Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a touch display and a controller. The touch display receives a request for executing a first job. The touch display displays a first setting screen for setting a first condition related to the first job. The controller executes the first job and a second job different from the first job in parallel. The first setting screen includes a start button. When the start button is touched, the touch display displays a second setting screen. The second setting screen includes a first job setting area and a second job setting area. In the first job setting area, a setting icon corresponding to the first condition set in the first setting screen is displayed. When the setting icon is copied to the second job setting area, the controller causes the first condition to be reflected in a second condition related to the second job.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a CPU and a camera. In the image forming apparatus, the camera takes a facial image of a user approaching the image forming apparatus, and on the basis of the facial image, face authentication is executed. Further, in a case where it has been determined as a result of the face authentication that the user approaching the image forming apparatus is a registered user, it is determined whether there is registered job data registered by the registered user. The image forming apparatus is switched from a power-saving mode to a normal mode in a case where it has been determined that there is registered job data of the user approaching the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention provides a print control apparatus that controls a print apparatus. The print control apparatus displays pieces of identification information of a plurality of sheet feeders available in the print apparatus, and designates inhibition of sheet feed from sheet feeders other than a sheet feeder selected by a user among the displayed pieces of identification information of the plurality of sheet feeders.

Abstract: An improved information processing apparatus, method, and a non-transitory recording medium storing instructions for executing an information processing method are provided. The information processing apparatus acquires setting information on a language displayed on a display device by the information processing apparatus, acquires correspondence information stored in a conversion table indicating correspondence between the language and a code page, determines a target character code based on the acquired setting information and the correspondence information, and converts a character code of data to be output to an external device into the identified target character code.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a printing device to perform normal printing of a job according to a setting, and processing circuitry to: accept a request for executing printing of another job while the printing device is performing the normal printing of the job according to the setting; when the request for executing printing of another job is a request for executing trial printing, control the printing device to interrupt the normal printing of the job to perform the trial printing of the another job; and control an ejection device to discharge a recording medium printed in the normal printing of the job and a recording medium printed in the trial printing of the another job on different sheet discharge trays.

Abstract: A medium transport apparatus includes a first roller configured to transport a medium, a second roller configured to transport the medium at a different position, in the transport direction of the medium, from the first roller, the second roller including a rotary shaft parallel to a rotary shaft of the first roller, and a bearing portion configured to contact with both the rotary shaft of the first roller and the rotary shaft of the second roller in an area in an extending direction of the rotary shaft, within which the transported medium passes.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of performing a software program including a first program layer with an instruction set to be interpreted and performed by a processor and a second program layer with an instruction set compiled in advance by a unit other than the processor comprises a unit configured to transmit parameter information used for image processing from the first program layer to the second program layer, a unit configured to perform the image processing in the second program layer according to the parameter information, a display control unit configured to display an indicator for allowing a user to recognize that the image processing is in progress, and a unit configured to issue an instruction to control display of the indicator from the second program layer to the first program layer, the display control unit controls the display according to the instruction.

Abstract: In some examples, print quality diagnosis may include aligning corresponding characters between a scanned image of a printed physical medium aligned to a master image associated with generation of the printed physical medium to generate a common mask. Print quality diagnosis may further include determining, for each character of the scanned image, an average value associated with pixels within the common mask, and determining, for each corresponding character of the master image, the average value associated with pixels within the common mask. Further, print quality diagnosis may include determining, for each character of the common mask, a metric between the average values associated with the corresponding characters in the scanned and master images.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a connecting device to which a charging apparatus is connected, an image forming device, an operating device, and a control device. The control device functions as an operation accepter, a controller, a charging processor, and a notifier. The notifier performs a processing for giving a first notice; the first notice is for asking a user whether or not to donate all of or part of a remaining money which is remaining, posterior to charging for a print job, in an inserted amount of money. After the notifier has performed the processing for giving the first notice, when the operation accepter accepts an instruction of execution of the donation, the charging processor performs a charging processing by subtracting, from the inserted amount of money, a charging amount for the print job and an amount of donation indicated by the instruction of execution of the donation.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus aims to prevent erroneous determination of the user and lowering convenience of the user. The information processing apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to pick up a surrounding image, an authenticating unit configured to execute authentication processing of a person included in the picked up surrounding image, an acquiring unit configured to acquire the number of people included in the picked up surrounding image, a permitting unit configured to permit execution of the authentication processing when an authentication permission condition is satisfied for a person included in the picked up surrounding image, and a changing unit configured to change the authentication permission condition in accordance with the acquired number of people.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus improved in convenience of reusing executed jobs. A selection screen for selecting between jobs for image processing, and a configuration screen for selecting setting values for a selected job are displayed on a display. A combination of setting values of setting items for an executed job are accumulated in an HDD in association with a job selected on the selection screen when executing the job. A custom job displayed on the selection screen is registered together with setting values configured by a user. The accumulated executed jobs are selectively displayed on the selection screen, together with application jobs associated with the image processing functions, and registered custom jobs configured by the user. The executed jobs are displayed on the selection screen such that jobs executed by selecting the application job and jobs executed by selecting the custom job are discernible.

Abstract: Provided is an input device comprising: a touch panel which receives an operation from a user; an external member having an external surface substantially the same as a surface of the touch panel; and a near field communication unit which is provided near the surrounding of the touch panel and inside of the external member and performs communication with an object to be detected which is brought close to a detection range, wherein a position corresponding to the near field communication unit of the external member projects from the touch panel and is inclined such that the side close to the touch panel is higher than the side distant from the touch panel.

Abstract: A present image forming apparatus includes a first control unit that controls a native program, a second control unit that controls an extension application different from the native program, a first memory area in which an operation screen of the native program controlled by the first control unit is rendered, and a second memory area in which an operation screen of the extension application controlled by the second control unit is rendered. At least a part of the operation screen of the native program is output to a display when an event related to outputting of the operation screen of the native program has occurred while the display is displaying a screen rendered in the first memory area.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that is controlled by a job processing program serving as a portion of a firmware and into which an application program is installable, the image forming apparatus includes at least one hardware processor which executes an instruction stored in a memory performs operations which include determining whether a print job has been successfully input to the job processing program, in accordance with execution of the application program, terminating the application program without the application program receiving completion notification of the print job, in accordance with a result of the determination that the print job has been successfully input, acquiring a status of the print job under control of the job processing program after termination of the application program, and notifying status information based on the status acquired by the acquiring.

Abstract: Displaying an authentication interface on an operation panel associated with a printing device, the operation panel including a plurality of authentication areas. Receiving a user authentication request. Detecting a particular authentication pattern associated with the user authentication request. Retrieving a registered authentication pattern associated with the user. Comparing the particular authentication pattern with the registered authentication pattern. Determining, based on the comparing, whether the user authentication request is authorized. If the user authentication request is authorized, retrieving a first electronic document associated with the user, and printing the first electronic document.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display, a detection unit that detects an operation position of a user on the display, and a controller that displays an entire menu corresponding to the detected operation position at a position corresponding to the operation position, and displays a balloon indicating the operation position.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce a time taken for updating of firmware data using unrecoverable data in an apparatus having a plurality of nonvolatile memories. The present invention is an apparatus having a plurality of nonvolatile memories, the apparatus including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire firmware updating data for updating firmware data saved in each of the plurality of nonvolatile memories; and a control unit configured to perform control so as to perform in parallel updating of the firmware data saved in a first nonvolatile memory by unrecoverable data included in the acquired firmware updating data and updating of the firmware data saved in a second nonvolatile memory by the unrecoverable data.

Abstract: This image forming apparatus includes, for example, a first control unit provided on a first control board and configured to comprehensively control the image forming apparatus, a second control unit provided on a second control board different from the first control board and configured to control a function provided by the image forming apparatus, and an image processing unit provided on the second control board and configured to execute image processing. The second control unit causes the image processing unit to execute initialization processing when power is supplied, stops supplying clocks to the image processing unit upon completion of the initialization processing, and resumes supplying clocks to the image processing unit in accordance with generation of a start event of instructing to start a function provided by the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus that transmits data relating to an internal component to a server, and the image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor that: acquires from the server a failure prediction list in which a plurality of image processing apparatuses is ranked; detects that the internal component has reached a warning state; specifies a data transmission stop apparatus that is to be caused to stop data transmission to the server from among other image processing apparatuses by referring the failure prediction list in a case where it is detected that the internal component has reached the warning state; transmits a stop command for causing the data transmission to the server to be stopped to the data transmission stop apparatus specified; and transmits, to the server, data relating to the internal component detected as being in the warning state.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus that efficiently executes a setting change after setup completion. A reservation information management unit manages reservation information including a reservation date and time of a setting change after setup completion set by a setup terminal, and an IP address and/or a default gateway. A system control unit, after receiving a notification from the reservation information management unit indicating that the reservation date and time have been reached, executes a process of a setting change according to the contents of the setting change. In addition, the system control unit, after receiving the notification from the reservation information management unit, causes a panel unit to display a reservation notification screen, and after receiving the start of the setting change via the reservation notification screen, executes the process of the setting change.