Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Naoki Morita

Takashi Okazawa

Chie Ito

Hiroshi Oya

Toru Sakaguchi

Kenichi Hayashi

Michio Kasahara

Yoshito Matsuoka

The present image forming apparatus selects an appropriate connection method in accordance with circumstances from a plurality of connection methods when communication with an information processing apparatus is established by short-range wireless communication, and notifies information necessary for performing communication by the selected connection method to the information processing apparatus via short-range wireless communication.

Image forming apparatus that performs handover, method of controlling the same, and storage medium

An image forming system includes an image distribution device and a printing device. The printing device forms a print image by combining a frame image data and a variable data, which are included in print image data managed by the image distribution device, the frame image data includes an image applied commonly to a plurality of print materials, and the variable data includes information changed for each print material. The printing device generates a list of pieces of attribute information about respective ones of a series of print images formed based on the print image data, and the pieces of attribute information are arranged in accordance with order in which the series of print images are printed and are presented as information that a user can identify. The printing device performs control so that respective ones of the series of print images and the list are printed.

Image forming system that combines first and second data, printing device, control method of printing device, and non-transitory storage medium

In the present image reading system, an information processing apparatus notifies any image reading apparatus on a network of connection information, and permits transmission of image data only in a case where the image reading apparatus notified of the connection information accesses the information processing apparatus. The image reading apparatus transmits image data that is read from an original, to a transmission destination conforming to the connection information is notified by the information processing apparatus.

Image reading system, image reading apparatus, information processing apparatus, method for controlling them, and storage medium

In an image reading system, an information processing apparatus notifies any image reading apparatus of a network of connection information, and permits transmission of image data only in a case where the image reading apparatus notified of the connection information accesses the information processing apparatus. The image reading apparatus transmits image data that is read from an original to a transmission destination conforming to the connection information.

Information processing apparatus configured to permit and reject access by external apparatuses

An information processing apparatus has a printer driver module and a USB port and executes an update application that firmware of an MFP that carries out communications via the USB port and firmware of an MFP that is capable of carrying out communications with the device driver. When the printer driver module is a printer driver module that manages connection information indicating that the printer driver module and the USB port are connected together, an MFP having firmware to fee updated is determined as an update candidate based on first information indicating the MFP capable of carrying out communications with the printer driver module and second information indicating the MFP connected to the USB port. When the printer driver module is a device driver module that does not manage the connection information, the update candidate is selected using the first information without using the second information.

Information processing apparatus that executes update application, control method therefor, and storage medium

An information processing apparatus that enables a user to install a desired module with ease. A plurality of modules are installed into a PC as an information processing apparatus for performing print processing in an MFP as an image processing apparatus. A usage form of the PC is set. Required ones of the plurality of modules are displayed based on the set usage form, and are installed into the PC.

Information processing apparatus that installs module according to a usage form of the information processing apparatus method of controlling the same, and storage medium

An information processing apparatus has a printer driver and a device service associated with the printer driver as an output port of a print job generated by the printer driver. The printer driver receives data in accordance with a print instruction from an application operating on the information processing apparatus, generates a print job based on the received data, and outputs the print job to the output port. The print job is sent to the device service by an operating system using internal loopback. The device service connects to a print apparatus via a port that is different from the output port of the information processing apparatus, receives the print job from the printer driver, transmits a first control command for obtaining status information to the print apparatus, obtains the status information of the apparatus, and accepts print data received through a receiving port.

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

Image forming apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium

It enables even by an image forming apparatus which does not have a function to recognize an image other than a leading image included in a multi-image file to print the image other than the leading image. To do so, there is provided a control method which comprises: outputting the image included in the multi-image file of a format in which the leading image can be processed by an image processing apparatus which does not deal with the multi-image file but an image other than the leading image cannot be processed by the image processing apparatus which does not deal with the multi-image file; and replacing, in a case where an output instruction to output, among the plural images included in the multi-image file, the image other than the leading image has been accepted, the image to which the output instruction has been accepted with the leading image.

Image processing apparatus, control method of image processing apparatus, and storage medium for managing images in a multi-image file

A printing system capable of properly selecting a printer driver without putting load on the user, and generating print data using the selected printer driver even when the operating apparatus cannot communicate directly with an information processing apparatus having a print data-generating function. The printing apparatus generates a list of printer drives notified from information processing apparatuses, and sends the list to the operating apparatus when requested. The operating system selects a printer driver from the list and sends information of the selection and image data to the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus sends the image data to an information processing apparatus provided with the selected printer driver. The information processing apparatus generates print data from the image data and sends the print data to the printing apparatus.

Printing system, printing apparatus, and printing method

An image processing apparatus which is capable of extracting embedded information from the back side of a printed document without causing degradation of reading efficiency. A scanner unit reads an image on a first side of a sheet. An encoded information processing section extracts embedded information embedded in the image read by the scanner unit. When embedded information indicating that embedded information is embedded in an image on a second side of the sheet is extracted by the encoded information processing section, an automatic second-side reading section reads the image on the second side of the sheet, and the encoded information processing section extracts the embedded information embedded in the image read by the automatic second-side reading section.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Naoki Morita