to, when the communication state is a communication error state, acquire second access point information concerning a second access point that is in the communication error state, a determining unit configured to determine whether the second access point information and the first access point information coincide, a communication-state-information acquiring unit configured to acquire information concerning a communication state with the device when the second access point information and the first access point information coincide, and a communication-state n

Abstract: Described herein is a computer implemented method. The method includes selecting a plurality of elements on a design page and, for each selected element, determining a plurality of edge bleed pairs, each edge bleed pair including a particular edge and a particular bleed of the design page. Each edge bleed pair is processed to determine whether the selected element should be resized, the determination being based on the position of the particular edge relative to the particular bleed. If the determination is that the element should be resized, the method involves resizing the selected element so that the element covers a greater portion of the particular bleed than was originally covered by the element.

Abstract: An image processing system includes a first processor that is mounted on an image processing apparatus installed in a shared space and shared by plural users who do not belong to an identical organization, and a second processor that is mounted on a control apparatus installed together with a virtual private network (VPN) connection unit in a local area network outside the shared space, the control apparatus being used by an organization to which a part of the plural users belongs, in which the first processor is configured to acquire address information of the VPN connection unit, the first processor is connected to the VPN connection unit by using the acquired address information, and the second processor is configured to acquire apparatus information indicating an apparatus configuration of the image processing apparatus from the image processing apparatus via the VPN connection unit, acquire contract information regarding use of the image processing apparatus corresponding to the organization to which the

Abstract: A display control method includes the steps of obtaining a first preview image resolution for checking a printing layout, obtaining a second preview image resolution for checking a spot color printing portion where the spot color printing is carried out, and displaying a spot color preview image for checking the spot color printing portion by using a resolution based on the first preview image resolution and the second preview image resolution. The first preview image resolution is calculated and obtained based on a print setting included in the print data and on a size of a region where display is carried out in the preview image displaying step, and the second preview image resolution is calculated and obtained based on a drawing command included in the print data and on the size of the region where display is carried out in the preview image displaying step.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium capable of preventing an unintended print result from being produced. The present executes making a predetermined notification in a case where a spot color printing region set to be printed in a spot color which is a color different from a process color is included in a predetermined region in a region to be printed based on print data, the predetermined region being a region other than a text region in the region to be printed based on the print data.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain setting information regarding print settings for first printing employing a plate and output information based on the setting information with respect to whether second printing that does not employ a plate and that is based on the print settings for the first printing is possible.

Abstract: Example methods, systems, and apparatuses for verifying a printed indicium are provided. An example method may include receiving a captured image of a print media comprising the printed indicium; extracting a quiet zone grade portion from the captured image, where the quiet zone grade portion includes a printed indicium area of the printed indicium and at least one quiet zone area adjacent to the printed indicium area; in response to receiving a user input providing an overwrite quiet zone requirement indication and determining that the at least one quiet zone area does not satisfy at least one quiet zone requirement, causing at least one of adjusting the at least one quiet zone requirement to at least one reduced quiet zone requirement or adding at least one additional quiet zone area to the at least one quiet zone area.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming unit configured to form a print image to be printed on a recording medium, based on a raster image and print setting information, a printing unit configured to print an image on the recording medium based on the print image, an image reading unit configured to read the image printed on the recording medium to obtain a read image, and a determination unit configured to determine whether there is an error in the image printed on the recording medium, based on the read image and the raster image. In a case where there is a predetermined difference between the raster image and the read image and the predetermined difference is based on the print setting information, the determination unit does not determine that there is an error in the printed image.

Abstract: A printing device includes a printing unit and a controller. The controller performs: acquiring image data; acquiring an image color gamut that is a specific area of a predetermined color space occupied by color values included in the image data; receiving information on a first color that is specified by a user and is present in the image color gamut; executing, on the basis of whether the first color is present in a printing color gamut that is a specific area of the predetermined color space occupied by color values of colors printable by the printing unit, different gamut mapping processes on the image data; displaying, prior to printing based on the image data, the first color and preview images corresponding to results of the gamut mapping processes; and printing, using the printing unit, an image corresponding to the preview image selected by the user among the displayed preview images.

Abstract: An image forming device may be configured to repeatedly send an inquiry request to a server at a first interval and, in a case where a job execution response is received from the server, control the image forming engine to start image forming. The image forming device may be configured to in the case where the job execution response is received from the server, repeatedly send the inquiry request to the server at a second interval which is shorter than the first interval. In a case where the server receives a job stop instruction from the terminal device, the server sends a job stop response to the image forming device in response to the inquiring request received from the image forming device. In a case where the job stop response is received, the image forming is stopped.

Abstract: A method for color calibration of a print device is provided. The method includes receiving, at the print device, a print job request that includes a color print job, determining, at the print device, print job data including data associated with the color print job and the print device, wherein the data associated with the print device includes an ambient temperature sensed by an embedded temperature sensor in the print device, and transmitting, by the print device, the print job data to a cloud server to request a stored matching color profile having associated data that matches, within a defined threshold, the print job data. Using techniques disclosed herein, printer calibration is automated using big data analytics (i.e., continuous learning, analyzing, and optimizing).

Abstract: An information processing system, comprising an image printing apparatus, relay servers for managing status information of the image printing apparatus, management servers each registering service information in the corresponding relay server, and a database server storing information from the management servers, wherein each management server receives a connection notification including identification information of the image printing apparatus from the corresponding relay server, instructs the database server to store the corresponding relay server in association with the image printing apparatus, and transmits service registration information to the relay server when service registration is received from a service provider server that provides a service based on the status information.

Abstract: The present invention provides an artificial intelligence-assisted printed electronics self-guided optimization method, which integrates machine learning technology with printed electronics. According to variables that impact printing quality of a microelectronic printer, a user sets up experimental groups, prints samples with the microelectronic printer according to parameters in the experiment groups, characterizes printing effects, and evaluates the printing quality. The characterization result is analyzed by machine learning, and printing parameters that correspond to a best printing effect are obtained; then, the parameters are fed back to the user, and the user configures the printer according to the fed-back parameters, thereby improving printing quality.