Abstract: An image forming device provided in a print system displays a shared use request screen operated by a user other than a manager of the image forming device, and for a request shared use of the image forming device. The external print service provided in the print system receives the shared use request of the image forming device by the user through the shared use request screen, and generates a setting screen for setting by the manager of whether or not to approve the received shared use request of the image forming device.

Abstract: A print service server of a printing system manages information included in the print job to be transmitted and that is specific information required for specifying a user ID, and a user ID that has been registered with the print service server, an image processing apparatus transmits, to a counting server, the number of printed sheets used upon printing based on the print job and the specific information included in the print job, and the counting server queries the managing unit based on the transmitted specific information of the user ID that has been registered with the print service server and saves a user corresponding to the user ID acquired as the result of the query by the query unit, and the number of printed sheets transmitted by the transmission unit by associating them with each other.

Abstract: A print service server of a printing system manages information included in the print job to be transmitted and that is specific information required for specifying a user ID, and a user ID that has been registered with the print service server, an image processing apparatus transmits, to a counting server, the number of printed sheets used upon printing based on the print job and the specific information included in the print job, and the counting server queries the managing unit based on the transmitted specific information of the user ID that has been registered with the print service server and saves a user corresponding to the user ID acquired as the result of the query by the query unit, and the number of printed sheets transmitted by the transmission unit by associating them with each other.

Abstract: An arrangement which is capable of copying a clear toner image formed by a clear toner. In the image forming apparatus, a scanner section of an MFP reads an original. A CPU of the MFP determines whether or not position information indicative of a position where a clear-toner image formed by a clear toner is formed is contained in an image of the original read by the scanner section. When the CPU determines that the position information indicative of the position where the clear-toner image is formed is contained in the image of the original, the CPU forms the image of the original and the clear-toner image based on the position information.

Abstract: A form system 104 creates a table layout in accordance with an XML document that possesses a structure that is described by an XML schema. If a complex type of table element is present, the field name of the element is saved, and the child table elements of the complex type table element are laid out in the orientation of the height of the table. The field name and field region of each respective child table element is saved, and the position and size thereof determined. If a repeating loop element is present, an element is inserted beneath the table element in question that denotes the fact that the repeating loop is present. The layout data thus created is stored in the form storage unit 103.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for printing data based on an electronic file and generating management information about the print data including receiving print data and identification information associated with the electronic file, comparing the received print data with registered print data registered in a management apparatus based on the identification information, and registering the management information.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an external device presents a display instruction for displaying information about application installed on an image processing apparatus together with screen information to the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus generates screen information for displaying the information about the application installed therein based on the received display instruction and the screen information, and displays an operation screen based on the screen information.

Abstract: The form editing apparatus of the present invention includes a correlation calculation section 507 that calculates the correlation between fields, an arranging section 505 that arranges the fields in a form so as to acquire a gap of each line in which the fields are arranged, and a gap adjusting section 508 that selects a plurality of candidate fields having a length smaller than the gap so as to move one field among the selected plurality of candidate fields to the gap based on the correlation.

Abstract: Setting for detecting a region of interest from data to be inserted into a field region in a page is performed. When target data is inserted into the field region, a region of interest in the data is detected in accordance with the setting. a size of the destination field region is adjusted, to which the data of the region of interest be inserted, on the basis of the size of the region of interest, and the data of the region of interest in the destination field region in the page is lie out.

Abstract: A partial layout area using a template is created in a page. Setting information on the template used in the created partial layout area is set. The layout of the template used in the created partial layout area is controlled on the basis of the setting information set for the partial layout area.

Abstract: An arrangement which is capable of copying a clear toner image formed by a clear toner. In the image forming apparatus, a scanner section of an MFP reads an original. A CPU of the MFP determines whether or not position information indicative of a position where a clear-toner image formed by a clear toner is formed is contained in an image of the original read by the scanner section. When the CPU determines that the position information indicative of the position where the clear-toner image is formed is contained in the image of the original, the CPU forms the image of the original and the clear-toner image based on the position information.

Abstract: According to this invention, when executing an application corresponding to a service provided by a copier, the application calls a function prepared in the multi-functional peripheral in correspondence with the service. After calling the function, a charge monitoring layer operates a charge information table (S501), and determines whether to charge a user for the function (S502). If the user is charged for the function, the charge monitoring layer acquires charge information and displays a fee request window (S503). After the user pays the fee, the application executes the function (S504).

Abstract: In an information processing apparatus which performs a data process based on delivery data sent from an external information processing apparatus, it aims to enable to easily customize a data process to be performed by the information processing apparatus, e.g., an operation of an application program which has been already installed in the information processing apparatus. Moreover, it activates a program corresponding to the delivery data, thereby performing a process included in the activated program and corresponding to an event notification.

Abstract: A copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image can be enlarged or reduced. More specifically, the shapes of a latent image portion and a background portion are changed according to a certain magnification factor, and a pattern appropriate for the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image is applied to a dot pattern making up the latent image portion and a background portion. Thus, the appropriate copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image according to the size of a document image after change can be generated without deteriorating the function of the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image, and the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image can be overlaid with the document image and output.