Abstract: A system includes: a reception unit that receives print settings; a production unit that causes a production device to form an image on a three-dimensional medium and produce printed matter based on the print settings; and a test unit that performs a test in which the image is applied to the medium or a test medium corresponding to the medium based on the print settings before forming the image on the medium to make a user determine whether or not the print settings are appropriate.

Abstract: A printed matter production system includes an image acquiring section that acquires an image; a signature acquiring section that acquires a handwritten signature; a synthesizing section that synthesizes the signature and the image according to a synthesis method based on at least one of the image and the signature; and a printing section that prints the image after the synthesis so as to produce a printed matter.

Abstract: A printed material production system includes: a reception section configured to receive an order of a printed material; when the order includes production of the three-dimensional printed material, an output section configured to output a first preview indicating a plurality of faces of the three-dimensional printed material after printing; and a production section configured to print in accordance with the order to produce the three-dimensional printed material.

Abstract: Heat pump type heating apparatus capable of performing a continuous dual-stage operation without stopping a high stage side compressor even when a return temperature of a heating medium reaches a prescribed high temperature and, thereby, improving a sense of being insufficiently warmed due to stoppage of the high stage side compressor or a sense of being insufficiently warmed due to execution of frequent defrosting operations. The heat pump type heating apparatus includes an internal heat exchanger (a second internal heat exchanger) that performs heat exchange between a low-temperature refrigerant on a low-pressure side of a low stage side refrigeration circuit and a high-temperature refrigerant on a high-pressure side of a high stage side refrigerant circuit, a bypass pipe bypassing the internal heat exchanger, and flow path control means that controls a refrigerant flow to each of the internal heat exchanger and the bypass pipe.