Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-Kaisha

Shohei Tsujimoto

Satoru Yanagi

Yasuhiro Kudo

Masaaki Hibino

Takeshi Izaki

Yusuke Shimada

Yoshinari Okamoto

An image processing apparatus operates to perform: transmitting account information to the directory server through the communication interface for authentication by the directory server; receiving attribute information from the directory server when the account information is authenticated by the directory server, the attribute information being associated with the account information by the directory server and indicating a location in the network; transmitting image data, when the attribute information includes type-1 information, to the location indicated by the attribute information as a first destination using a first communication protocol indicated by the type-1 information; and transmitting image data, when the attribute information includes type-2 information, to the location indicated by the attribute information as a second destination that is different from the first destination using a second communication protocol indicated by the type-2 information, the second communication protocol being different from the first communication protocol.

Image processing apparatus for transmitting image data by selectively using first and second protocols

A terminal apparatus includes: a first position receiving unit configured to receive terminal position information indicating a position of the terminal apparatus; a receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of distance information corresponding to each of printers that are printer candidates to execute a printing, wherein each of the plurality of distance information is generated on the basis of coordinate information, which includes information of a latitude and a longitude indicating a position of the corresponding printer, and the terminal position information; a choosing unit configured to preferentially choose a printer having a short distance to the terminal apparatus from the printers based on the distance information; and a printing instruction unit configured to transmit a printing instruction for printing execution to a specific printer of the one or more chose printers.

Printer position determination and selection for a terminal apparatus and system

A communication apparatus includes: a first storage unit storing a received electronic mail; a verification unit executing a first verification about an electronic signature attached to the received electronic mail; a printing unit printing the received electronic mail if a verification result of the first verification is positive; a deletion unit deleting the printed electronic mail from the first storage unit; and a storage control unit controlling a second storage unit to store the mail information about the received electronic mail in the second storage unit if the verification result of the first verification is negative. The verification unit again executes the first verification about a specific electronic signature attached to a specific electronic mail which mail information is stored in the second storage unit. The printing unit prints the specific electronic mail if a verification result by again executing the first verification about the specific electronic signature is positive.

Communication apparatus

An image forming device includes an image forming unit configured to execute an image formation process to form an image on a recording medium based on an image formation job, and an information writing control unit configured to write history information based on the image formation job into an external storage device connected to the image forming device via a network, wherein the information writing unit writes the information into the external storage device before completion of the image formation process based on the image formation job by the image formation unit.

Image forming device and management system for image forming

A communication apparatus includes: a first storage unit registering a plurality of addresses of a plurality of communication apparatuses; a command sending unit sending a first command for requesting a first public key, which corresponds to a first secret key of the first communication apparatus, to the address of the first communication apparatus; a response receiving unit receiving from the first communication apparatus a first response including the first public key; a storage control unit associating the first public key the address of the first communication apparatus and registering the first public key; an encrypted data generating unit encrypting first data, which is to be sent to the first communication apparatus, using the first public key registered in association with the address of the first communication apparatus to generate first encrypted data; and a data sending unit sending the first encrypted data to the address of the first communication apparatus.

An electronic mail communication device is used in connection with a server for communicating an electronic mail. The electronic mail communication device is provided with an input device that inputs an electronic mail communication command, a storage that stores information indicating whether or not an electronic mail communication through the server is enabled, and a communication control device. The communication control device outputs a signal to the server to establish connection with the server in a case where the electronic mail communication command is input to the input device while the information indicating the communication enable state is stored in the storage. The communication control device inhibits from outputting the signal to the server in a case where the electronic mail communication command is input to the input device while the information indicating the communication disable state is stored in the storage.

Electronic mail communication device

An image forming device, comprising: an image formation unit configured to form an image on a recording medium in accordance with a print command transmitted from an external device; a print history writing unit configured to record print history concerning image formation by the image formation unit in a server connected to the image forming device via a network; and a writing information transmission unit configured to transmit, to the external device, writing information including information indicating whether the print history writing unit has successfully recorded the print history in the server.

Image forming device configured to record print history in a server

An image forming apparatus that performs booklet printing is provided which includes an information acquisition device, an image data acquisition device, a storage device, and an execution device. The information acquisition device acquires a total number of pages of image data to be printed. The image data acquisition device sequentially acquires the image data by page unit. The storage device stores the image data acquired by the image data acquisition device. The execution device sequentially executes printing of the image data for four pages to be printed on one and same sheet as collected, when the image data for (2N+2) pages or above are stored in the storage device, where N is a positive integer corresponding to a number of sheets necessary for booklet printing of the total number of pages acquired by the information acquisition device.

Image forming apparatus capable of booklet printing

A network device is to be connected with a communication network. The network device is capable of executing a communication function by utilizing the communication network. The network device is provided with an input device, a storage, a communication device, and a communication test device. The input device inputs communication setting data for executing the communication function. The storage is capable of storing at least two patterns of the communication setting data. The communication device executes the communication function by utilizing one pattern of the communication setting data stored in the storage. The communication test device tests whether it is possible to execute the communication function by utilizing the other pattern of the communication setting data stored in the storage while maintaining a state where it is possible for the communication device to execute the communication function by utilizing the one pattern of the communication setting data.

Network device

When operating in a photocopier mode a first tray is first selected, and a second tray is then selected if there is no recording medium in the first tray. If recording medium is in the second tray but the size of the recording medium is not the same as the size of the recording medium loaded to the first tray, a notice indicating a size change is presented and recording is completed only if the user approves the size change using an operating panel.

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Nagoya, Japan

Shohei Tsujimoto