Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-Kaisha

Naoki Kusumoto

Aiko Mizutani

Tatsuhiko Sone

Hiroyuki Yamaoka

Keishi Naka

A printed material management system includes a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a management program, a server, and a shredder. The management program is configured to cause a controller of a device in which the management program is installed to execute a print data acquisition process of acquiring print data, a generation process of determining a printed material ID, and generating a code by encoding the determined printed material ID, a printing process of printing the code and an image on a page corresponding to the printed material ID, and a transmission process of transmitting, to the server, a print log including the printed material ID and first data indicating that disposal is not completed. In a case where the code is successfully read, the shredder executes a rewriting process of transmitting a rewriting request associated with the printed material ID.

Printed material management system including system and method for controlling a shredder

A printed material management system includes a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a management program, a server, and a shredder. The management program is configured to cause a controller of a device to execute a print data acquisition process, a generation process, a printing process, and a transmission process. In a case where the shredder receives specific information, the shredder is configured to execute a reading process of conveying a printed material input from the inlet and reading the code printed on the printed material by using the scanner. In a case where the shredder does not receive the specific information, the shredder is configured to convey a printed material input from the inlet and shred the printed material using the cutter without executing the reading process.

Printed material management system and shredder

An application server recognizes a content of voice input to a smart speaker connected via a network interface. In a case where the recognized content of voice is a content indicative of a user's dissatisfaction or request for an image formed by a printer, the application server executes processing for determining an item of a setting parameter and a value thereof to be changed in the printer, based on the recognized content of voice, generates a command including the determined item and value of the setting parameter, and transmits the generated command to the printer.

Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable instructions that are executable by a computer in an information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus has a display interface, an operation interface, and a communication interface, and is connected with a printer through the communication interface. The computer readable instructions, when executed by the computer, causing the computer to control the display interface to display a setting screen to accept entry of print settings applicable to the printer, including a first special setting which is feasible to a first channel but infeasible to a second channel, and in response to a specific operation related to the first special setting to the setting screen through the operation interface, determine the first channel to be a processing channel to be used to cause the printer to print the image.

Computer-readable storage medium to store instructions for controlling user interfaces in an information processing apparatus having multiple processing channels

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a set of program instructions for an information processing apparatus. The set of program instructions includes a set of first program instructions. The set of the first program instructions, when executed by a computer, causes the information processing apparatus to perform: in response to calling a first Application Programming Interface (API) from an interface module, transferring the first API to the interface module; receiving a specific value through the first API to which the interface module inputs the specific value as the argument; acquiring printer type information indicating a type of the printer; acquiring a printer characteristic value corresponding to the printer type information; generating second parameters by using the specific value and the printer characteristic value; and outputting the generated second parameters. The second parameters are all of parameters concerning the sheet and corresponding to the printer type information.

Information processing apparatus generating parameters concerning sheet corresponding to type of printer using an interface module and application programming interface

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores a set of program instructions for an information processing apparatus including a processor, a communication interface, and a memory. The set of program instructions, when executed by the processor, causes the information processing apparatus to perform: acquiring type information indicative of a printer type; acquiring first data having a first format; identifying particular information corresponding to the acquired type information based on a conversion correspondence table, the conversion correspondence table showing a correspondence between the type information and the particular information, the particular information identifying at least a structure of data after conversion or a character code type of the data after conversion; converting the first data into second data corresponding to the identified particular information, the second data having a second format to be inputted to the printer; and outputting the second data.

Storage medium storing program for converting first data into second data to be inputted to printer

A terminal device may acquire first connection information including a plurality of parameters, and send the first connection information to a communication device by using a first wireless connection and not via an access point. The first connection information is used in the communication device to execute a process for establishing a wireless connection with a target access point. The terminal device may receive a failure notification indicating that the process has failed from the communication device by using the first wireless connection and not via an access point in a case where the process in the communication device has failed, and display a cause screen indicating that the process has failed due to the specific parameter on a display unit in a case where the failure notification is received from the communication device.

Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for terminal device, terminal device, and communication device

A system including a server and a terminal device controls a specific printer. The server includes an input acquisition unit that acquires input data generated based on sound data indicating voice by an utterer and transmitted from a voice input device to which the voice is input, and a print instruction output unit that outputs print instruction data indicating an instruction relating to a print job to be executed by the specific printer, by using the input data. The terminal device includes a print instruction receiving unit that receives the print instruction data transmitted from the server via a first communication interface, a print job generation unit that generates print job data indicating a print job to be executed by the specific printer, by using the print instruction data, and a print job transmission unit that transmits the print job data to the specific printer via a second communication interface.

System, method of controlling specific printer, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, terminal device, and combination of non-transitory computer-readable storage media

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a set of program instructions installed on and executed by a computer in an information processing apparatus having a communication interface. The set of program instructions is for inputting data into a printer via the communication interface. The set of program instructions includes a set of first program instructions controlling the computer to function as a module to communicate with a higher-level module than the module. The set of first program instructions includes acquiring a specific value through an API to which the higher-level module inputs the specific value, and acquiring a printer characteristic value dependent on a type of the printer. The set of first program instructions includes generating a setting value by using the specific value and the printer characteristic value, and outputting the generated setting value to the higher-level module.

Module receiving specific value from higher-level module and generating setting value using specific value

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores program instructions including a set of first program instructions and a set of second program instructions for an information processing apparatus. The set of first and second program instructions control the computer to function as a higher-level module and a lower-level module, respectively. The set of first program instructions causes the apparatus to perform transmitting a first instruction to the lower-level module for instructing the lower-level module to generate second parameters, and transmitting a second instruction to an operating system (OS) via a first application programming interface (API) for instructing the OS to transmit the second parameters to a printer. The set of second program instructions causes the apparatus to perform transmitting the generated second parameters to the higher-level module. The set of first program instructions is written in a programming language that enables the higher-level module to call the first API.

Non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing set of program instructions for controlling information processing apparatus to function as higher-level module and lower-level module

Computer-readable storage medium and printing system

An non-transitory computer-readable storage stores instructions which cause a controller to display an image represented by image data, edit the displayed image through a first indicator, determine whether the first indicator is in a holding state at a certain indicating position on a touch panel, determine whether a second indicator makes a particular contact at another position which is different from the position indicated by the first indicator in the holding state, and confirm the image which has been edited and is currently displayed on the display.

Information processing apparatus configured to edit images, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions therefor, and information processing method for editing images

Computer-readable storage medium for an information processing apparatus and a printing system for providing a selectable processing channel between the information processing apparatus and a printer

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Naoki Kusumoto