Abstract: A printing terminal connected to a network includes a display section to display a printing instruction or information, a transmitting/receiving section to transmit/receive information to/from a server, and a print processing section to print out printing data in accordance with the printing instruction. The server connected to the network includes a display forming section to generate information which is to be displayed on the display section of the printing terminal, a display processing section to process information which is to be displayed on the display unit of the printing terminal, and a printing data storage section to store the printing data which are to be printed out to the print processing section of the printing terminal.

Abstract: In this printing system, in case of carrying out printing from a personal computer, PDA (personal digital assistants), and portable telephone, the printing data are transmitted through internet to a server by using the printing data as a mail, temporarily stored in a server, and then transferred to a digital copying machine to print. In the server, at the time of receiving the mail as the printing data, control is made of the action to store the printing data in a memory or a hard disk drive.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a recognition unit which recognizes an operator on the basis of specification data for specifying the operator who operates the apparatus, a history manufacturing unit which manufactures history data relating the specification data of the operator with image data that is used when carrying out the image processing on the basis of an instruction by the operation, and a recording unit which records the history data manufactured by the history manufacturing unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a camera which photographs an operator, an authentication unit to authenticate whether or not facial data indicating an operator's face photographed by the camera indicates a registered person based on a result of searching for the facial data registered in a facial data storage unit in which the facial data indicating the operator's face is registered beforehand, and a control unit to control an only predetermined function executable by a person other than the registered person in a case where that it is judged that the operator is not the registered person by an authentication result of the authentication unit.

Abstract: A method of producing a hot melt adhesive solid, the method comprising the steps of inserting a hot melt adhesive heated to higher than a flow temperature into a container having a mold-releasing internal surface and a bottom plate which is openable and closable or removably fixable to the container, cooling the hot melt adhesive at least until the surface of hot melt adhesive becomes solidified, and taking out the hot melt adhesive from the container by opening the bottom plate or displacing the same; hot melt adhesive solid; method of packaging the same; and method of transporting the same.

Abstract: An electronic catalog system sends catalog address information to a mobile phone through a wireless communication, sends catalog data adaptable to address information selected by the mobile phone to a storage server, and prints and outputs catalog data stored in the storage server.

Abstract: An image forming system and apparatus are provided which utilizes a portable terminal such as a cellular phone when printing and outputting map data, etc. on a network by separating the operation through the cellular phones from the operation through a terminal printer. The system includes a portable terminal that is connected to a network via a gateway through radio communication and provides a desired map destination data to a server. The server receives the destination data via the network and stores the destination data in a prescribed area. A printer that is connected to the server provides its position data to the server and receives a map data comprising the position data of the printer as a starting point and the destination data as an ending point and prints this map data.

Abstract: A digital copying machine provided with both a scanner function and a printer function is used. The use of this type of machine enables a scanner apparatus to have a printout function as well. An input image can be transmitted to a final registration destination or a transfer destination and printed by operating only the scanner apparatus. Owing to this feature, the user need not check the image output to the final registration destination, the user is only required to confirm the printed image. Hence, the burden imposed on the user by the confirmation of captured images is significantly reduced.

Abstract: To improve usability and convenience, there is provided an information storage server which, when providing a service of storing contents designated by a user in a content storage portion and transmitting the contents to a content output terminal in response to an output request by the user, performs authentication based on authentication information notified by the user's using a predetermined main authentication information notification function through a predetermined procedure, and provides the contents to the user via the content output terminal when an affirmative authentication result is obtained, the information storage server including a substitutive authentication reception portion which receives authentication by a substitutive authentication information notification function in which at least one of the authentication information itself and the using procedure is different from the main authentication information notification function, when the main authentication information notification function

Abstract: User information is acquired from a portable device and setting information of the user is acquired from a server based on the user information from the portable device to customize settings for each user. As a result, a digital copying machine having a user interface which is set to be easily customized for a user is provided.

Abstract: When a recording medium is set in a slot of a CD-ROM drive, a DVD drive or a smart media drive, a system control section of a printing apparatus controls a display control section to cause a display panel to display selection items. When one of the selection items displayed on the display panel is selected by pushing, and a “PRINT” button is also pushed, the system control section acquires information on the selected item associated with the recording medium from a server apparatus and controls a print control section to execute a printing control.

Abstract: An image forming system and apparatus are provided which utilizes a portable terminal such as a cellular phone when printing and outputting map data, etc. on a network by separating the operation through the cellular phones from the operation through a terminal printer. The system includes a portable terminal that is connected to a network via a gateway through radio communication and provides a desired map destination data to a server. The server receives the destination data via the network and stores the destination data in a prescribed area. A printer that is connected to the server provides its position data to the server and receives a map data comprising the position data of the printer as a starting point and the destination data as an ending point and prints this map data.

Abstract: In a network system, only text data is displayed on a portable telephone when access is made to a page which is made public on the Internet by use of the portable telephone. An image of the page and information indicating a URL of the page are stored into a predetermined folder according to an instruction for storage of the page from the portable telephone based on the operation by the user.

Abstract: A method of producing a hot melt adhesive solid, the method comprising the steps of inserting a hot melt adhesive heated to higher than a flow temperature into a container having a mold-releasing internal surface and a bottom plate which is openable and closable or removably fixable to the container, cooling the hot melt adhesive at least until the surface of hot melt adhesive becomes solidified, and taking out the hot melt adhesive from the container by opening the bottom plate or displacing the same; hot melt adhesive solid; method of packaging the same; and method of transporting the same.

Abstract: In this invention, a function is added to a digital copying machine or a function of the digital copying machine is changed from a remote terminal by using a window image displayed on an operation unit of the digital copying machine. This allows an operator of the remote terminal to check the arrangement and shapes of actual operation buttons by which functions are displayed on the operation unit. It is possible to avoid choosing a wrong icon for assigning or changing a function and present changes of functions readily understandable by an operator.

Abstract: When a commodity has been purchased, display on a display section of a mobile phone is returned to a commodity purchase screen at a cash register, and “Total” is chosen and determined. When “Total” has been determined, a control section of the mobile phone causes the display section to display a totaling screen. The totaling screen displays a sum price of the purchased commodity, as well as choices of payment methods, “Cash” and “Credit card”, and choices of reception of the commodity, “Take out” and “Delivery”. The cash or credit card is chosen as a method of payment by the mobile phone, and whether the purchased commodity is to be taken out or delivered is chosen.

Abstract: In a network system, only text data is displayed on a portable telephone when access is made to a page which is made public on the Internet by use of the portable telephone. An image of the page and information indicating a URL of the page are stored into a predetermined folder according to an instruction for storage of the page from the portable telephone based on the operation by the user.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus having a receipt interface I/F, a hard disk, and a printer section. The receipt interface I/F receives pages of image data transmitted and a partial print request signal requesting that only a part of the image data be printed, both transmitted through a communication line. The hard disk stores both the image data and the partial print request signal. The printer section prints a part of the image data stored in the hard disk, in response to the partial print request signal that the receipt interface I/F has received.

Abstract: Processes from the scanning of a document in a preset scan mode to a process executed for the scanned image are set as scan jobs. When an icon associated with the scan job is selected, the scan job is executed. Thereby, the processes from the scanning of the document to the process executed for the scanned image can be automatically executed by selecting the associated icons, and the user operations are simplified and made easier.

Abstract: The present invention is adapted to create multi-page data consisting of image data of a plurality of pages that constitute one document, and to manage the multi-page data in the same stage as single-page data that consists of image data of each page belonging to the document. As a result, an image processing system is realized which can make use of both a single-page file suitable for management or updating of image data performed in units of one page, and a multi-page file suitable for processing of image data performed in units of one document.