Abstract: By dispersing within an image magnified pixels subjected to magnification correction with the use of pseudorandom numbers, an occurrence of a moire pattern in an image is suppressed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a printing system for printing a plurality of print jobs, the printing system having a receiving unit for receiving the print jobs, a controller for controlling a scheduling process and a printing process of the print jobs, a print unit for printing the print jobs, a plurality of supply holders for holding supply material for printing, and a user interface for communicating to the operator scheduled supply operator actions. Each of the scheduled supply operator actions is linked to one of the plurality of supply holders. The controller has an establishing unit for establishing a time period of unattended printing of the printing system, and a determination unit for determining scheduled supply operator actions per holder needed to be done before the time period of unattended printing starts. The user interface displays the established time period of unattended printing and the determined supply operator actions per holder.

Abstract: An information processing device connected to a terminal via a network includes a memory that stores inquiry packet data received from the terminal in association with response packet data to respond to the inquiry packet data; control circuitry to control an operation mode of the information processing device, wherein when the information processing device is in an energy conservation mode, the control circuitry determines whether or not the received inquiry packet data is new inquiry packet data determined by new network protocols, when the received inquiry packet data is the new inquiry packet data, the control circuitry reinstates the information processing device, in conjunction with a transmission for the response packet data generated by the information processing device to the terminal, and stores the received inquiry packet data and the generated response packet data to the memory.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image processing section that processes an image, a plug-in adding section that adds a plug-in, the plug-in being a function executed in corporation with the image processing section, an additional-charging-information adding section that adds additional charging information as the plug-in is added by the plug-in adding section, the additional charging information being set for a job included in the plug-in, and a charging section that charges for a job on a basis of the additional charging information, in a case where the job to be executed is included in at least one job included in the additional charging information and the job to be executed is executed.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition control unit that acquires a plurality of image data sets of an image to be displayed in a plurality of different data formats using an image acquisition unit that acquires image data, and a determination unit that determines one image data set to be displayed by an image display unit from among the plurality of image data sets acquired in the plurality of different data formats by the acquisition control unit based on the image display unit that will display the image.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus forms only a required entry field on an application form, and, upon the application form in which this location has been filled in being scanned, further forms an additional entry field and prompts the applicant to fill in this entry field. An application form that has been completely filled in by the applicant is created by repeating this processing.

Abstract: An image processing system includes a reception unit that receives an image forming instruction from a user, a retaining unit that retains the image forming instruction in association with the user, an acceptance unit that accepts an execution instruction from the user; an authentication unit that performs authentication of the user, and an image forming unit that executes the image forming instruction retained by the retaining unit in association with the authenticated user. The image forming unit executes the image forming instruction without accepting the execution instruction by the acceptance unit in a case where the authentication unit completes the authentication and cancellation of execution by the user is not present within a holding time.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing unit configured to execute image processing including skew correction that deforms an image so as to cancel distortion on the image; and a control unit configured to control the image processing on the image processing unit, wherein, in a case where a margin amount available for correcting the distortion is defined as a first correction margin amount and a margin amount used for correction other than skew correction is defined as a second correction margin amount, the control unit calculates a third correction margin amount obtained by subtracting the second correction margin amount from the first correction margin amount, and controls such that the image processing unit executes the image processing including the skew correction toward a first image and a second image such that the skew correction amount to be corrected falls within a range of the third correction margin amount.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus which is started in a plurality of modes and improved in reliability of the firmware update function. An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit that stores standard firmware for a normal operation and safe firmware for updating the standard firmware, in respective different storage areas. A standard firmware update section updates the standard firmware. Proper operations of the standard firmware update section and the safe firmware update section are verified before updating them, respectively. When the verification of the operation of the standard firmware update section is successful, the standard updating section is caused to perform the update of the standard firmware. When the verification of the operation of the safe firmware update section is successful, the safe firmware update section is caused to perform the update of the safe firmware.

Abstract: An information mediation system includes a printer and an information mediation device which accumulates operation information that is modified according to an operation of the printer from the printer, in which the information mediation device has an operation information accumulating section which accumulates operation information of a type according to specifications of the printer from the printer, and a specification sensing section which senses a modification in the specifications of the printer, and the operation information accumulating section queries the type of operation information that is to be accumulated in a printer in which a modification of the specifications is sensed by the specification sensing section to an external management apparatus and accumulates the operation information of the type that is indicated by the query result from the printer in which the modification of the specifications is sensed.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a panel portion connected with a control portion of an apparatus body and being capable of executing at least one of functions of displaying information obtained from the control portion and of inputting information to the control portion, and an antenna capable of transmitting/receiving radio waves to/from a mobile terminal brought close to the antenna. The NFC substrate can make communication between the mobile terminal brought close to the antenna and the control portion by a near field communication system. The antenna is provided under and in a vicinity of the panel portion in a front view of the panel portion.

Abstract: Provided is a system that easily retrieves out various data from an image forming apparatus using a portable terminal and uses the various data. The image forming system of the present disclosure is an image forming system including an image forming apparatus that performs image formation and a portable terminal. The image forming apparatus has a non-contact IC tag. The portable terminal includes a selection part that receives selection of a maintenance screen to perform maintenance of the image forming apparatus from plural maintenance screens, a display part that displays the selected maintenance screen, a near field communication part that performs near field communication with the IC tag when the portable terminal comes close to the IC tag, and a control part that performs data communication with the image forming apparatus through the near field communication part.

Abstract: A printer switches between and uses plural communication units according to the operating mode, can switch the operating mode appropriately to the operating conditions, and can improve power conservation. The printer has a network control unit with a first communication unit configured to communicate in a first operating mode; and a main control unit having a second communication unit configured to communicate in a second operating mode. The main control unit limits the power supply to the first communication unit in the second operating mode; and the second communication unit determines whether or not to go to the first operating mode based on content of data received in the second operating mode.

Abstract: An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus and a server. A acquisition unit of the apparatus acquires a first screen. A display unit of the apparatus displays the first screen. When a button to which an instruction is attached is pressed, a determination request information transmission unit of the apparatus transmits, to the server, determination request information requesting a validity determination to determine whether the application associated with the instruction can be used in the information processing apparatus. A reception unit of the apparatus receives, from the server, determination result information. When the determination result information indicates that the application associated with the instruction cannot be used, a first control unit of the apparatus performs control to update firmware. A determining unit of the server performs the validity determination.

Abstract: A multifunction peripheral (MFP) acquires a display setting of an operation unit in the MFP, which is associated with a user at a client terminal, when accessed from the client terminal. The MFP performs control so that display of an operation screen of the MFP in the client terminal becomes display according to the acquired display setting of the operation unit.

Abstract: The image reading apparatus including a reading unit configured read an image of a document according to a read request transmitted from an external device, includes a detection unit configured to detect a state of the document to be read by the reading unit, a reception unit configured to receive a request from the external device to obtain a state of the image reading apparatus, a power supply unit configured to, in a power saving state where power supply to the reading unit and the detection unit is stopped, supply power to the detection unit based on the reception of the request, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the state of the document to be read by the reading unit detected by the detection unit to which the power is supplied by the power supply unit, to the external device as a response to the request.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a preprocessing section that causes an input data column to serve as a first determination data column and obtains a second determination data column by delaying the input data column and obtains a processing data column by delaying the input data column by an amount larger than an amount by which the input data column is delayed in order to obtain the second determination data column and a controller that controls, by using the first determination data column and the second determination data column as indices, an operation performed by a FIFO memory for outputting the processing data column, which has been input to the FIFO memory.

Abstract: A print control method includes, when a sorting method for sorting printed matters in a printing device is set, displaying an image indicating an output aspect of the printed matters output from the printing device, based on the set sorting method and a previous output aspect of the printing device.

Abstract: A network document processing device includes an embedded controller. The controller monitors one or more document processing devices occurring on the device. The controller is further operable to probe one or more networked document processing devices to determine if it or they are operable to monitoring other network document processing devices. If not, the controller suitably undertakes monitoring of some or all of the networked devices. This monitoring may be concluded when another document processing device becomes active. Multiple document processing devices may also share all or part of monitoring of document processing devices for redundancy, load sharing or integrity checking.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises: an editing unit that accepts editing of a workflow formed by a plurality of jobs which are to be processed in one or a plurality of job processing apparatuses; an obtaining unit that obtains pieces of history information from the processed jobs; an extraction unit that extracts, from the obtained pieces of history information, a series of jobs having a job type arrangement in common with a job of interest out of the plurality of jobs forming the edited workflow and at least one of the jobs preceding or succeeding the job of interest; and a setting unit that sets a setting, selected by a user out of the displayed settings, as the setting of the job of interest.