Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus which is easy for a user to operate. In the information processing apparatus, it is judged based on a function obtained from a peripheral whether or not a job script can be issued to the peripheral, and a job issuance processing is controlled in accordance with a judgment result.

Abstract: A peripheral apparatus which can communicate with a server via a network has: user interface means for operating the peripheral apparatus; communicating means for performing a log-in to the server; information obtaining means for obtaining operating environment information of the log-in user from operating environment managing means of each user of the server when the user is authenticated by the server; user interface constructing means for constructing a user interface such as an operating picture plane or the like in accordance with the operating environment information of the user; program downloading means for, when execution of a predetermined program held by program information managing means of each user on the server is instructed by the user interface means, downloading the program whose execution has been instructed from the server; data managing means for holding the downloaded program; and program executing means for executing the downloaded program.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus which is easy for a user to operate. In the information processing apparatus, it is judged based on a function obtained from a peripheral whether or not a job script can be issued to the peripheral, and a job issuance processing is controlled in accordance with a judgment result.

Abstract: A printing control apparatus for analyzing and processing an input print job that includes printing management data for managing the print job and print data. Header information identifying the printing management data has been added to the printing management data and header information identifying the print data and indicating a data size of the print data has been added to the print data. Header information of input data is analyzed and input data determined to be printing management data in accordance with the header information is stored in a management information storage medium and input data determined to be print data in accordance with the head information is stored in a print data storage medium on the basis of the data size indicated in the header information, without analyzing the print data.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is disclosed as an embodiment of the invention. The image processing apparatus which is connected to a communication network and can communicate with an outside includes operating means for allowing the user to operate the image processing apparatus, managing means for managing a program and data existing in the image processing apparatus, obtaining means for obtaining a program to control the image processing apparatus from an information processing apparatus connected via the communication network, recognizing means for recognizing an end of a process based on the program in the image processing apparatus, and deleting means for deleting the program in response to the end of the process of the program.

Abstract: There is provided a multi-functional peripheral which is easy for user to use. In the multi-functional peripheral, after a logical device control program retaining a function of a logical device to which the job is transmitted from an information processing apparatus and managing the job transmitted to the logical device is allowed to analyze the inputted job, a physical device control program retaining a function of a device engine of the peripheral and managing the job in the device engine is allowed to analyze the job.

Abstract: A client inquires service information or ability information which are peculiar to a plurality of or a single peripheral device, manages those information in a storage so that they can be updated, and requests a service to the peripheral device which can respond to a desired service request.

Abstract: A thermal transfer recording apparatus for performing the recording an image on a recording medium by transferring ink contained in an ink sheet to the recording medium has ink sheet a conveyance unit for conveying the ink sheet, a recording medium conveyance unit for conveying the recording medium, a recording unit for recording an image on the recording medium by activating the ink sheet, a counting unit for counting the black dot numbers in the current line, a timing unit for measuring the elapsed time since the image recording in the last line by the recording unit, and a control unit for controlling the ink sheet to be conveyed for a predetermined length without conveying the recording medium in accordance with the timing value of the timing unit and the counting value of the counting unit subsequent to the current line recording by the recording, thus making it possible to separate the ink sheet and recording sheet more reliably to maintain a high recording quality.

Abstract: A thermal transfer recording apparatus for performing the recording of an image on a recording medium by transferring ink contained in an ink sheet to the recording medium has an ink sheet, a conveyance unit for conveying the ink sheet, a recording medium conveyance unit for conveying the recording medium, a recording unit for recording an image on the recording medium by activating the ink sheet, a counting unit for counting the black dot numbers in the current line, a timing unit for measuring the elapsed time since the image recording in the last line by the recording unit, and a control unit for controlling the ink sheet to be conveyed for a predetermined length without conveying the recording medium in accordance with the timing value of the timing unit and the counting value of the counting unit subsequent to the current line recording by the recording, thus making it possible to separate the ink sheet and recording sheet more reliably to maintain a high recording quality.

Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, comprising: image data sent from a transmission-side apparatus is received, and discrimination is performed as to whether the image data received is a character image or a halftone image segmentation processing is then performed on the reception data. When the discrimination means discrimitaes that the received image data is a character image, interpolation processing is performed on the basis of reception image data in a predetermined area, to perform segmentation processing of image data of a pixel of interest, and so the apparatus can perform segmentation processing of input data by simple control at high speed and low cost.