Abstract: A page image displaying device includes a display control portion configured to keep displaying, when a designated region is set, and when a touch-sensitive panel detects a touch action of giving a command to changes pages to be displayed from one to another, a page image of a first page in a region other than the designated region of a page display region in which the page image is displayed, and, to change partly what is displayed in the page display region in a manner to display a part of a page image of a second page of the document in the designated region, said part corresponding to a part in position in the designated region of the page image of the first page.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a scanner for scanning a document image, and a controller for controlling the image forming device. The controller determines whether or not a loss detection image for determining presence or absence of data loss has been superimposed on a first document image scanned by the scanner, and when it is determined that the loss detection image has been superimposed on the first document image, extracts the loss detection image from the first document image and determines presence or absence of data loss in the extracted loss detection image, and notifies a user of presence or absence of data loss based on a result of the determination of presence or absence of data loss in the extracted loss detection image.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus having a plurality of functions includes a scroll display portion that displays a row of markers and a slider for specifying one or more markers sequentially by moving along the row, an image display portion that displays functional images for representing functions corresponding to the markers specified by the slider, a setting portion that receives setting item details for a function specified by one of the functional images selected, and an extraction portion that extracts a function having the setting item details received by the setting portion different from an initial value. The image display portion displays a functional image for a longer time when the functional image represents the function extracted by the extraction portion than when the functional image does not represent the function extracted by the extraction portion.

Abstract: A print control apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a first e-mail that includes a print preview instruction from an external terminal, an analysis unit configured to analyze the first e-mail and detect the print preview instruction from the first e-mail, a generation unit configured to generate a preview image on the basis of the print preview instruction, and a sending unit configured to attach the preview image to a second e-mail and send the second e-mail toward the external terminal.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including: an input-operation accepting unit configured to accept an input operation by a first user currently logged in the image forming apparatus; a receiving unit configured to receive an authenticated printing job from a second user different from the first user; a storing unit configured to store the authenticated printing job in association with the second user; an authenticating unit provided separately from the input-operation accepting unit, and configured to authenticate the second user in parallel with acceptance processing of the input operation by the first user using the input-operation accepting unit; an extracting unit configured to extract the authenticated printing job associated with the second user from the storing unit upon authentication of the second user by the authenticating unit; and a print control unit configured to execute and print the authenticated printing job extracted by the extracting unit.

Abstract: An image processing system in which an image forming device and a server device are connected via a network, the image forming device including an acquisition unit operable to acquire a maximum optional configuration that indicates all optional functions that can be implemented on another image forming device; a creation unit operable to create an external use screen, which is a customized screen for display on an operation panel of the other image forming device, in accordance with the maximum optional configuration; and a transmission unit operable to transmit external setting information corresponding to the external use screen to the server device, and the server device including a customized screen storage unit that stores the external setting information. With this structure, a customized screen for use on the other image forming device can be created to include functions not implemented on the image forming device.

Abstract: A print control device, comprises: a receiving part for receiving an email; an address extracting part for extracting an address designated as a recipient of the email received by the receiving part; and an output controlling part for controlling production of a printed output based on the email when the receiving part receives the email. The output controlling part does not produce the printed output based on the email received by the receiving part if the multiple addresses are extracted by the address extracting part.

Abstract: An MFP sequentially displays a plurality of operation screens on a display panel by switching, and receives a user operation on each operation screen. The user operation is performed for the switching or execution of a function, and the operation screens include screens customized by a user.

Abstract: A plurality of MFPs are connected to a data transfer system, and one of the MFPs functions as a representing MFP. The representing MFP monitors a connection status of the MFPs and a PC to the data transfer system. Upon detection of a change in the connection status, the representing MFP assigns the PC connected to the data transfer system after the change to each of the plurality of MFPs in an order up to a maximum number of PCs that can be connected, and has information necessary for carrying out data transfer to the PC be stored in the MFPs connected to the data transfer system in a distributed manner.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an operation panel to preview an image page by page. The image forming apparatus stores a feature of an image of a page previewed on the operation panel and extracts a regularity from the stored feature of the image. When a feature of an image of a page previewed on the operation panel does not agree with the extracted regularity, the image forming apparatus displays a menu for correcting the feature that does not agree.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises: a receiver which receives facsimile or print data file in a page description language, from an information processing apparatus; a spooler which stores the facsimile or print data file received therefrom, on the spooler itself; a converter which converts the facsimile or print data file stored on the spooler, to an image data format; a job generator which generates a job based on the obtained image data file; a facsimile transmitter; a printer; and a job controller which instructs the facsimile transmitter or the printer to perform facsimile transmission or printing according to the generated job, respectively. And the converter selects the facsimile or print data file among those stored on the spooler, based on the state of the printer and the state of the facsimile transmitter, before converting the facsimile or print data file to an image data format.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus performs specific processing on images read out of a document having pages as follows. Each of the pages is a member assigned to at least any one of groups. The apparatus determines a second security level of each group based on a first security level of each page of the corresponding group; before the specific processing on the N-th group, determines whether or not password entry is necessary based on the second security level of the N-th group and any of the second security levels of the first group through the (N?1)-th group; and performs the specific processing on the N-th group if it is determined that password entry is unnecessary for the N-th group, or, alternatively, if it is determined that password entry is necessary for the N-th group and if a password is appropriately entered.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a display unit and a control unit. The control unit displays, on the display unit, a first window for inputting a setting concerned with a plurality of functions. Further, the control unit stepwisely displays at least a portion of a second window over the first window in a manner corresponding to a type of the second window when the first window is displayed, the second window being for inputting a setting concerned with the plurality of functions.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus having a plurality of functions includes a scroll display portion that displays a row of markers and a slider for specifying one or more markers sequentially by moving along the row, an image display portion that displays functional images for representing functions corresponding to the markers specified by the slider, a setting portion that receives setting item details for a function specified by one of the functional images selected, and an extraction portion that extracts a function having the setting item details received by the setting portion different from an initial value. The image display portion displays a functional image for a longer time when the functional image represents the function extracted by the extraction portion than when the functional image does not represent the function extracted by the extraction portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a creation unit that creates a preview image showing a print output state regarding a target image of printing processing, and an input/output unit that displays a screen including a preview display region as a display region of the preview image and a re-set item display region as a display region of a menu image having a setting item for re-set regarding the printing processing, and accepts a setting change input regarding the setting item for the re-set in the menu image. The creation unit recreates the preview image based on setting contents after a setting change, the setting contents being accepted with regard to the setting item for the re-set. The input/output unit displays the recreated preview image on the preview display region.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a scanner for scanning a document image, and a controller for controlling the image forming device. The controller determines whether or not a loss detection image for determining presence or absence of data loss has been superimposed on a first document image scanned by the scanner, and when it is determined that the loss detection image has been superimposed on the first document image, extracts the loss detection image from the first document image and determines presence or absence of data loss in the extracted loss detection image, and notifies a user of presence or absence of data loss based on a result of the determination of presence or absence of data loss in the extracted loss detection image.

Abstract: An image processing system in which an image forming device and a server device are connected via a network, the image forming device including an acquisition unit operable to acquire a maximum optional configuration that indicates all optional functions that can be implemented on another image forming device; a creation unit operable to create an external use screen, which is a customized screen for display on an operation panel of the other image forming device, in accordance with the maximum optional configuration; and a transmission unit operable to transmit external setting information corresponding to the external use screen to the server device, and the server device including a customized screen storage unit that stores the external setting information. With this structure, a customized screen for use on the other image forming device can be created to include functions not implemented on the image forming device.

Abstract: An MFP sequentially displays a plurality of operation screens on a display panel by switching, and receives a user operation on each operation screen. The user operation is performed for the switching or execution of a function, and the operation screens include screens customized by a user.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a receiving portion that receives an authentication print job sent by a user; a comparison portion that compares identification information received through the user's input with identification information included in image data; a job execution portion that executes the authentication print job in the case where the comparison between the received identification information and the identification information included in the image data has succeeded; and a password storage portion that stores identification information in the case where the authentication print job is in the process of being received in order to enable the comparison made by the comparison portion with respect to the authentication print job that is being received.

Abstract: A plurality of MFPs are connected to a data transfer system, and one of the MFPs functions as a representing MFP. The representing MFP monitors a connection status of the MFPs and a PC to the data transfer system. Upon detection of a change in the connection status, the representing MFP assigns the PC connected to the data transfer system after the change to each of the plurality of MFPs in an order up to a maximum number of PCs that can be connected, and has information necessary for carrying out data transfer to the PC be stored in the MFPs connected to the data transfer system in a distributed manner.