Abstract: A self-contained printing system includes a weatherproof housing defining an interior for containing the self-contained printing system components. A printer located within the weatherproof housing prints documents responsive to a print command. The printer is powered by a battery located within the weatherproof housing. A charging system charges the battery located within the weatherproof housing responsive a charging signal. At least one solar panel located on an exterior of the weatherproof housing provides the charging signal. Wireless communications circuitry enables the receipt of the print commands from an external device located outside of the weatherproof housing via a wireless communications link and communications with at least one remote server via the wireless communications link. A system processor monitors wireless communications link and generates status messages responsive thereto. At least one display located on the exterior of the weatherproof housing displays the status messages.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a controller of an image forming apparatus collects data relating to maintenance of the image forming apparatus. If failing to collect data, the controller confirms a cause of the collection failure and sets, if the cause of the collection failure is an interruption of a print job, an image forming job as a held job. Subsequently, the controller resumes the collection of the maintenance data that the controller has failed to collect.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data processing method, a device, a computer apparatus and a storage medium, wherein the method includes: in response to a target disk receiving at least one write request within a preset time period, determining a size threshold value for classifying a data update type according to a size of write data respectively indicated by each write request; determining a data update type corresponding to each write request according to a size of each write request and the size threshold value; dividing write data of the write request to obtain a data block according to a preset data block size, and caching the data block in a cache region of the target disk corresponding to the data update type, the target disk has multiple types of cache regions configured therein, different cache regions are configured to support caching of data with different update frequencies.

Abstract: A monitoring system includes a sensor data acquisition device configured to acquire information on an activity of a user; a data analyzer configured to analyze the acquired information on the activity of the user and detect occurrence of an abnormality in the activity of the user; an imaging controller configured to instruct an imaging terminal device that captures an image of the activity of the user to start capturing an image of the user and record imaging data in a case where the occurrence of the abnormality is detected by the data analyzer; an imaging data acquisition device configured to acquire the imaging data recorded by the imaging terminal device; a data storage device configured to store the imaging data acquired by the imaging data acquisition device; and an output device configured to output the imaging data.

Abstract: A terminal device may receive notification information from a notification server and selectively display one screen among a plurality of screens on a display. The terminal device may, in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied and a first screen among the plurality of screens is displayed, display the notification information on the first screen. The terminal device may, in a case where the predetermined condition is satisfied and a second screen among the plurality of screens is displayed, not display the notification information on the second screen, and in a case where the predetermined condition is not satisfied, not display the notification information.

Abstract: A technique for increasing user convenience is provided. An information processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether a predetermined function of the information processing apparatus has a use limitation, a setting unit configured to set information indicating a state relating to use of the predetermined function, and a display unit configured to display, on a display portion of the information processing apparatus, the information indicating the state relating to use of the predetermined function set by the setting unit, wherein in a case where it is determined by the determination unit that the predetermined function has a use limitation, the setting unit makes a setting such that the information indicating the state relating to use of the predetermined function includes information indicating that the predetermined function has a use limitation.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a first power state and a second power state lower in power than the first power state, the operation unit being turned off in the second power state. The image forming apparatus includes a display control unit configured to control a display on an operation unit, a reception unit configured to receive an end notification for end processing of the image forming apparatus, and a processing unit configured to perform, in response to receipt of the end notification by the reception unit, the end processing of the image forming apparatus, wherein, in response to receipt of the end notification by the reception unit when the image forming apparatus is in the second power state in which the operation unit is turned off, the display control unit turns on the operation unit.

Abstract: To reduce a burden on a user when selecting an image forming device from a user terminal, an information processing method includes acquiring use information from a local storage device of the user terminal. The use information is about past use of image forming devices in a plurality of image forming devices connectable to the user terminal. The method further includes transmitting a status request to the image forming devices used in the past, generating screen data for a history display screen based on the use information regarding the past use of the image forming devices, and causing a display device to display the history display screen with those image forming devices currently in a usable status based on a returned status request response being shown in one mode and those image forming devices currently in an unusable status based on a returned status request being shown in another mode.

Abstract: A cloud link system is connected with another cloud link system. In a list of cloud services includes a first cloud service connected to the cloud link system without the another cloud link system and a second cloud service connected to the another cloud link system.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet; and an operating portion including a display screen which includes at least numeric keys, a start key configured to cause the image forming portion to start image formation, and a stop key configured to stop the image formation by the image forming portion, and including a hardware key provided on a back side of the display screen and configured to start a maintenance mode of the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: If an operation of canceling a predetermined state includes an operation of powering off the device, even if communication between the device and the information processing apparatus becomes inexecutable after the screen for cancelling the predetermined state is displayed, the information processing apparatus does not execute a notification corresponding to a state in which the communication is inexecutable. If the operation of canceling the predetermined state does not include the operation of powering off the device, the information processing apparatus executes, based on a fact that the communication between the device and the information processing apparatus becomes inexecutable after the screen for cancelling the predetermined state is displayed, the notification corresponding to the state in which the communication is inexecutable.

Abstract: A computer system is configured for digital rights management for distributing and tracking downloadable proprietary source code defining a 3-D object and being usable to print the object on a 3D printer and protect the 3D object data from unauthorized printing. The computer system stores an inventory of proprietary source code corresponding to designs of a plurality of 3D objects, and enables a user to see the inventory of designs of the plurality of 3D objects in an online store, and permits the user to securely purchase use of the source code of a desired 3D object viewed therein. The computer system sends the proprietary source code defining the desired 3D object to a 3D printer, and controls printing of the desired 3D object made by the 3D printer to prevent further use of the source code when the purchased use in completed, using one of three different typologies.

Abstract: An estimation system provides consumable use estimations, such as for ink or toner, in printing operations. The estimation system uses a classification-based consumable use process to estimate the consumable use. A print job is assigned a classification category according to an arbitrary job category selected for the print job and a job property defined for the print job using job settings. An estimate is provided using the classification category and the distribution of the consumable use for print jobs in the category. The estimate is adjusted by a consumable use adjustment factor that reflects the amount of ink or toner disposed of during container replacement or wasted during printing operations.

Abstract: A management system includes a first communication device configured to access a cloud storage, and a second communication device that is configured to access the cloud storage and is communicably connected to a first terminal device or provided in a second terminal device. The first communication device is configured to execute a first writing processing of writing task request data into the cloud storage, and a first acquisition processing of acquiring terminal data from the cloud storage in response to arrival of a first acquisition timing. The second communication device is configured to execute a second acquisition processing of acquiring the task request data from the cloud storage in response to arrival of a second acquisition timing, and a second writing processing of acquiring the terminal data from the management target and write the terminal data into the cloud storage.

Abstract: A processing system includes a first authentication section that performs first authentication based on first authentication information associated with a user when acquiring the first authentication information, and a processor that acquires authentication success information indicating that second authentication was performed based on second authentication information different from the first authentication information and acquired by detecting the user in a contactless manner, and that stores a print job associated with the user.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, a system, and a method. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming engine to form an image on a recording medium, interrupts an image formation by the image forming engine in response to a malfunction, detects a recording medium on which the image formation is interrupted, and notifies an external device of a detection result of the recording medium.

Abstract: Provided is an input device comprising: a touch panel which receives an operation from a user; an external member having an external surface substantially the same as a surface of the touch panel; and a near field communication unit which is provided near the surrounding of the touch panel and inside of the external member and performs communication with an object to be detected which is brought close to a detection range, wherein a position corresponding to the near field communication unit of the external member projects from the touch panel and is inclined such that the side close to the touch panel is higher than the side distant from the touch panel.

Abstract: A processing apparatus capable of preventing a function corresponding to a contract from becoming unavailable due to an external factor. A communication unit has communication with an information management server to confirm a contract. A determination unit determines whether a failure factor of contract confirmation is an external factor. A controller stops providing a function corresponding to the contract in a case where the contract confirmation fails and it is determined that the failure factor of the contract confirmation is not the external factor, and provides the function corresponding to the contract in a case where the contract confirmation succeeds or a case where the confirmation of the contract fails and it is determined that the failure factor of the contract confirmation is the external factor.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for printing a paper web with at least one print motif by means of a digital printing facility. The method includes: providing a digital image of a master sample of the print motif, printing a plurality of copies of a section of the at least one print motif with different color settings, creating digital images of the printed copies, comparing the digital images of the printed copies with the digital image of the master sample, where a degree of similarity is determined in each case, selecting color settings using the determined degrees of similarity and printing the print motif onto the paper web with the selected color settings.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a two-dimensional colored bar code comprising an arrangement of colored basic structural elements encoding at least one information element, the manufacturing method comprising determining, by data processing means, a set of colored basic structural elements corresponding to the at least one information element, at least one structural element of the set comprising a pattern; and forming the at least one structural element of the set on a backing, in order to create the arrangement of colored basic structural elements.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus enables utilizing an output of proof printing as an output of final printing, wherein the image forming apparatus includes an image former forming an image on a sheet, an image reader reading an image formed on the sheet, and a controller, wherein the controller acquires a determination result of whether or not a sheet, on which an image read by the image reader is formed before the final printing by the image former in order to create a reference image to be used for inspecting an output matter of a printing job, can be used for an output matter of the final printing and controls the number of sheets or copies on which the images are to be formed using the image former at the final printing.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to image processing circuitry configured to: obtain biometric feature data being indicative of at least one biometric feature of a user of an imaging device; obtain image data from the imaging device used by the user; and associate the biometric feature data with the image data for verifying the user.

Abstract: A content management system manages content identification information of content data corresponding to a content provided through a virtual space and user identification information of a user in association with each other, in response to the user's instruction using a terminal for projecting an expression related to the virtual space into the user's field of view in order to provide the virtual space to the user, receives a request using the user identification information, transmits the content data corresponding to the content identification information, which is managed in association with the user identification information included in the request, to a request source of the request, and transmits a printing request for the content data to the printing system. The printing system controls printing of the content data based on the printing request.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transporter to transport a sheet in a transport path, an image forming assembly to form an image on the sheet transported by the transporter, and a sensor to detect the sheet in the transport path. In addition, a controller obtains user designation information indicating a type of a sheet onto which an image is to be formed before the sensor detects the sheet, and controls the image forming unit to skip forming the image on the sheet if a condition for permitting image formation is not satisfied, in a case where a detecting result from the sensor indicates a type different from the type indicated by the user designation information.

Abstract: A printing control apparatus includes a processor configured to receive instruction information including document data and information indicating whether or not it is necessary to inquire an external apparatus that holds restriction information indicating a condition for restricting printing of the document data, in a case where the instruction information includes the information indicating that the inquiry is necessary, acquire the restriction information in a case where the restriction information associated with the document data exists by inquiring the external apparatus, and permit printing of the document data in a case where information to be compared with the acquired restriction information satisfies the condition indicated by the restriction information.

Abstract: A terminal device (e.g., a smartphone) may use a private key to generate a first configuration object used for establishing a first wireless connection between the terminal device and an access point. The terminal device may also use the private key to generate a second configuration object used for establishing a second wireless connection between a communication device (e.g., a printer) and the access point. The terminal device may then transmit specific data (e.g., print data) to the communication device via the access point.

Abstract: In the present invention, when an instruction has been received to delete shared job history information, from among job history information stored in a job history storage unit 37, that has been set in a shared manner so as to be available to a plurality of users, a controller 35 provides notification that a usage history by another user exists if a usage history by another user other than a managing user of the shared job history information exists.

Abstract: There is provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program executed by a computer in a printing control apparatus that is connected to a printing device and configured to receive installation of a printer driver for causing the printing device to perform printing. The program is associated with the printer driver. The program causes the computer to execute acquiring a print request, transmitting the acquired print request to the printer driver, receiving a response based on the print request transmitted by the printer driver, and acquiring print information based on the print request.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media are disclosed for generating action recommendations for generating action recommendations for modifying physical emissions sources of an entity based on forecasting and monitoring emissions production for the entity utilizing machine-learning models. Specifically, the disclosed system forecasts emissions produced by an entity by utilizing a plurality of different forecasting machine-learning models corresponding to different physical emissions sources to generate forecasted source attributes. Additionally, the disclosed system combines the forecasted source attributes to generate a plurality of forecasted emissions value modifications for a future time period. The disclosed system generates action recommendations for modifying the physical emissions sources based on the forecasted emissions value modifications.

Abstract: A terminal device is configured to transmit communication start notification for starting short-range wireless communication between a terminal device-side communication interface and a communication device-side communication interface. In response to the communication start notification, a communication device transmits authentication information of wireless communication and a printer one-time token to the terminal device via the short-range communication. The terminal device transmits connection information for connecting a router to the communication device via the wireless communication using the authentication information. The communication device performs setting for connecting the router using the connection information.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive, from a print server that provides a logical printer associated with the printing apparatus, a print job associated with the logical printer, a print unit configured to perform printing based on the print job, and a display control unit configured to electronically display, on a display device of the printing apparatus, a two-dimensional code obtained by encoding identification information allocated to the logical printer by the print server.

Abstract: A robot that recognizes a user by identifying elements in a captured image that match elements in at least one previously captured image of the user, identifying biometric data that matches previously captured biometric data of the user, or identifying voice data that matches previously captured voice data of the user. Upon recognition of the user, the user is authorized to use the robot, control the robot, modify settings of the robot, add or delete or modify access of users to the robot, actuate the robot, program the robot, and assign a task to the robot.

Abstract: A processor-implemented method is disclosed.

Abstract: A processing management device includes: at least one hardware processor configured to acquire a processing plan and a processing status of at least one processing device that performs processing, the processing plan being derived based on capability information of the at least one processing device, and perform control to display processing information that is information including the processing status of the at least one processing device, in which the at least one hardware processor displays, for each of the at least one processing device, information for identifying the at least one processing device and information indicating an operation state of the at least one processing device and a proportion of a processed sheet number to a planned sheet number of the at least one processing device, as the processing information, and the at least one hardware processor performs control such that the processing information is displayed in a figure for each of the at least one processing device and the figure is ar

Abstract: A printing system including a display section that displays a print preview based on a print setting including specification of a print medium set by a user and image data, a changing section that changes the print setting in accordance with an instruction of an administrator, and a confirmation section that causes a printer to execute printing in accordance with an agreement between the user and the administrator is configured.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus has a storage function for storing a print job received from an external apparatus. In response to receiving, by the CPU, a remote release instruction of the print job from the outside when a first setting has been made as an operation setting related to a storing function, the CPU controls so that print processing is executed based on the print job stored by the storing function. When a second setting is made as an operation setting related to the storing function, the CPU controls so that the print processing is not executed even if the remote release instruction is received from the outside.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a printing apparatus, cause the computer to perform a method including acquiring print data on which print processing is to be performed by the printing apparatus, acquiring restriction information concerning printing about a server located outside the information processing apparatus and capable of communicating with the printing apparatus, and, in a case where information concerning the print data satisfies a predetermined condition that is based on the restriction information, performing processing for performing notification about an error in which print processing is not performed.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an extension application configured to extend, by being associated with print data generation software, a function of the print data generation software for shared use by a plurality of printing apparatuses provided by different vendors stores a program for causing a computer to activate a status notification application configured to provide a notification of status information about a printing apparatus based on issuance of a print instruction to print print data on which the printing apparatus performs printing processing, and display a print preview screen for the print data in a case where the print data is acquired, wherein the status notification application provides the notification of the status information about the printing apparatus even in a case where an error does not occur in the printing apparatus.

Abstract: Provided are a printing method and apparatus, and an electronic device. The method includes: receiving, in an interface where a first application runs, a printing request initiated by a user for a target file displayed in the interface; running, according to the printing request and in the interface where the first application runs, a preset printing application embedded in the first application; and transmitting the target file to a cloud printing server by using the preset printing application, and instructing the cloud printing server to send the target file to a printing device upon receiving an acquisition request from the printing device, to cause the printing device to print the target file.

Abstract: A method of controlling an information processing apparatus configured to execute an extension application associated with printing data generation software operatable in the information processing apparatus to extend a function includes: adding information on an extended function to printing function information used in the printing data generation software; switching in accordance with a setting value stored in common information shared with the extension application whether to perform skip processing in which conversion processing of intermediate data performed by the printing data generation software is skipped; and editing the intermediate data in which the conversion processing is skipped in the printing data generation software in the switching and converting the edited intermediate data into printing data.

Abstract: A first server system includes a registration unit configured to, in a case where a request output from a management server system based on an instruction from a first user having a first authority is received, register first printer information in the first server system, and the management server system includes a control unit configured to, based on an instruction from a second user having a second authority that is a more limited authority than the first authority, execute a saving process for saving the first printer information registered in the first server system and second printer information regarding a printing apparatus registered in a second server system different from the first server system and the management server system in association with each other in a saving unit of the management server system.

Abstract: There are included a normal model building unit that builds a normal model of another device on the basis of normal data of the other device; a degradation determination model building unit that builds a degradation determination model of the other device on the basis of the normal data and degradation data of the other device; a normal model rebuilding unit that builds a normal model of a target device on the basis of the normal model of the other device and normal data of the target device; a degradation determination model rebuilding unit that builds a degradation determination model of the target device on the basis of the degradation determination model of the other device and the normal model of the target device; and a degradation determining unit that determines degradation of the target device on the basis of operation data of the target device and the degradation determination model of the target device.

Abstract: A printing apparatus having a print engine, a network interface, a memory, a user interface and a controller. The controller is configured to perform accumulation printing in which the controller receive selection of print data accumulated in the memory through the user interface. The controller is configured such that, for print data to which user identification information of a first user and authentication information is set, the controller causes the user interface to display selection items for such print data, while, for print data to which the user identification information for the first user is not set, the controller causes the user interface not to display the selection items for such print data. The controller is further configured to control the print engine to print the print data as selected through the user interface.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that is capable of preventing lowering of operability when printing is performed. In a client terminal, an OS acquires capability information related to printing capability from a server that provides a cloud print service or a printer, and a controller displays a screen. The capability information has a hierarchical structure including at least one item name and a plurality of attribute values belonging to the item name. The controller can perform first display for collectively displaying the item name and the attribute values and second display for displaying the plurality of attribute values in a state sorted into groups of attribute values relevant to each other.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: read character string information written on a paper document; obtain, from an external system that performs processing using the read character string information, external system information indicating a use condition relating to use of character string information in the external system; and determine whether the read character string information matches the external system information obtained from the external system.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a first obtaining unit configured to obtain information about a subscription service related to the printing apparatus, an acceptance unit configured to accept execution of processing of job data, and a first control unit configured to execute the processing of the job data in a case where the obtained information is information indicating that a contract of a first subscription service has been concluded and the processing of the job data accepted by the acceptance unit is processing not involving a print operation, and not execute the processing of the job data in a case where the obtained information is information indicating that a contract of a second subscription service different from the first subscription service has been concluded and the processing of the job data accepted by the acceptance unit is processing not involving the print operation.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus in a printing system including the information processing apparatus, a cloud printing service, a data conversion service, and a printing apparatus that is not compatible with the cloud printing service but can utilize the cloud printing service via the data conversion service, includes a memory containing instructions and a processor for executing the instructions to obtain printer identification information for identifying the printing apparatus in the cloud printing service, and request the data conversion service for printer status information of the printing apparatus by use of the obtained printer identification information. In addition, a display controller is configured to preform display control of the obtained printer status information.

Abstract: A method for identifying influential effects that contribute most to a status change of a target index for goal seeking analysis. The method includes generating a candidate list of significant changed predictors between the normal and abnormal status time periods in collected data, and building a plurality of regression models from the collected data. The method determines a first value (trend value or Pearson correlation value) for each of the significant changed predictors based on whether at least one of the significant changed predictors have a significant change trend using the regression models. The method obtains a second predictor importance value for each of the significant changed predictors from a single model built on all the collected data. The method generates a final predictor value for each of the significant changed predictors by combining the first value with the second predictor importance value for each of the significant changed predictors.

Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium stores a supporting program executable by a computer of an information processing apparatus. The supporting program is configured to support a printing program of an operating system of the information processing apparatus. The printing program of the operating system is configured to process data so as to display a print setting screen on a display of the information processing apparatus, Service information which is information related to a service applicable to the external printer is stored in the external printer. The supporting program causes the information processing apparatus to obtaining the service information, generating, based on the obtained service information, notification data indicating a notifying image to a user, and displaying the notifying image on the print setting screen displayed on the display of the information processing apparatus by outputting the generated notification data to the printing program of the operating system.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to acquire setting information registered in advance by the user, determine a display mode of a list display of the setting information according to a priority assigned to the setting information or whether a job applying the setting information is executed, and control a display device to display the list display based on the display mode.