Abstract: An information processing system includes: information processing apparatuses; and a head office server, the information processing apparatuses each including an OCR processing unit that executes an OCR process on image data, and extracts character data, one or more bidding scripts each participating in competitive bidding, the one or more bidding scripts each analyzing the character data, selecting, on the basis of an analysis result, an advertisement, and presenting an advertisement fee for the selected advertisement, and an advertisement selection unit that selects, on the basis of a result of the competitive bidding, a bidding script that has presented a highest advertisement fee, causes a display device to display an advertisement to be displayed selected by the selected bidding script, and stores selection result information in a storage unit, the selection result information including a result of the selection and the advertisement fee that the selected bidding script has presented.

Abstract: The information processing device includes: a display part; an operational input part; an MFP selection part for presenting to an administrator a list of MFP candidates for activation of an optional function and then accepting a selection of the MFP via the operational input part; an optional function selection part for presenting to the administrator a list of optional function candidates to be activated on the selected MFP and then accepting a selection of the optional function via the operational input part; a license key acquisition part for acquiring a license key for activation of the selected optional function; and an optional function activation part for issuing to the selected MFP an instruction for activating the selected optional function on the selected MFP.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an operation input device; a drawing command reception circuit that receives, based on an instruction to execute a printing job, a drawing command from an application program, and converts it into an intermediate code to output it; an intermediate code storage that stores the output intermediate code; a layout determination circuit that takes out the intermediate code from the storage and corrects it by rearranging it; and a PDL generation circuit that converts the corrected intermediate code into a PDL and outputs the PDL. The layout determination circuit keeps, when there is an instruction to accumulate the printing job, the intermediate code of the printing job in the storage, and takes out, when there is an instruction to not accumulate the printing job, the intermediate code from the storage and corrects it by rearranging it based on an instruction.

Abstract: The information processing device includes: a display part; an operational input part; an MFP selection part for presenting to an administrator a list of MFP candidates for activation of an optional function and then accepting a selection of the MFP via the operational input part; an optional function selection part for presenting to the administrator a list of optional function candidates to be activated on the selected MFP and then accepting a selection of the optional function via the operational input part; a license key acquisition part for acquiring a license key for activation of the selected optional function; and an optional function activation part for issuing to the selected MFP an instruction for activating the selected optional function on the selected MFP.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an operation input device; a drawing command reception circuit that receives, based on an instruction to execute a printing job, a drawing command from an application program, and converts it into an intermediate code to output it; an intermediate code storage that stores the output intermediate code; a layout determination circuit that takes out the intermediate code from the storage and corrects it by rearranging it; and a PDL generation circuit that converts the corrected intermediate code into a PDL and outputs the PDL. The layout determination circuit keeps, when there is an instruction to accumulate the printing job, the intermediate code of the printing job in the storage, and takes out, when there is an instruction to not accumulate the printing job, the intermediate code from the storage and corrects it by rearranging it based on an instruction.

Abstract: Provided is a non-transitory storage medium storing a printer driver and a printing method, which enable to improve print quality even if an original is extremely reduced for printing. A computer, which executes the printer driver to be used by application software for generating a print script to be printed by an MFP from the original in accordance with ability of the MFP, obtains a scale factor on the basis of a size of a recording medium to be printed by the MFP and a size of the original (S133), multiplying the scale factor obtained in S133 by an actual print resolution of the MFP so as to obtain a resolution to reply (S134), and reply the resolution to reply obtained in S134 to the application software in response to an inquiry about the ability from the application software (S135).

Abstract: Provided is a non-transitory storage medium storing a printer driver and a printing method, which enable to improve print quality even if an original is extremely reduced for printing. A computer, which executes the printer driver to be used by application software for generating a print script to be printed by an MFP from the original in accordance with ability of the MFP, obtains a scale factor on the basis of a size of a recording medium to be printed by the MFP and a size of the original (S133), multiplying the scale factor obtained in S133 by an actual print resolution of the MFP so as to obtain a resolution to reply (S134), and reply the resolution to reply obtained in S134 to the application software in response to an inquiry about the ability from the application software (S135).

Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods for emulating a printing range, on a sheet of paper, of a first image forming apparatus by a second image forming apparatus. An example method includes starting a first printer driver for a first image forming apparatus, obtaining printing range information of the first image forming apparatus from the first printer driver, and creating a plug-in file based on the printing range information of the first image forming apparatus. The plug-in file may include a function for changing a printing range for a second printer driver for a second image forming apparatus. The example method also includes installing the plug-in file into the second printer driver.

Abstract: By a computer executing a driver program, an icon display processing unit, an operation detection unit, a setting change processing unit, and a customization unit are implemented. The icon display processing unit displays on a display device an icon associated with a setting item in an icon list. When a click operation is detected by the operation detection unit, the setting change processing unit changes a value of the setting item associated with the clicked icon to another value. Then, the icon display processing unit switches an icon image corresponding to a change of the value of the setting item. The customization unit customizes the icon list by performing at least one of adding or deleting the setting item to/from the icon list.

Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods for emulating a printing range, on a sheet of paper, of a first image forming apparatus by a second image forming apparatus. An example method includes starting a first printer driver for a first image forming apparatus, obtaining printing range information of the first image forming apparatus from the first printer driver, and creating a plug-in file based on the printing range information of the first image forming apparatus. The plug-in file may include a function for changing a printing range for a second printer driver for a second image forming apparatus. The example method also includes installing the plug-in file into the second printer driver.

Abstract: A method, program product, and system for controlling a print device which helps minimizing effects which a failure of a plug-in module for adding a function of a printer driver may cause to the printer driver body and other plug-in modules The print device control system includes a data processing device and a plug-in server. The data processing device has a printer driver embedded thereon. The plug-in server has plug-in modules for executing an add-function of the printer driver, and executes, according to a request from the printer driver, the plug-in module corresponding to the request, and returns processed data to the printer driver. The plug-in server is configured as a process different from the printer driver. The printer driver returns the processed data to the data processing device through a memory with the data processing system.

Abstract: By a computer executing a driver program, an icon display processing unit, an operation detection unit, a setting change processing unit, and a customization unit are implemented. The icon display processing unit displays on a display device an icon associated with a setting item in an icon list. When a click operation is detected by the operation detection unit, the setting change processing unit changes a value of the setting item associated with the clicked icon to another value. Then, the icon display processing unit switches an icon image corresponding to a change of the value of the setting item. The customization unit customizes the icon list by performing at least one of adding or deleting the setting item to/from the icon list.

Abstract: A drawing device which outputs an image datum based on a drawing mode and a command to draw, includes a coordinate conversion unit which converts coordinates in the command to draw in accordance with a designated reduction ratio and a compensation unit which adds a width to a line to be drawn when a width of the line is lost by a conversion executed by the coordinate conversion unit.

Abstract: A method, program product, and system for controlling a print device which helps minimizing effects which a failure of a plug-in module for adding a function of a printer driver may cause to the printer driver body and other plug-in modules The print device control system includes a data processing device and a plug-in server. The data processing device has a printer driver embedded thereon. The plug-in server has plug-in modules for executing an add-function of the printer driver, and executes, according to a request from the printer driver, the plug-in module corresponding to the request, and returns processed data to the printer driver. The plug-in server is configured as a process different from the printer driver. The printer driver returns the processed data to the data processing device through a memory with the data processing system.

Abstract: A drawing device which outputs an image datum based on a drawing mode and a command to draw, includes a coordinate conversion unit which converts coordinates in the command to draw in accordance with a designated reduction ratio and a compensation unit which adds a width to a line to be drawn when a width of the line is lost by a conversion executed by the coordinate conversion unit.

Abstract: A software building support system capable of efficiently building, managing and reusing a software program. The software building support system includes a program design part for supporting the design of a composite program and for outputting the results thereof as a program structure information. The program design part includes a component line-connection part for defining the structure of the composite program on the basis of instructions obtained by a graphical interface, and a composite component setting part for setting a plurality of software components as a single composite component. The composite component setting part includes a terminal setting part for setting a terminal of the composite component, which is used for allowing the composite component to communicate with another external component, and an attribute setting part for setting an inherent property of the composite component.

Abstract: There is provided a software building support system capable of efficiently building, managing and reusing a software program. The software building support system 1 includes a program design part 10 for supporting the design of a composite program and for outputting the results thereof as a program structure information (XML file) 20. The program design part 10 includes a component line-connection part 12 for defining the structure of the composite program on the basis of instructions obtained by a graphical interface part 11, and a composite component setting part 13 for setting a plurality of software components, which are associated with each other, as a single composite component. The composite component setting part 13 includes a terminal setting part 14 for setting a terminal of the composite component, which is used for allowing the composite component to communicate with another external component, and an attribute setting part 15 for setting an inherent property of the composite component.

Abstract: The general-purpose software development support system 1 includes a drawing tool part 10 that provides a user with a user interface for defining the flow of processes among a plurality of software components as a connection relationship of the icons on the tool screen 41. The system 1 also includes a definition file storing part 37 that stores a framework definition file 30 including definition files 31, 32, 33 and 34; and a customizing part 20 that customizes the user interface provided by the drawing tool part 10, on the basis of the definition files 31, 32, 33 and 34 stored in said definition file storing part 37. The definition files 31, 32, 33 and 34 includes definition information and design information with respect to each of the software components, which specify a setting and an operation of the user interface provided by the drawing tool part 10.

Abstract: A mass spectrometer, including an evacuable vessle, mass separation means provided in the evacuable vessel for separating ions in accordance with the mass thereof, and ion detection means provided in the evacuable vessel for detecting ions emitted from the mass separation means to convert the emitted ions into an electric signal, in which the ion detection means includes an electron-multiplier for detecting positive ions and a photo-multiplier for detecting negative ions. According to this mass spectrometer, positive ions can be detected at high sensitivity, and negative ions are readily detected.