Seiko Epson Corporation

Hirofumi Miyamoto

Norihiko Yamada

Yutaka Akahori

Ryosuke Kakio

Takashi Sera

Hiromu Okada

Kazuki Tadachi

Hiroshi Matsumoto

Kaoru Takemae

Takeshi Okamoto

Hlroshi Matsumoto

A second server apparatus that communicates with a printer that performs a print job and a smartphone that executes an application program of an SNS includes an acquisition unit that acquires print instruction information from the SNS, a job generation unit that generates the print job based on the print instruction information acquired by the acquisition unit, a notification unit that notifies the SNS of response information indicating that the print instruction information was accepted and job identification information for identifying the print job, a job transmission unit that transmits the print job to the printer, and a status acquisition unit that acquires status information indicating an execution status of the print job, and the notification unit notifies the SNS of the status information indicating the execution status of the print job acquired by the status acquisition unit and the job identification information.

System for controlling printing in association with a social networking service

A printing control apparatus suppresses information leaking due to a print job being printed when the user is not at the printer. A printing control apparatus that connects to a terminal and a printer has: a communicator configured to receive from the terminal a specified-printer job, which is a print job for which the printer is designated as a print destination; and a controller. If the specified-printer job is not confidential, the controller sends print data based on the specified-printer job to a specified printer, which is the printer designated as the print destination in the specified-printer job. If the specified-printer job is confidential, the controller receives authentication information input to the printer from the printer and executes an authentication process based on the authentication information, and sends the print data to an authenticated printer according to a result of the authentication process.

Print control apparatus, control method of a print control apparatus, and recording medium

A wireless communication device performs a communication with a communication device wirelessly. The wireless communication device comprises a communication information acquisition unit, a selection unit, and a communication unit. The communication information acquisition unit acquires a communication information from the communication device using a short distance wireless communication, the communication information indicating a plurality of communication paths available to the communication device and other than the short distance wireless communication. The selection unit selects one of a plurality of communication paths other than the short distance wireless communication based on the communication information. The communication unit performs a communication with the communication device in the selected one of the plurality of communication paths. The selection unit selects one communication path available to both the wireless communication device and the communication device according to a predetermined information indicative of priority criteria for selecting a communication path.

Wireless communication device, wireless communication method, wireless communication device control program, and wireless communication system

To perform a communication by selecting an appropriate communication path when there are a plurality of communication paths between two wireless communication devices. A wireless communication device is provided with an opposite side device communication information acquisition means acquiring opposite side device communication information, which indicates a communication path of a wireless communication in the communication device that is to be a communication partner, from the communication device in a short distance wireless communication; a communication information acquisition means acquiring communication information, which indicates a communication path of a wireless communication in own device; a selection means selecting a communication path used for a communication with the communication device among a plurality of communication paths based on the opposite side device communication information and the communication information; and a communication means performing a communication with the communication device in the selected communication path.

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Nagano, Japan

Hirofumi Miyamoto