Seiko Epson Corporation

Daiki Kojima

Kenichi Karaki

Masahiro Komatsu

Masahide Shiozaki

Takahiro Matsuda

When an information processing apparatus having local connection to a first printing apparatus is moved from a first connection area to a third connection area, the information processing apparatus is caused to have wide area connection to the first printing apparatus in the third connection area, and when the information processing apparatus having wide area connection to a second printing apparatus is moved from the third connection area to the first connection area, a user is requested to select the first printing apparatus or the second printing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus is connected to the apparatus selected by the user in response to the request.

Information processing apparatus and control method of information processing apparatus

A terminal that can communicate with a multifunctional machine includes a touch panel and a terminal control unit that, by execution of a control application, causes the touch panel to display icons including a multifunctional machine icon such that the icons are arranged in a line and, when an icon selected by a selection operation is the multifunctional machine icon, calls a control function of a multifunctional machine application which corresponds to the multifunctional machine icon, and the terminal control unit causes the touch panel to display the icons such that a part of one icon of the icons is superimposed on the other icon adjacent to the one icon.

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Matsumoto, Japan

Daiki Kojima