Abstract: A printing controller apparatus includes a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, and a controller. The transmitting unit performs transmission of first printing information to a printer. The receiving unit receives state information indicating a state of the printer. The controller performs control of the transmitting unit to prohibit the transmission of the first printing information to the printer if the state information indicates a state in which second printing information different from the first printing information is currently being printed or a state in which the second printing information is to be printed.

Abstract: A terminal management apparatus includes a connection unit that connects, through a network, to a terminal apparatus to be managed, an authentication unit that authenticates the terminal apparatus using predetermined authentication information, a specific state determination unit that determines whether a predetermined specific state, in which a normal connection is not established, has occurred in relation to the terminal apparatus, and a connection controller that controls data communication with the terminal apparatus on a basis of a result of the authentication performed by the authentication unit and a result of the determination made by the specific state determination unit.

Abstract: A terminal management apparatus includes a radio wave intensity information obtaining unit that obtains radio wave intensity information indicating intensity of radio waves transmitted from a terminal device being managed; a radio wave intensity examination unit that examines a change in intensity of radio waves transmitted from the terminal device, on the basis of the obtained radio wave intensity information; an arrangement information obtaining unit that obtains arrangement information of an item installed indoors; a terminal information holding unit that holds information on the terminal device; and a disturbance determination unit that determines presence and type of radio disturbance, on the basis of a pattern of the change in intensity of radio waves detected by the radio wave intensity examination unit, the arrangement information obtained by the arrangement information obtaining unit, and the information on the terminal device held by the terminal information holding unit.

Abstract: A printing controller apparatus includes a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, and a controller. The transmitting unit performs transmission of first printing information to a printer. The receiving unit receives state information indicating a state of the printer. The controller performs control of the transmitting unit to prohibit the transmission of the first printing information to the printer if the state information indicates a state in which second printing information different from the first printing information is currently being printed or a state in which the second printing information is to be printed.

Abstract: An output apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire document data having an output time limit and identification information used for identification; and an output unit configured to output the document data in a first output form of the identification information when the output time limit has elapsed, which is different from a second output form of the identification information before expiration of the output time limit.

Abstract: An equipment control system includes an equipment control device that controls equipment provided in an office room, and an external control device that is provided outside the office room and controls the equipment provided in the office room via the equipment control device, wherein when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a control device that controls the equipment is switched from one of the equipment control device and the external control device to the other.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms an image on a recording material; an acquiring section that acquires information from plural devices that are disposed in a room and acquire information on the room; a processing section that processes the information acquired by the acquiring section, and generates information that is used by an external device; a program acquiring section that acquires a program having an operation record in a partial device included in the plural devices disposed in the room; and a transmitting section that transmits the program acquired by the program acquiring section to another device included in the plural devices disposed in the room.

Abstract: A system includes an output unit that outputs document data transmitted from a sender, a recipient information creating unit that creates recipient information related to a recipient who outputs the document data using the output unit, after the document data is output by the output unit, and a transmitting unit that transmits the recipient information to the sender.

Abstract: A system includes plural output units that output received document data, a storage unit that stores attribute information of a recipient who is to output the document data, a specifying unit that specifies an output unit from among the plural output units by using the attribute information of the recipient; and a transmitting unit that transmits the document data to the output unit specified by the specifying unit.

Abstract: A system includes: a printing unit that prints a document including a data part; a storage unit that stores (i) specifying information which uniquely specifies the document and (ii) the data part in association with each other; an obtaining unit that obtains the specifying information of the document from a document recipient; and a transmitting unit that transmits the data part corresponding to the obtained specifying information to the document recipient.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a mobile position information acquiring unit configured to acquire position information obtained by a mobile terminal possessed by an operator who operates a machine, and an instruction unit configured to issue an instruction concerning acquisition of the position information of the mobile terminal when a difference between a position obtained from the position information of the mobile terminal acquired by the mobile position information acquiring unit and a position of the machine exceeds a predetermined first criterion.

Abstract: An information collecting system includes: an information processing apparatus; and an image forming apparatus that form an image on a recording material in accordance with an image formation command received from the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes an information acquisition unit that acquires specific information and a transmission control unit that transmits transmission data including the specific information acquired by the information acquisition unit to the image forming apparatus by using a communication protocol for the image formation command. The image forming apparatus includes an information extraction unit that extracts the specific information from the transmission data received from the information processing apparatus and an information holding unit that holds the specific information extracted from the transmission data by the information extraction unit.

Abstract: A relay apparatus includes a transmission/reception unit, a relay processing unit, a holding unit, an acquisition unit, and an inspection unit. The transmission/reception unit transmits and receives information via a network. The relay processing unit relays terminal information transmitted from a terminal apparatus via the transmission/reception unit, and transmits the terminal information to an information management apparatus that manages the terminal information which is acquired by the terminal apparatus. The holding unit holds the terminal information which is relayed by the relay processing unit. The acquisition unit acquires the terminal information which is managed by the information management apparatus.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shape forming apparatus includes a forming unit and a controller. The forming unit forms a three-dimensional shape on the basis of three-dimensional data. The controller controls addition of a fragrance component to the three-dimensional shape in accordance with information regarding a fragrance when the three-dimensional data includes the information.

Abstract: A terminal management apparatus includes a radio wave intensity information obtaining unit that obtains radio wave intensity information indicating intensity of radio waves transmitted from a terminal device being managed; a radio wave intensity examination unit that examines a change in intensity of radio waves transmitted from the terminal device, on the basis of the obtained radio wave intensity information; an arrangement information obtaining unit that obtains arrangement information of an item installed indoors; a terminal information holding unit that holds information on the terminal device; and a disturbance determination unit that determines presence and type of radio disturbance, on the basis of a pattern of the change in intensity of radio waves detected by the radio wave intensity examination unit, the arrangement information obtained by the arrangement information obtaining unit, and the information on the terminal device held by the terminal information holding unit.

Abstract: An image management system includes an image output apparatus and an image management server. The image output apparatus displays and outputs an image. The image management server manages the image output from the image output apparatus. The image output apparatus captures, as image files, an image that is based on a specific data file and an image that is not based on the specific data file, in accordance with a predetermined capture condition, and transmits the image files to the image management server. The image management server includes a management unit that holds the image files received from the image output apparatus, and manages the image that is not based on the specific data file in association with the specific data file, and a communication controller that transmits, when receiving a request for an image, the request specifying the specific data file, the image associated with the specific data file.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms an image on a recording material; an acquiring section that acquires information from plural devices that are disposed in a room and acquire information on the room; a processing section that processes the information acquired by the acquiring section, and generates information that is used by an external device; a program acquiring section that acquires a program having an operation record in a partial device included in the plural devices disposed in the room; and a transmitting section that transmits the program acquired by the program acquiring section to another device included in the plural devices disposed in the room.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording material, an obtaining unit that obtains information from a device, which is installed in a room and obtains information regarding the room, a processing unit that generates information to be used by an external apparatus by processing the information obtained by the obtaining unit, and a transfer unit that transfers the information obtained by the obtaining unit to an external processing apparatus that processes the information.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms an image on a recording material; an acquiring section that acquires information from plural devices that are disposed in a room and acquire information on the room; a processing section that processes the information acquired by the acquiring section, and generates information that is used by an external device; and an initializing section that initializes the plural devices disposed in the room.

Abstract: A terminal management apparatus includes a connection unit that connects, through a network, to a terminal apparatus to be managed, an authentication unit that authenticates the terminal apparatus using predetermined authentication information, a specific state determination unit that determines whether a predetermined specific state, in which a normal connection is not established, has occurred in relation to the terminal apparatus, and a connection controller that controls data communication with the terminal apparatus on a basis of a result of the authentication performed by the authentication unit and a result of the determination made by the specific state determination unit.