Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Jun Horiyama

Koji Nozato

Tetsuo Sakai

Hideo Ikeno

Tsuneaki Kurumida

Yoshiko Naito

A printing apparatus comprising: at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a printing unit configured to print on a print medium; an acceptance unit configured to selectively accept a use scene of the apparatus; an obtaining unit configured to obtain consumption information of a consumable when the printing unit printed; and a generation unit configured to generate data in which the use scene accepted by the acceptance unit and the consumption information obtained by the obtaining unit are associated.

Printing apparatus, storage medium storing program, and data generation method, that provide data associating consumption information and accepted user scene

An image forming apparatus having a voice notification function of giving a voice notification to a user includes a first setting unit configured to set whether to enable the voice notification function of notifying the user of an operation result of the image forming apparatus in a case where the operation result is normal, and a second setting unit configured to set whether to enable the voice notification function relating to the operation result of the image forming apparatus in a case where the operation result is an error.

Image forming apparatus, control method, and storage medium

An operating panel of an image forming apparatus obtains a serial number of a main unit of the image forming apparatus upon being connected to the main unit. If a pre-stored serial number of the main unit is different from the obtained serial number, the operating panel deletes all applications installed in the operating panel, stores the serial number of the main unit in the operating panel, and then installs applications on the basis of application information present in the main unit.

Image forming apparatus, control method thereof and medium

When a device management server requests obtainment of recorded video at the time of an error in an image forming apparatus, a device management client confirms that there is a request for obtainment of recorded video, and makes a request for desired recorded video to a camera management server. The device management server receives recorded video from the camera management server through the device management client.

Network system and device management method

Provided is a printing apparatus that manages a number of printed pages in a single color level and a number of printed pages in monochrome. The printing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive setting information related to displaying an aggregation result of a number of printed pages from a managing apparatus; a displaying unit configured to control displaying an aggregation result of a number of printed pages; and a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the received setting information indicates a first setting to display a first aggregation result of a number of printed pages of each level among a plurality of color levels on an apparatus configured not to manage a number of printed pages of each level among the plurality of color levels. The displaying unit is configured to control to display the first aggregation result in response to a determination result of the determining unit.

Printing apparatus, method, and storage medium for controlling the display of an aggregation result of a number of printed pages

When an instruction about changing the job execution limit information is made, a policy server determines whether or not the changed job execution limit information indicates that the execution of the job by the job execution unit is not limited. When the changed job execution limit information indicates that the execution of the job is not limited and the setting is made such that the job history information for the job is recorded on the image processing apparatus, the policy server sets the changed job execution limit information to the image processing apparatus.

Apparatus for controlling job history recording settings in an image forming apparatus, and method and storage medium for controlling the same

The invention provides an image processing device capable of restarting a print job in process without involving a user when a network interruption in the course of receiving the print job is reconnected.

Image processing device, image processing method, and program

This invention provides a flexible method capable of appropriately determining whether 2-path printing can proceed especially to second-path processing, in order to apply a conventional upper limit management mechanism to a 2-path printing system. According to this invention, when executing 2-path printing, the printing system performs upper limit management based on the sheet count of use for a user. When executing second-path print processing, even if the count of sheets used by the user in first-path print processing has reached an upper limit value, print processing is permitted in second-path print processing.

Printing system, information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, information processing method, and processing method capable of implementing 2-path printing

An information processing apparatus which is capable of reducing a burden on both an administrator and users when a job accounting system is introduced, to thereby enable efficient execution of job management. A client computerhas a printer driverinstalled therein for generating an output job to be output to a peripheral apparatus, and delivers the output job to the peripheral apparatus via a first port monitorpreset to a port as the output destination of the printer driver. A second port monitorreceives the output job generated by the printer driverand delivers the output job to the peripheral apparatus and collects job information on the output job. The port as the output destination of the device driver is switched from the port monitored by the first port monitorto a port monitored by the second port monitorwhen a system in which the job information is acquired using the second port monitor is constructed.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, job management system, and information processing program

The present invention makes it possible to uniquely manage the use of peripherals over a wide range or in two or more bases. The present invention controls whether all job information, managed by a management apparatus, is acquired from the management apparatus managing information on data processing, performed by a device, as job information, or additional job information among job information managed by the management apparatus is acquired.

Management system, image processing apparatus and method for acquiring print job history information

In the case of displaying a screen for designating a distribution destination of resource data, a resource manager determines an attribute of resource data to be distributed. Based on the determined attribute of the resource data, the resource manager switches a user interface to be used for designating a distribution destination. Then, a distribution data generator generates distribution data to be distributed to the designated distribution destination. Then, a communication function unit distributes the generated distribution data to the designated distribution destination.

Management apparatus and method for managing network device

A job management method of managing a job output to at least one peripheral device to thereby manage usage of the peripheral device, which is capable of comparing print information obtained from a printing system and print limitation conditions previously set by a system manager and identifying users who violate the print limitation conditions. Use limitation information for limiting usage of the peripheral device is obtained, and print job information and user information of a user who violates use limitations corresponding to the use limitation information are recorded on a list.

Job management system, information processing apparatus, job management method, job management program and storage medium storing the problem

Disclosed are, as an embodiment, an information processing apparatus connectable to an image processing apparatus, including a first setting unit for setting the first limitation condition for limiting the use of the image processing apparatus, a second setting unit for setting whether to inhibit the use upon reception of a use request exceeding the second limitation condition, a decision unit for deciding whether the second setting unit sets to inhibit the use upon reception of a use request exceeding the first limitation condition set by the first setting unit, and an inhibit unit for inhibiting the use of the image processing apparatus in accordance with the decision result of the decision unit, wherein the second setting unit can set to inhibit the use of the image processing apparatus so as to perform different operations between a case wherein the use request exceeds the first limitation condition but does not exceed the second limitation condition and a case wherein the use request exceeds the first and second limitation conditions, and a method, storage medium, and system which are applicable to this apparatus.

Information processing apparatus for managing print job, and method thereof

The invention manages the download of print resource data, which is used during print processing, to a plurality of printing apparatuses in a network system in which the plurality of printing apparatuses and a server are connected. An identifier for g the print resource data to be downloaded is input, and downloadable printing apparatuses are determined in accordance with a type of a storage device attached to each of the plurality of printing apparatuses. The print resource data corresponding to the input identifier is downloaded to the determined printing apparatuses. When the data processing apparatus holds the print resource data corresponding to the identifier, the held print resource data is downloaded, and when the data processing apparatus does not hold the print resource data corresponding to the identifier, the print resource data is acquired from the server and downloaded. A server flag set to the downloaded print resource data is read, and it is determined that the downloaded print resource data should be transferred to the server when the server flag indicates that the downloaded print resource data should be transferred to said server, and it is determined determining that the downloaded print resource data should not be transferred to said server when the server flag indicates that the downloaded print resource data should not be transferred to said server.

Method of managing download in network system

In a system in which a plurality of computers and printers are connected, when a font of a document to be printed does not exist in the printer, the font is downloaded to the printer and a fact that it was downloaded is also notified to the other computers.

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Inagi, Japan

Jun Horiyama