Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Fusahiro Shiono

Kensaku Komai

Atsushi Ohta

Yoshiaki Tanaka

Takashi Sawano

Souichi Ohnishi

Yukio Matsuda

Ryoji Murata

Soichi Ohnishi

In a terminal device connected through a network to an image forming apparatus including a hold print function, the presence of an unprinted hold print job is certainly informed to a user that should print a hold print job. The terminal device includes a hold print job processing unit having a hold print job information managing unit that manages hold print job information sent from the image forming apparatus, an event receiving unit that receives event occurrence information given from an operating system when a predetermined event occurs in a personal computer, and a user interface unit, and displays a message indicating that an unprinted job exists every time the notification of occurrence of the event is sent from the OS if the unprinted hold print job exists in a list of the hold print job information in the hold print job information managing unit.

Image forming apparatus and image forming system

In a printer driver, user interface UI-is displayed in the beginning and setup items are displayed in the respective display forms of the basic level on this user interface UI-. In this state, basic explanations or detailed explanations are omitted. In addition, user interface UI-is displayed when the 'Other Features' button is pressed in user interface UI-and setup items are displayed in the respective display forms of the applied level on this user interface UI-. In this state, basic explanations or detailed explanations etc. concerning print control information entered via the setup items are displayed, which makes it possible to learn what type of information the print control information is.

Interface for print control

A personal computer is an information processing apparatus including: a browser which obtains data from a resource and displays an image corresponding to the data; and a printer driver section for carrying out control of printing operation. The printer driver section includes an UI processing section for instructing the browser to obtain setting image data from a content item storage section which stores the setting image data which corresponds to a setting image by which a user sets printing conditions, and to display the setting image expressed by the setting image data in a display apparatus. In this way, the present invention realizes an information processing apparatus capable of easy modification of the setting image for setting printing conditions.

Information processing apparatus, server apparatus, printing control system, program and storage medium

The present invention provides a data processing setting apparatus which is improved in convenience when selecting a desired function from a plurality of functions of data processing. A printer driver UI sectionincludes (i) an icon read-out sectionwhich reads out from a table managing sectiona plurality of advanced function icons each indicating a function regarding a processing of generating a print job and each being able to be identified by the function, (ii) a display control sectionwhich sequentially displays the read-out advanced function icons on the setting screen image, and (iii) a selection processing sectionwhich can select any of a plurality of selectable advanced function icons simultaneously displayed by the display control section

Data processing setting apparatus, data processing setting method, data processing setting program, and computer-readable recording medium recording the program

The present invention provides a data processing setting apparatus which allows a user to easily confirm a function, which has already been set, when setting a desired function from a plurality of functions of data processing. A printer driver UI sectionincludes (I) a display control sectionfor displaying on a setting screen image a plurality of advanced function icons each indicating a function of a print processing and being able to be identified by the function, (II) a detail condition setting sectionfor (i) setting one advanced function corresponding to the advanced function icon selected, in response to an input instruction, from a plurality of advanced function icons displayed on the setting screen image, and (III) a set function icon display processing sectionfor displaying a set function icon in a region of the setting screen image, not in a region in which the plurality of advanced function icons are displayed, the set function icon corresponding to the advanced function set by the detail condition setting sectionand indicating that the advanced function has already been set.

Data processing setting apparatus, data processing setting method, data processing setting program, and computer readable recording medium recording the program

An electronic cash register system of the register-in-line type includes a master machine and a plurality of slave machines which communicate with the master machine. A state determination system is included in each of the slave machines for storing a state indicating signal which indicates whether a reset operation or a read operation has already been conducted to the transaction data registered in the slave machine. When the transaction data is transmitted to the master machine, the state indicating signal is also transmitted to the master machine. Accordingly, the operator of the master machine can monitor the operational states of the respective slave machines.

Master ECR for interrogating the state and data contents of a slave ECR

An electronic cash register includes a first memory storing a table of upper and lower limits of money amounts defining allowable input ranges of amounts of money during various transactions. A second memory stores codes for defining the upper and lower limits of money amounts for the various transactions by reference to the table of amounts of money stored in the first memory.

Electronic cash register system with input verification

An electronic cash register inhibits registration of information associated with a commodity unless an operator code comprised of a plurality of digits and identifying an operator is inputted. A preset code further allows selection of the manner of indicating and printing the inputted operator code. When an operator code comprised of a plurality of digits is entered by operating a decimal keyboard or ten-key (1) and an operator code key and when a first mode is set through a mode selection key (7), all the digits of the operator code are displayed in a display (11) and printed in a printer (12). If and when a second mode is set, only a predetermined partial digit or digits of the operator code comprised of a plurality of digits are printed and none of digits are displayed. If a third mode is set, both displaying and printing of the operator code are inhibited. Thus, a user can arbitrarily select whether the operator code should be displayed and printed, by switching the mode.

Electronic cash register

An electronic cash register system includes an input keyboard and a high-speed computer which outputs through a buffer to a low-speed speech synthesizer. To avoid loss of data due to buffer overfill, a speech condition determination unit generates a control signal if the empty-condition of the buffer falls below a threshold. In one embodiment the control signal speeds up the speech synthesizer clock. In a second embodiment the keyboard is disabled.

Synthetic speech speed control in an electronic cash register

An electronic cash register includes a mode selector for selecting a registration mode or a check and adjustment mode. The memories for the storage of various sales are adjusted during the check and adjustment mode to correct errors. The pre-adjustment information is retained until a clear operation is selected by the operator. A machine-locked condition is established in response to the adjustment operation. In response to the machine-locked condition any key input other than those used during the check and adjustment mode are inhibited. The machine-locked condition is removed when the pre-adjustment information is erased during a clear operation.

Electronic cash register having a check and adjustment mode where

A subsystem comprises an input device for inputting data, an operation device for operating the data, a memory device for memorizing the data, and a transmitting device for dividing the data into parts and transmitting every of the parts of the data into a master system. The master system comprises a receiving device for receiving the parts of the data. The capacity of the receiving device for receiving one of the parts of the data is identical with the capacity of the memory device for memorizing said one of the parts of the data. Preferably, a plurality of subsystems are connected to the sole master system. At least one of the master system and the subsystems is an electronic cash register.

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Habikino, Japan

Fusahiro Shiono