Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Shingo Ohta

Osamu Kizaki

Takuya Inoue

Takahiko Uno

Takashi Soyama

Yoshimine Horiuchi

Shuuichi Kimura

An apparatus cooperation system including first and second apparatuses connected via a network to share a function, the first apparatus including a first counting unit counting a number of the output objects output by the first output unit based on a first counting rule, the second apparatus including a second counting unit counting a number of the output objects output by the second output unit based on a second counting rule. Further, when an output condition to output the image data by the first apparatus and the second apparatus is accepted, the first counting unit counts a total number of the output objects output by the first output unit and the second output unit based on the first counting rule.

Apparatus cooperation system, image forming apparatus, and function providing method

In a device cooperation system, devices connected via a network take partial charge of providing a function. A first device acquires image data to be output; receives a condition used when the first device and a second device output the image data; stores a possible output amount that can be output by the first device; determines whether a total page number, which is obtained from the condition and a number of pages of the acquired image data, is less than or equal to the possible output amount; determines first and second output numbers to be respectively allocated to the first and second devices; sends the image data and the second output number to the second device; and updates the possible output amount according to a number output by the first and second devices.

Device cooperation system, image forming apparatus, and function providing method

An image processing system, having an image processing apparatus, includes a log management section configured to manage logs recording operations executed on the image processing apparatus, condition data to specify a characteristic of an operation needing to be checked, data for generating items to specify items in the logs to be preserved, and a storage device to store the specified items in the logs, wherein the log management section determines whether an executed operation satisfying the characteristic in the condition data has been executed, then upon a positive determination, specifies items corresponding to the executed operation in the logs to be preserved according to the data for generating items.

Image processing system and image processing apparatus

A first device includes a determining unit for determining a first number allocated to the first device and a second number allocated to a second device, a first storage for storing a first possible amount that the user can output with the first device, a first output unit for outputting an object of the first number, when the first number is less than the first possible amount, and a first update unit for updating the first possible amount according to an output number output by the first device. The second device includes a second output unit for outputting an object of the second number, when the second number is less than a second possible amount, and a second update unit for updating the second possible amount according to an output number output by the second device, only when authentication of the user is successful.

Device cooperation system, function providing method

An image processing apparatus is connected to other image processing apparatuses and a file server via a network and includes a document obtaining unit configured to obtain document data and attribute information including format information and generator apparatus information of the document data from the file server, a processability determining unit configured to determine whether the obtained document data are processable by the image processing apparatus based on the format information, an apparatus identifying unit configured to identify one of the other image processing apparatuses as a generator apparatus that has generated the document data based on the generator apparatus information if the processability determining unit determines that the obtained document data are not processable by the image processing apparatus, and a function obtaining unit configured to obtain a functional program for processing the document data from the generator apparatus.

Image processing apparatus and image processing system with processability determining unit

A device cooperation system includes a first device including an acquiring unit for acquiring image data, an output condition receiving unit for receiving output conditions used by the first and second devices when outputting the image data, a first important document determining unit for determining whether first important information is included in the image data, a first operation information recording unit for recording operation information of a first output unit when it is determined that the first important information is included in the image data, and a second device including a second operation information recording unit for recording operation information of a second output unit when the determination result indicating that the first important information is included in the image data is acquired from the first device.

Device cooperation system, image forming apparatus, function providing method

An information processing system includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses, each apparatus including a transmission unit and a verification unit, and a plurality of authentication servers connectable to the plurality of information processing apparatuses via one or more networks. When one information processing apparatus, used as a receiving apparatus, receives a request of executing a processing at the receiving apparatus from other information processing apparatus, used as a requesting apparatus, the transmission unit of requesting apparatus transmits information to the receiving apparatus, and the verification unit of receiving apparatus determines whether the requested processing can be executed at the receiving apparatus for a user of the receiving apparatus based on a comparison of the information transmitted from the requesting apparatus and information settable for the receiving apparatus by using the authentication server useable for user verification of the information processing apparatuses.

Information processing system, apparatus, method, and program storage medium

An image processing apparatus includes an input control unit that receives the input of document data that is a target to be output and the output condition of the document data, an image output unit that outputs the document data in accordance with the received output condition, an HDD that stores therein the output condition under which the document data has been output, as a re-output condition to be set at a time when the document data is re-output, and a display control unit that displays the re-output condition on an operation display unit and, when a dependent item that is determined to be set together with a different item is present in the re-output condition, the display control unit displays a dependence-destination item that is the different item together with the re-output condition.

Displaying settings of a re-output condition for data

A storage unit stores therein a plurality of document data and a reoutput condition associated with any of the document data. The reoutput condition defines an output condition used when the document data is reoutput. A selection receiving unit receives selections of the document data including at least one reoutput-conditioned document data that is associated with the reoutput condition as document data to be output. A condition setting unit sets the reoutput condition associated with selected reoutput-conditioned document data as the output condition. An image output unit outputs all the document data of which the selections are received by the selection receiving unit on the output condition set by the condition setting unit.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program product which determines whether there is a restriction of the output of document data

An electronic device includes a storage unit that stores therein input data, and a deleting unit that partially deletes the input data when the input data becomes unnecessary. The deleting unit deletes portions of the input data, each having a predetermined size, with predetermined or random spacing between the portions in row and column directions, or deletes only an effective portion of the input data.

Electronic device

The collaboration among the image forming devices is practiced on the computer network for efficiently utilizing the printing resources. When a large print job is requested, the parent image forming device seeks an appropriate child image forming device to share the same print job during a predetermined collaboration process. To minimize the waste and maximize the productivity during the collaboration process, the parent device ascertains that the child device is able to complete a part of the collaboration print job before the corresponding image data is transferred from the parent device to the child device. One of the resources that the parent device ascertains is the available memory amount at the child device for the image data to be transferred. If a sufficient amount of memory is not available at the child device, the image data is transferred to prevent an incomplete collaboration task at the child device. In addition, other resources such as paper and toner are also monitored in conjunction with the memory. Furthermore, the parent and child device monitor each other for completing a collaboration print job so that the collaboration print job is completed in the most efficient manner.

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