Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Atsushi Shimazaki

Shigeru Mizoguchi

Michihei Murayama

Kazuyuki Masumoto

Takashi Moriya

Chisei Sumita

A communication apparatus performs a first communication processing to a communication partner apparatus using a first communication unit, establishes a wireless connection based on an infrastructure mode between the communication apparatus and an external access point, wherein the wireless connection is established with a second communication unit different from the first communication unit, and establishes a direct wireless connection between the communication apparatus and the communication partner apparatus which is the same as the communication partner apparatus of the first communication unit, wherein the direct wireless connection is established without the external access point. The wireless connection and the direct wireless connection are concurrently performed, and the external access point is searched in a state that the direct wireless connection is maintained, in a case where the wireless connection disconnected, wherein the external access point is external to the communication apparatus and is external to the communication partner apparatus.

Communicating apparatus, communication method, and storage medium storing program

A communication method includes establishing a wireless connection between an image forming apparatus and an external access point by a wireless communication unit, establishing a direct wireless connection between the image forming apparatus and a communication partner apparatus by the wireless communication unit without the external access point, concurrently maintaining the wireless connection and the direct wireless connection with each other, and performing print processing based on data received by the wireless communication unit. The external access point is searched in a case where the wireless connection between the image forming apparatus and the external access point is disconnected, the direct wireless connection between the image forming apparatus and the communication partner apparatus is maintained, while the external access point is searched, and the external access point is external to the image forming apparatus and is external to the communication partner apparatus.

A communication apparatus is provided which includes a control unit configured to perform control so that an execution frequency of predetermined communication in a state in which a connection using a communication method other than a Neighbor Awareness Network is established is lower than an execution frequency of the predetermined communication in a state in which a connection using the communication method other than the Neighbor Awareness Network is not established.

Communication apparatus, control method, and storage medium

A communicating apparatus includes a first communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus using a first wireless communication method, and a second communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus using a second wireless communication method different from the first wireless communication method. The second communication unit searches for an external apparatus which communicates by the second wireless communication method using a wireless channel used in communication by the first communication unit, and connects to the external apparatus.

Issues are addressed by providing a communication apparatus including a setting unit configured to execute a communication setting for operating the communication apparatus in a direct connection state without the intermediation of an external apparatus while specification processing is not executed for specifying whether or not the communication apparatus operates as an apparatus that determines a channel used for a direct connection with a terminal apparatus without the intermediation of the external apparatus in a case where a reception unit receives a setting command including a predetermined command.

Communication apparatus that is directly connected with a terminal apparatus without an intermediation of an external apparatus, control method for the same, and recording medium

A communication mode for performing wireless connection of a communicating apparatus is decided based on a first command for performing wireless connection and a second command received following the first command.

A communicating apparatus receives a request command which requires a response, and determines whether the communication mode of a partner apparatus corresponding to the request command matches a communication mode executed by the self communicating apparatus. If it is determined that the communication mode of the partner apparatus matches the communication mode executed by the self communicating apparatus, the communicating apparatus transmits a response command to the request command. If it is determined that the communication mode of the partner apparatus does not match the communication mode executed by the self communicating apparatus, the communicating apparatus transmits no response command to the request command.

Structured language data as a processing target is acquired via a first communication path or a second communication path. A rule corresponding to a communication path used for the acquisition is selected from a first rule and a second rule which respectively correspond the first communication path and the second communication path and define processing methods for the structured language data. The acquired structured language data as the processing target is processed in accordance with a processing method defined in a selected rule. Processing is executed based on the selected rule in either case that the first rule or the second rule is selected.

Information processing apparatus, method of controlling information processing apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium

To reduce the load of division position identification processing when executing job processing based on input job data that is divided into multiple parts, a job processing apparatus is configured to identify a division position indicating divisions of the parts in the input job data, and skip the identification of a division position in a processing data portion that is a job processing target among the job data.

Job processing apparatus and job processing method

There is provided a printing apparatus that can prevent a user from forgetting to set print settings and that can markedly reduce the number of unnecessary prints caused by unsuitable print settings, for example, in a case in which print data such as image data is sent from an image-supplying apparatus to the printing apparatus and in which the printing apparatus prints the print data. The printing apparatus, which receives print data from an image-supplying apparatus and prints the print data, need not start printing image data immediately after the image data is received. An input of print settings is accepted in the printing apparatus, and the image data is printed using the printing settings that have been input.

Printing apparatus and method for controlling the same

Print settings changed in a direct printing-capable image forming apparatus are treated as either temporary changes or permanent changes depending on the state of the image forming apparatus when the print settings are changed. Specifically, print settings changed when the image forming apparatus is in a direct printing-executable state are treated as temporary, whereas print settings changed when the image forming apparatus is in a direct printing-inexecutable state are treated as permanent. Usability regarding print settings is improved.

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Yokohama, Japan

Atsushi Shimazaki