Abstract: A visibility adjusting unit (22) displays on the display device (15a) a user interface to specify a visibility level, detects with the input device (15b) a user operation performed to the user interface such that the user operating specifies a visibility level, determines the visibility level based on the detected user operation, and converts the determined visibility level to a resolution in accordance with a predetermined conversion rule. The scan control unit (21) specifies to the image scanning unit (11) the resolution obtained in the conversion performed by the visibility adjusting unit (22) and causes the image scanning unit (11) to generate image data of the document image, and converts the generated image data to image data of a specified data type.

Abstract: A server system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a print setting from a different server system, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to an image forming apparatus, print data in which a different print setting has been appended to the print setting acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus receives, in a case where a plurality of cloud services is managed in association with one input confirmation code, an input of a display name to be display in the image processing apparatus and an input of an identification code for each cloud service at a time when the cloud service is selected to be used in the image processing apparatus, and stores a display name and an identification code in association with each other for each cloud service.

Abstract: A logic circuitry package for a replaceable print apparatus component includes an interface to communicate with a print apparatus logic circuit and at least one logic circuit. The at least one logic circuit is configured to receive, via the interface, a request to replace an internal clock signal from an internal clock generator of the logic circuitry package with an external test clock signal. The at least one logic circuit is configured to receive, via the interface, the external test clock signal. The at least one logic circuit is configured to replace the internal clock signal with the external test clock signal in the logic circuitry package.

Abstract: A method of generating a comparison of optimal sheet scheduling to greedy sheet scheduling, the method comprising receiving, by one or more computer processors, one or more print requests, generating, by the one or more computer processors, a greedy finite state machine based on the one or more print requests, generating, by the one or more computer processors, an optimal finite state machine based on the one or more print requests, generating, by the one or more computer processors, a cross product of the optimal finite state machine and the greedy finite state machine, identifying, by the one or more computer processors, a cycle in the cross product, and generating, by the one or more computer processors, a minimum ratio of optimal cost to greedy cost.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for visual timelines for printer management of a print system. One embodiment includes a printer terminal device that receives printer statuses of the first printer and the second printer, and displays a GUI that includes a first visual timeline of printer statuses at the first printer and a second visual timeline of printer statuses at the second printer. The GUI also includes a line at a location of user interaction, the line extending across the first visual timeline and the second visual timeline to indicate a historical point of time. The printer terminal device retrieves event data of one or more print jobs of the first printer and the second printer based on the historical point of time, and displays at the GUI the event data along with the line to visually indicate context for a user entering the description for the printer status.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for reviewing images. One embodiment is a system in the form of an image review device that includes a display, an interface that receives images of print media marked by a printer, and a controller that generates notifications based upon the images, assigns the notifications to types based upon the images, and generates a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that presents the notifications via the display, wherein the GUI comprises a carousel that includes a detail area which presents a single notification at a time, a summary area that presents visual indicators that correspond with the notifications, and interactive elements for advancing the detail area to a next notification and for returning the detail area to a prior notification. The controller automatically controls at least one of a color or a shape of each visual indicator to indicate a type of a corresponding notification.

Abstract: A print control method, a non-transitory recording medium, an information processing apparatus and a printing system. The print control method includes acquiring a print job to be executed by the image forming apparatus, storing print data relating to the print job in a memory, receiving an operation for displaying a job list of print job, creating the job list of print job corresponding to the print data stored in the memory when the operation is received, and displaying the job list of print job on a display.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an application program readable by a computer of an information processing device, the application program, when executed by the computer, causes the information processing device to perform: displaying a first image object and a second image object on a display device of the information processing device; and based on receiving a print instruction via an input device of the information processing device, controlling a first printer to perform printing of a first image based on the first image object and a second printer to perform printing of a second image based on the second image object.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit, a reading unit, a verification unit, and a control unit. The printing unit prints an image on a recording sheet. The reading unit reads the image printed by the printing unit. The verification unit verifies the image read by the reading unit. The control unit performs control to cause information, indicating that the image read by the reading unit is not to be verified by the verification unit, to be printed on the recording sheet with the image. When the reading unit reads the information, the control unit performs control so that the image is not to be verified by the verification unit.

Abstract: An image capture apparatus comprises a communication interface configured to join a wireless network generated by a print apparatus and a control unit configured to perform control so as to execute information acquisition processing in response to recognized information for joining the wireless network. The control unit performs control so as to join the wireless network generated by the print apparatus based on information read by an image capturing unit, acquire information regarding the print apparatus, and leave the wireless network generated by the print apparatus, and when an instruction to print an image is accepted in a state where the information regarding the print apparatus has been acquired, the image capture apparatus joins the wireless network generated by the print apparatus, and instructs the print apparatus to print an image, via the wireless network.

Abstract: A logic circuitry package for association with a replaceable print apparatus component comprises: logic and a serial data bus interface, wherein the serial data bus interface is to interface with a serial data bus of a print apparatus, and, wherein the logic is, in response to a first command sent to the logic circuitry package via the serial data bus connected to the serial data bus interface, the first command including a time period, to generate a low voltage condition on the serial data bus for a duration based on the time period, and, after the duration, return to a default voltage condition on the serial data bus.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, including: a connector having a connecting portion to which a USB memory is attachable; a support member configured to support the connector, the support member having a screw hole; a first screw hole provided on a main body of the image forming apparatus correspondingly to the screw hole of the support member, the first screw hole being for fixing the connector at a first position where the connecting portion of the connector is exposed from an exterior cover of the main body; and a second screw hole provided on the main body correspondingly to the screw hole of the support member, the second screw hole being for fixing the connector at a second position where the connecting portion of the connector is located inside the exterior cover.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an extraction unit configured to, when an event for changing a configuration of the information processing apparatus occurs, extract a setting that needs to be changed; and a request unit configured to request another information processing apparatus that possesses the setting extracted by the extraction unit, to replicate the setting to the information processing apparatus.

Abstract: A printing apparatus determines whether or not a printing job accumulated by a different printing apparatus different in type from the printing apparatus itself is configured to be performed by the printing apparatus, based on at least one determination of a first determination of whether or not the printing job includes a printing setting dependent on a type of apparatus, a second determination relating to processing that rotates a printing image, and a third determination relating to a data format of the printing image.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for an information processing apparatus contains instructions which cause, when executed by a controller, the information processing apparatus to perform identifying a sheet size of a sheet which is used for printing based on identifying data, the identifying data being received through the input interface and identifying the sheet size based on the received identifying data, receiving image data which is output by the application, when the received image data represents an image in which a first object is arranged, when the size of the image is a first size, and when the identified sheet size is a second size, extracting object image data representing the first object from the image data received in the receiving process, generating printing data, and outputting the generated printing data to be transmitted to the printer through the communication interface.

Abstract: In a case where a print queue is registered in a cloud service, a common print queue is generated and registered with respect to a plurality of image forming apparatuses separately from a print queue with respect to a specific image forming apparatus. In a case where printing is performed on the common print queue at a time of printing, a print job is held in the cloud service and is transmitted after being authenticated by an image forming apparatus corresponding to the common print queue.

Abstract: A policy-based printing system is implemented to allow access to a private domain to print using a public domain. The private domain includes private servers that store documents. The public domain includes servers and a printing device. A public policy server uses a domain list and a protocol connection with a private authentication server to validate a user and identify which private domain to access. The public policy server receives requests from the printing device to process a print job of a document in the private domain. A proxy printing device is created to manage a plurality of printing devices and communicate with the public policy server. The proxy printing device corresponds to a condition within the printing devices.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a job executor that executes a job, an image former that performs an image forming process on a basis of the job, an acquiror that acquires image data captured, and a detector that analyzes the image data to detect an event. The detector detects the event when the job executor is in a standby state.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a biometric information reading section which acquires biometric information of a printing executor; a biometric information sending section which sends the biometric information acquired by the biometric information reading section to an authentication server; a confidential printing section which starts image formation of a confidential document when the printing executor has been authenticated by the authentication server; storage which stores therein the biometric information acquired by the biometric information reading section as comparison biometric information; and an authentication section which performs presence confirmation of the printing executor by acquiring biometric information through the biometric information reading section and comparing the biometric information to the comparison biometric information during the image formation of the confidential document.