Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

Konica Minolta, Inc.

Konica Minolota, Inc.

Shin Ohba

Tomoyuki Atsumi

Toshihisa Motosugi

Kaoru Fukuoka

Kana Yamauchi

Jiro Goto

Eiichi Narimatu

Tomohide Tatara

Eiichi Yoshida

Takatsugu Kuno

Ken Miyazaki

Shigeo Konuma

Masayuki Ito

Tsumoru Matsuura

Hiroshi Shimura

Kenichi Matsumoto

Eiichi Narimatsu

An image processing apparatus includes: a volatile storage device; a hardware processor that executes an information process using the volatile storage device; and a nonvolatile storage device that stores data to be used for the information process, wherein in response to a condition that makes it impossible to continue the information process being satisfied while the information process is being executed, the hardware processor generates a snapshot of the volatile storage device and stores the snapshot in an area of the nonvolatile storage device having a use other than snapshot storage, and in response to a condition that makes it possible to resume the information process being satisfied, the hardware processor reads the snapshot from the nonvolatile storage device and resumes the information process.

Image processing apparatus

An image forming apparatus has an image forming unit that prints an image on a transfer medium, a conveying unit that conveys the transfer medium, a storage unit that stores a target color profile and a transfer medium profile; and a control unit that controls the storage unit and the image forming unit, and the control unit enables printing of a test chart at the image forming unit based on the target color profile and has a color adjustment function of, when receiving colorimetric data obtained by measuring color of the test chart, comparing the colorimetric data with data of a target chart based on the target color profile and enabling color adjustment of the image forming unit based on a comparison result, and, when obtaining a result after the color adjustment, storing information relating to the result after the color adjustment in association with a transfer medium profile.

Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer readable recording medium storing image forming control program

An image forming apparatus including a control unit configured to have: a confidential box function; a status managing function; an information displaying function; and an image forming function. The control unit is configured to control a file name of the print job to be displayed in the operation display unit in a masked state and in a mask released state to maintain confidentiality in print job history listings and print job status listings.

Image forming apparatus having a confidential box function

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that outputs an image to a transfer medium on the basis of a job and a control unit that controls the image forming unit. The control unit is capable of outputting all sheets and outputting designated sheets in outputting the job and, when outputting the designated sheets, changes output control content according to whether the designated sheets are output as sheets for replacement media.

Image forming apparatus having function for determining whether to change output control content for designated sheets depending on whether designated sheets are to be output as replacement media, and image formation management apparatus and computer-readable recording medium having stored therein image formation control program having the same

Disclosed is a processing apparatus, which makes it possible to make a cursor automatically move by employing a pointing device. The processing apparatus includes a control section and a processing section that implements processing under the controlling operations conducted by the control section. The control section is provided with: a display controlling function that controls the displaying operations on the screen; a processing implementation controlling function that implements the processing corresponding to the object designated by the cursor; a status change detecting function that detects a status change against which it is necessary to implement a processing operation; and an automatic cursor moving function that conducts the controlling operations so as to automatically move the cursor to the object corresponding to the processing operation being necessary for the status change concerned, or a processing implementation position display, at which the necessary processing operation should be implemented against the status change.

Processing apparatus and method for controlling the same

An image forming apparatus comprises: a receiver which receives facsimile or print data file in a page description language, from an information processing apparatus; a spooler which stores the facsimile or print data file received therefrom, on the spooler itself; a converter which converts the facsimile or print data file stored on the spooler, to an image data format; a job generator which generates a job based on the obtained image data file; a facsimile transmitter; a printer; and a job controller which instructs the facsimile transmitter or the printer to perform facsimile transmission or printing according to the generated job, respectively. And the converter selects the facsimile or print data file among those stored on the spooler, based on the state of the printer and the state of the facsimile transmitter, before converting the facsimile or print data file to an image data format.

Image forming apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium

An image forming apparatus includes an operation panel to preview an image page by page. The image forming apparatus stores a feature of an image of a page previewed on the operation panel and extracts a regularity from the stored feature of the image. When a feature of an image of a page previewed on the operation panel does not agree with the extracted regularity, the image forming apparatus displays a menu for correcting the feature that does not agree.

Image processing apparatus with display unit

An image processing apparatus performs specific processing on images read out of a document having pages as follows. Each of the pages is a member assigned to at least any one of groups. The apparatus determines a second security level of each group based on a first security level of each page of the corresponding group; before the specific processing on the N-th group, determines whether or not password entry is necessary based on the second security level of the N-th group and any of the second security levels of the first group through the (N&#x2212;1)-th group; and performs the specific processing on the N-th group if it is determined that password entry is unnecessary for the N-th group, or, alternatively, if it is determined that password entry is necessary for the N-th group and if a password is appropriately entered.

Image processing apparatus, control method, and computer-readable storage medium for computer program

A user interface device which displays an operation key in a display unit using a predetermined design. The device includes: a history storing unit that stores a history record in which a content of a setting operation carried out by a user for each of past jobs that have been executed is recorded; a history retrieving unit that retrieves the history record in which the content of the setting that is the same as a current content of the setting is recorded; a calculating unit that calculates a total number of operations for each operation key based on the content of the setting recorded in the history record in which the same content of setting is recorded; and an operation key display type determining unit that estimates relative degrees of likelihood to be used by the user of the operation keys based on the total number of operations for each operation key, and determines, based on the estimation, a design to be used to display the operation key out of a group of designs including at least a first design for normal display and a second design for highlighted display.

User interface device

A job execution system includes a terminal apparatus and an image processing apparatus. The terminal apparatus includes an accepter that accepts a value set by a user for one or more than one setting item to execute a job by the image processing apparatus and a transmitter that transmits the job including the accepted value, to the image processing apparatus. In the image processing apparatus, a judger judges whether or not there exists a setting item for which the value 'to be specified' is set in advance, among those included in the job received by a receiver, to execute the job. And if it judged that there exists, a job executor puts on hold execution of the job and a display portion displays a setting screen that allows a user to specify a value for the setting item for which the value 'to be specified' is set in advance.

Job execution system, image processing apparatus, job execution method and recording medium

An image processing system includes an image processing apparatus and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus transmits to the image processing apparatus, a job and storage location information indicating a storage location of base data of data included in the job, collectively. Receiving the job and the storage location information, the image processing apparatus records the job and the storage location information in a memory, with interconnections between them.

Image processing system, image processing method, image processing apparatus, information processing apparatus and recording medium

An image forming apparatus includes: a communication interface accessing Web addresses; a memory for storing predetermined addresses; a first determination unit for determining whether the image forming apparatus is in a first state that access of the image forming apparatus is limited to the predetermined addresses or a second state that the image forming apparatus is permitted to access any addresses; a second determination unit for determining whether a designated address is included in the predetermined addresses, when the image forming apparatus is in the first state; and a permission unit for giving to the communication interface permission to access the designated address, when the designated address is included in the predetermined addresses.

Image forming apparatus, access control method, and computer-readable recording medium recording access control program

An image forming apparatus is provided with a determination portion that, in response to operation for giving instructions to enhance a security level thereof, determines whether or not a job is kept which is not to satisfy security requirements after the enhancement, an execution portion that, if the determination portion determines that such a job is kept, performs predetermined processing for satisfying the security requirements on the job with execution of the job ensured, and a security mode switching portion that, if the determination portion determines that such a job is kept, enhances the security level after the execution portion finishes the predetermined processing, and, if the determination portion determines that such a job is not kept, enhances the security level promptly.

Image forming apparatus and method for switching between security modes

An information processing apparatus transmits a job, share user information indicating users who are permitted to access a shared folder, and access permission information defining the users' user authority level to use data stored in the shared folder, which is set for the shared folder, collectively to an image processing apparatus. Receiving these information pieces, the image processing apparatus generates job access authority information defining the users' authority level to use the received job, based on the access permission information, and records the job, the share user information and the generated job access authority information in a memory, with their connections.

Image processing system configured to set a user authority level

Information equipment having a memory area for which access restrictions are set is provided. The information equipment makes a determination, in response to operation for turning a security mode into a security level enhanced mode, on data in the memory area, whether or not any one of the following conditions satisfy security requirements after the security level is enhanced: access restrictions set for the data itself; access restrictions set for the memory area; and authentication information for a user who has stored the data, and sends, to the user who has stored the corresponding data in the memory area or a user who has set the access restrictions for the memory area storing the corresponding data therein, a message to prompt one of the users to perform operation for satisfying the security requirements.

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