Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-kaisha

Takahiro Hosokawa

Hideo Ueno

Masashi Suzuki

Kazunari Taki

Takahiro Ikeno

Hiroshi Koie

Kazutaka Yamada

Hiromi Mori

Takuma Kuno

There is provided a print system, comprising: a user ID obtaining unit configured to obtain a user ID from a memory device through wireless communication; a waiting time obtaining unit configured to obtain time information concerning a waiting time for which a user corresponding to the obtained user ID waits for execution of a print job, based on operations to obtain a user ID by the user ID obtaining unit; and a print control unit configured to select a print job in accordance with the obtained time information, from among a plurality of print jobs, and to execute the selected print job.

Selecting print jobs based on detected user presence and wait time

An image processing apparatus includes: a receiving unit which receives print data; a determining unit which determines whether or not the print data received by the receiving unit includes confidential information; a printing unit which prints an image on a recording medium including an IC tag, in accordance with the print data; and a writing unit which writes, into the IC tag of the recording medium, distinctive information indicating that confidential information is printed on the recording medium when it is determined that the print data includes confidential information.

Image processing apparatus and information writing apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a controller that controls the image forming unit to form, on a recording medium, an image based on image data in accordance with a first print setting; and a data recording unit that records original data of the image data and the first print setting on a non-contact tag attached to the recording medium.

Image forming apparatus for reading information from and writing information to a non-contact medium

A data processing apparatus includes a data reading unit that reads data from a non-contact tag, and a restoration unit that restores a file when the data reading unit reads, from the non-contact tag, (i) location information indicating a storage location where the file is previously stored and (ii) at least one of a flag indicating that the file is to be restored and a restoration program for restoring the file, in accordance with the read at least one of the flag and the restoration program.

Data processing apparatus and recording medium

An electronic device includes a non-volatile display portion, a first determination portion, a display control portion, a built-in clock, an internal battery, and a second determination portion. The first determination portion is configured to determine a state of the electronic device. The display control portion is configured to display information of a type appropriate for the state determined by the first determination portion on the display portion based on shut-off of power supply from an external power source. The second determination portion is configured to determine whether the internal battery is usable. Furthermore, the display control portion is configured to display information on the internal battery on the display portion according to a result of determination by the second determination portion indicating that the internal battery is usable.

Electronic device including non-volatile display portion

An image forming apparatus includes an interface unit which receives print data and file data; a printing unit which prints an image on a recording medium; a writing unit which stores tag data in a non-contact type tag when the recording medium provides the non-contact type tag; a buffer unit in which file data is stored in the non-contact type tag; and a control unit which controls the printing unit and the writing unit. The control unit stores the file data in the buffer unit when the file data is received. The control unit controls the printing unit to form an image on the recording medium based upon content of the print data when the print data is received. The control unit controls the writing unit to store the file data stored in the buffer unit in the non-contact type tag.

Image forming apparatus

There is provided an image forming device, comprising: a print unit configured to form an image on a recording medium in which a memory device is embedded; a detection unit configured to detect a condition of the memory device embedded in the recording medium, the detection unit being positioned on a downstream side in a feeding direction with respect to the print unit; and a notification control unit configured to provide notification concerning the condition of the memory device, in response to a fact that the detection unit detects that the memory device embedded in the recording medium is defective.

Image forming device

An aspect of the invention provides an image forming apparatus including: a image forming section that forms an image based on a print data on at least one sheet equipped with a non-contact tag; a writing section that wirelessly writes a tag data into the non-contact tag of the at least one sheet; a first cassette that holds a plurality of sheets equipped with first type non-contact tags having a first storage capacity; a second cassette that holds a plurality of sheets equipped with second type non-contact tags having a second storage capacity larger than the first storage capacity; and a selecting section that selects a print cassette from among the first and second cassettes based on a data size of the tag data. The at least one sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming section is provided from the print cassette.

A method to configure a service providing system having a service providing device and a service requesting device in a network is provided. The method includes steps of obtaining function parameters, which indicate specific values configurable in the service requesting device for receiving the data processing service, when the service requesting device becomes connected to communicate with the service providing device, determining service receiving parameters, which indicate parameters to configure the service requesting device to become receivable of the data processing service, configuring the service receiving device with the service receiving parameters determined in the service receiving parameter determining step, registering the service receiving parameters in association with the service requesting device, and implementing the data processing service for the service requesting device based on the service receiving parameters being associated with the service requesting device, when the service requesting device accesses the service providing device.

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Nagoya, Japan

Takahiro Hosokawa