Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-Kaisha

Naoki Nishikawa

Toyoshi Adachi

Junji Watanabe

Takanobu Suzuki

A processing apparatus performs: in response to reception of first information by one of the network interface and the user interface, identifying, as a first function, a function corresponding to the first information out of a plurality of functions relating to image data; setting a first authority corresponding to the first information, the first authority being authority to use the first function; after setting the first authority, when one of the network interface and the user interface receives second information different from the first information and when functions identified by the second information out of the plurality of functions include at least part of the first function and a function other than the first function, identifying the function other than the first function as a second function; and setting a second authority corresponding to the second information, the second authority being authority to use the second function.

Processing apparatus, authority setting method, and storage medium storing program

A processor of a printing apparatus performs: storing, in a memory, a print job received through a communicator; controlling a printer to print a hold job that is a print job stored in the memory, in response to receiving a print instruction for the hold job; setting a storage time, the storage time being one of a time period during which the hold job is stored and a time point until which the hold job is stored; when the hold job remains stored in the memory past the storage time, deleting the hold job from the memory; and in response to receiving a particular operation, performing at least one of: extending the storage time of the hold job by a particular period; and deferring deletion of the hold job until a completion condition is satisfied, the completion condition indicating that an operation to the input device is completed.

Printing apparatus, method of managing print job of printing apparatus, and storage medium storing program

An image processing system may be configured to perform communications using multiple communication protocols. The system may further obtain and transmit, to an information processing apparatus, connection information for one or more other image processing apparatuses or devices. In one example, communication between the information processing apparatus and a first image processing apparatus may be performed according to a first communication protocol while the connection information for the one or more other image processing apparatus may correspond to communications using a second communication protocol.

Information processing apparatus, image processing apparatus and image processing method

A facsimile apparatus includes a first interface configured to connect to a telephone line; a second interface configured to connect to a network, and a controller. The controller is configured to execute: a detection processing in which the controller detects reception of a signal indicating transmission of facsimile data, and an upload processing in which the controller transmits facsimile data, which is received from a transmission source apparatus to an upload destination server, which is an upload destination apparatus. When executing the upload processing, the controller is configured to further execute an obtaining processing in which the controller obtains a reception capability of the upload destination server, a determining processing in which the controller determines capability information on the basis of the reception capability, and a notification processing in which the controller notifies the transmission source apparatus of the capability information determined in the determination processing.

Facsimile apparatus

A first request is transmitted to a server. Connection is established between a printing apparatus and the server. A second request is transmitted to the server. Image data is received based on the second request and stored in a first memory. It is determined whether image data stored in the first memory includes image data for which a print instruction is received. When the image data stored in the first memory is included in the image data for which the print instruction is received, printing is performed based on the image data stored in the first memory. When the image data stored in the first memory is not included in the image data for which the print instruction is received, a third request is transmitted to the server, and printing is performed based on the image data for which the print instruction is received, after receiving the image data from the server.

Printing apparatus, method and computer-readable storage medium having a data request to a server before reception of a print instruction

An image reading system and an image reading apparatus are provided. The system or apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read a still original, a selecting unit configured to select one of a plurality of image data of a first area acquired by reading the first area a plurality of times, the first area being a partial area of the original, and a generating unit configured to generate a file storing a first image data which is the image data of the first area selected by the selecting unit, and a second image data which is image data acquired by reading a second area of the original different from the first area by the reading unit.

Image reading apparatus which generates an image by selecting one of a plurality of image data of a first area and a second area

A processor performs: receiving a print instruction including a designation of particular image data stored in a server; in response to reception of the print instruction, acquiring at least one of a property of the particular image data, a print setting of the particular image data, and a state of a printing apparatus; and based on the at least one, determining one of first and second processing modes; when the first processing mode is determined, receiving the particular image data until reaching a first unit of data; and controlling a printing device to print the particular image data of the first unit; and when the second processing mode is determined, receiving the particular image data until reaching a second unit of data; and controlling the printing device to print the particular image data of the second unit. The second unit of data is larger than the first unit of data.

Printing apparatus including download printing procedure

An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, and a server which communicates with the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus requests a transmission of image data to the server, receives, from the server, conversion data which is image data converted by the sever according to a conversion condition, and performs printing based on the conversion data. The server converts the image data requested to be transmitted according to the conversion condition to generate the conversion data from the image data, and transmits the generated conversion data to the image forming apparatus. At least one of the server and the image forming apparatus further determines the conversion condition based on specific information of the image forming apparatus.

Image forming system, image forming apparatus and server

In the image-forming system, each image-forming device is selectively capable of performing a test print process to form a test image and an image print process to form an image based on image data. Each image-forming device is configured to be set an execution condition that defines a condition to execute the test print process. Each image-forming device executes the test print process when the each image-forming device satisfies the execution condition. The first detecting unit is configured to detect an execution condition of an image-forming device among the plurality of image-forming devices. The setting unit is configured to set an execution condition of an image-forming device among the plurality of image-forming devices based on the execution condition detected by the first detecting unit such that at least two execution conditions among execution conditions of the plurality of image-forming devices are different from each other.

Image forming system setting condition for executing acquisition process

Image processing systems include image processing apparatuses and information processing apparatuses. Image processing apparatuses include image processing devices, which perform image processing for printing print image data, generating scanning image data, or both; and first and second communication devices, which communicate using first and second communication protocols, respectively. Information processing apparatuses include third and fourth communication devices, which communicate using the first and second communication protocols, respectively. First and third communication devices communicate therebetween using the first communication protocol to transmit connection information. Image processing apparatuses, information processing apparatuses, or both determine whether an image transmission condition for transferring the image data between second and fourth communication devices is satisfied. Second and fourth communication devices use connection information to establish communication therebetween using the second communication protocol in response to the determining that the image transmission condition is satisfied and transmit the image data therebetween using the second communication protocol.

Image processing systems that establish connections using different communication protocols, data processing apparatuses that establish connections using different communication protocols, and computer-readable media storing instructions for such data processing apparatuses

Image processing systems include image processing apparatuses and information processing apparatuses. Image processing apparatuses include first and second communication devices, which communicate using first and second communication protocols, respectively. Information processing apparatuses include third and fourth communication devices, which communicate using the first and second communication protocols, respectively. First and third communication devices communicate therebetween using the first communication protocol to transmit connection information therebetween. The connection information includes information for establishing communication using the second communication protocol. Second and fourth communication devices use the connection information to establish communication therebetween using the second communication protocol to transmit image data therebetween. Image processing apparatuses and information processing apparatuses start processes for completing a job prior to second and fourth communication devices establishing communication therebetween using the second communication protocol.

Image processing systems that perform communication using at least two communication protocols, data processing apparatuses that perform communication using at least two communication protocols, and computer-readable media storing instructions for such data processing apparatuses

A first communication device is configured to: transmit first wireless settings for joining to a first type of wireless network to a second communication device in a first case where the second communication device can join the first type of wireless network in a specific mode for performing direct wireless communication with the first communication device; transmit second wireless settings for joining to a second type of wireless network to the second communication device in a second case where the second communication device cannot join the first type of wireless network in the specific mode; perform direct wireless communication with the second communication device using the first type of wireless network in the first case; and perform wireless communication of the target data with the second communication device through a specific relaying device using the second type of wireless network in the second case.

Communication device

An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a power supply controller controls the image forming apparatus to operate in a normal mode and a power saving mode, in which supply of power to the image forming unit is cut off; and a plurality of interfaces that receives a transition command for transitioning from the power saving mode to the normal mode. The power supply controller performs an interface-power supply process of supplying power to at least one interface; a first change process of changing power supply destinations in the interface-power supply process so as to reduce an amount of power supply in the interface-power supply process; and a second change process of changing the power supply destinations in the interface-power supply process after the first change process so as to further reduce the amount of power supply.

Image forming apparatus and image reading apparatus having interface selection for power saving

An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a power supply controller controls the image forming apparatus to operate in a power saving mode, in which supply of power to the image forming unit is cut off, and a normal mode; and a plurality of interfaces that receives a transition command for transitioning from the power saving mode to the normal mode. The power supply controller is configured to perform: an interface-power supply process of supplying power to at least one interface; a determining process of determining whether availability is high or low for an operating interface receiving power supply in the interface-power supply process; and a changing process of changing a power supply target from the operating interface to an idle interface when the availability of the operating interface is determined to be low.

Image forming apparatus and image reading apparatus including interfaces that receive commands to transition from power saving modes

An image processing system may be configured to perform a connection information transmission process in which connection information used for establishment of communication using a communication protocol is transmitted. Portions of the system may further perform a process by which communication is changed from another communication protocol to the communication protocol in which the connection information is transmitted. Additionally, a job transmission process in which a job is transmitted from an information processing apparatus to an image processing apparatus via the communication protocol may be performed. Based on the job information, an execution process, in which image processing is executed, may be performed.

Image processing apparatus, information processing apparatus, and image processing method for processing a print job transmitted from the information processing apparatus to the image forming apparatus via communication protocol

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Naoki Nishikawa