Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an image processing system comprises an image forming apparatus, a beacon transmitter, and a portable information processing apparatus. The image forming apparatus comprises image forming sections configured to execute an image forming job, and a communication section connected to a network. The beacon transmitter transmits a beacon including identification information for identifying the image forming apparatus. The portable information processing apparatus comprises a beacon reception section configured to receive a beacon including the identification information, a communication section connected to the network, and a control section configured to perform control to transmit information relating to the image forming job via the network to the image forming apparatus identified by the identification information included in the received beacon if the portable information processing apparatus enters a coverage area of the beacon transmitter and receives the beacon.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an image processing system comprises a plurality of information processing apparatuses, a plurality of image forming apparatuses and a server connected with each other via a network. The sever includes a substitute list transmission section configured to transmit a list of substitute image forming apparatuses capable of executing an image forming job to the information processing apparatus transmitting the image forming job if an image forming apparatus receiving the image forming job from the information processing apparatus cannot execute the image forming job.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an image processing system comprises an image forming apparatus, a beacon transmitter, and a portable information processing apparatus. The image forming apparatus comprises image forming sections configured to execute an image forming job, and a communication section connected to a network. The beacon transmitter transmits a beacon including identification information for identifying the image forming apparatus. The portable information processing apparatus comprises a beacon reception section configured to receive a beacon including the identification information, a communication section connected to the network, and a control section configured to perform control to transmit information relating to the image forming job via the network to the image forming apparatus identified by the identification information included in the received beacon if the portable information processing apparatus enters a coverage area of the beacon transmitter and receives the beacon.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an interface device comprises a plurality of interface circuits which respectively corresponds to different transmission paths and sequentially acquires a plurality of packets formed by dividing data which is an object of any one of plural types of information processing via the corresponding transmission paths, a reception buffer and a processor. The processor writes the packet acquired by each of the plurality of the interface circuits in the reception buffer in association with an identification code for identifying the interface circuit acquiring the packet, sequentially reads a plurality of packets associated with the same identification code among the packets stored in the reception buffer from the reception buffer, and delivers the read packets to the information processing on the data which is a basis of the packet.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an interface device comprises a plurality of interface circuits which respectively corresponds to different transmission paths and sequentially acquires a plurality of packets formed by dividing data which is an object of any one of plural types of information processing via the corresponding transmission paths, a reception buffer and a processor. The processor writes the packet acquired by each of the plurality of the interface circuits in the reception buffer in association with an identification code for identifying the interface circuit acquiring the packet, sequentially reads a plurality of packets associated with the same identification code among the packets stored in the reception buffer from the reception buffer, and delivers the read packets to the information processing on the data which is a basis of the packet.