Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Morikazu Ito

Ryousuke Suzuki

Kazuhide Hasegawa

Takahiro Soma

According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus is provided that is connected to an information processing apparatus via a network. The image forming apparatus is capable of performing direct printing for PDF data, and the image forming apparatus includes at least one memory that stores a program; and at least one processor that execute the program to perform: notifying a user of information via mail in a case where print data received from the information processing apparatus is a PDF portfolio and it is not possible to perform direct printing for the PDF portfolio using the image forming apparatus, the information including a message indicating that printing should be performed using an application compatible with the PDF portfolio and a command to open the PDF portfolio using the application.

Image forming apparatus, information processing apparatus, method of controlling image forming apparatus, and method of controlling information processing apparatus for processing a PDF portfolio

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a mechanism capable of performing thickening processing of an object irrespective of the color of a line even in a case where the black over print is valid. One embodiment of the present invention is an image forming apparatus comprising a control unit configured to control whether or not to perform thickening processing to thicken an object in an upper layer and an object in a lower layer based on a raster operation code designating drawing processing in a case where the object in the upper layer and the object in the lower layer overlap, wherein the control unit: does not perform the thickening processing in a case where a value of the raster operation code is MERGEPEN and a color of the object in the upper layer is not a black color.

Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and storage medium

A mobile terminal that is capable of preventing an unnecessary notification from being provided. A wireless communication apparatus designated by a user is registered. When radio waves transmitted by the wireless communication are received, a notification is provided for confirming with a user whether or not to give an instruction to a wireless communication apparatus as a transmission source of the received radio waves transmitted by the wireless communication. It is determined whether or not the wireless communication apparatus as the transmission source has already been registered, and when it is determined that the wireless communication apparatus as the transmission source has already been registered, the notification is provided.

Mobile terminal that remotely controls a wireless communication apparatus and displays a notification from the wireless communication apparatus, method of controlling same, and storage medium

A mobile terminal with which an intended image forming apparatus can be easily paired is provided. A search unit searches for an image forming apparatus. A display unit displays, as a result of searching by the search unit, a list containing a plurality of image forming apparatuses. A specifying unit specifies, from the plurality of image forming apparatuses, one image forming apparatus to which the mobile terminal is brought closer. A connection unit connects to the image forming apparatus specified by the specifying unit.

Mobile terminal that performs wireless communication and control method for the same

A printer that executes printing based on a print job receives from a computer a first print job for printing a plurality of copies, wherein, from a plurality of sheet holding units, a different sheet holding unit can be respectively specified for each copy of the plurality of copies, and a second print job for printing one copy, displays that a received print job is a print job for printing a plurality of copies, wherein, from the plurality of sheet holding units, the different sheet holding unit can be respectively specified for each copy of the plurality of copies, and receives, from a user, an instruction to change the number of copies of the received print job. The number of copies to be printed by executing the received second print job can be changed based on the instruction, and the number of copies to be printed by executing the received first print job cannot be changed.

Control apparatus,executing printing of a print job,control method,and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program

A printer that executes printing based on a print job includes a memory containing instructions, and at least one processor for executing the instructions to operate as a first receiving unit configured to receive from a computer a print job instructing the printer to print a plurality of copies using a plurality of feeding trays, with a different feeding tray instructed to be used for each of the copies, a display unit configured to display the number of copies of the print job, and a second receiving unit configured to receive an instruction from a user to change the displayed number of copies of the print job. In addition, instructions are executed to operate as a cancelling unit configured to cancel, based on the changed number of copies, the print job, the number of copies of which has been instructed to be changed.

Control apparatus executing printing of a print job, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program

An information processing apparatus communicates receives wirelessly and directly, from a device, advertising packets of a plurality of different formats that comply with a predetermined communication standard and are transmitted from the device, and estimates a proximity level between the device having transmitted the advertising packets and the information processing apparatus by sampling the radio field intensities of the advertising packets of the plurality of different formats. The advertising packets include a first advertising packet of a first format and a second advertising packet of a second format, wherein a number of sampling of the radio field intensities of the first advertising packet is less than that of the radio field intensities of the second advertising packet per unit of time. A sampled radio field intensity of the first advertising packet influences the estimate more than a sampled radio field intensity of the second advertising packet.

Information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium

Mobile terminal that remotely controls a wireless communication apparatus and that provides notification by wireless communication, method of controlling same, and storage medium

An image processing apparatus includes a reception unit that receives a print job, a prediction unit that performs prediction processing for obtaining a prediction value of a time relating to printing the print job, a determination unit that determines whether a time required for the prediction processing being performed for the print job exceeds a threshold value, and a cancellation unit that causes, based on a determination that the time required for the prediction processing being performed for the print job exceeds the threshold value, the prediction unit to cancel the prediction processing currently performed for the print job.

Image processing apparatus capable of obtaining prediction value of time relating to printing, image processing method, and storage medium

A printing apparatus provided with an authentication function to request user information for an external apparatus has a direct wireless communication function, and does not request user information for the external apparatus under a condition that a user is logged into the printing apparatus and the external apparatus connects to the printing apparatus with the wireless communication using the direct wireless communication function.

Printing apparatus for skipping user authentication for an external device when communicating through a direct wireless connection, method of controlling the same, and storage medium

An image processing apparatus rendering a plurality of objects includes a CPU cache used for rendering, a determination unit configured to determine whether a cache miss of the CPU cache occurs in rendering of the plurality of objects, and a rendering unit configured to, in a case where the determination unit determines that the cache miss occurs, execute division rendering processing for generating a bitmap corresponding to the plurality of objects by classifying the plurality of objects into a plurality of groups and for rendering the plurality of objects by each group so that the cache miss does not occur, and, in a case where the determination unit does not determine that the cache miss occurs, generate a bitmap corresponding to the plurality of objects by executing rendering without classifying the plurality of objects into the plurality of groups.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium

A server constituted by a plurality of processors which process page description language data receives a print instruction from a client, and decides the number of layers into which a page is to be segmented based on render instructions included in the page description language data. The server decides the number of processors which perform parallel processing of the generation of print data from the page description language data based on the decided number of layers. The server generates print data equal in number to the number of layers based on which the number of processors is decided. An output device requests the server to transmit print data. The server transmits print data in accordance with the request from the output device. Upon receiving the print data from the server, the output device processes the print data and outputs it onto a sheet.

Print processing method and printing system

A print server receives a print instruction from a client terminal and causes printing to be performed by a print device selected by the client terminal out of print devices registered with the print server. If a print device unregistered with the print server is selected, the print server acquires device information about the unregistered print device via the client terminal. The print server generates a print setting screen for the unregistered print device from the acquired device information and transmits the print setting screen to the client terminal. The print server further generates print data for the unregistered print device from print settings set by the client terminal on the transmitted print setting screen, and causes the printing to be performed.

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Tokyo, Japan

Morikazu Ito