Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Takashi Okazawa

Tomohiro Kimura

Junichi Mori

Hideki Sakai

Chie Ito

Masamichi Tanji

Naoki Morita

Hiroshi Oya

Hiroharu Takahashi

Toru Sakaguchi

Kiyohiro Tsunekawa

Takeshi Utsunomiya

Ken Onodera

Masahiro Takayanagi

Takanori Nishijima

Koichiro Akimoto

Yasuko Shibahara

A multi-function peripheral (MFP) manages data corresponding to a print job received from an outside, and has a plurality of output management functions including at least a first output management function and a second output management function different from the first output management function as output management functions of outputting the managed data in accordance with an operation performed by a user. The MFP sets which output management function of the plurality of output management functions handles a print job that satisfies a predetermined condition based on a user operation and, in a case where a print job that satisfies the predetermined condition is received, performs control such that data corresponding to the received print job is managed in association with the set output management function.

Image processing apparatus, control method for the image processing apparatus, and storage medium for receiving a print job

An information processing apparatus communicates with a plurality of network interfaces of an external apparatus, acquires identification information for identifying the external apparatus and apparatus information about the external apparatus from the external apparatus via a network connected to the plurality of network interfaces, and stores the acquired identification information and the acquired apparatus information in association with each other. If a plurality of pieces of identification information is stored and a plurality of pieces of identical identification information is present in the pieces of identification information, only one piece of apparatus information corresponding to the identification information is displayed.

Information processing apparatus, control method for searching printing apparatus uniquely identifying SNMP engine identification of the printing apparatus

An information processing apparatus according to this embodiment performs network setting of a peripheral apparatus having a plurality of communication interfaces. The information processing apparatus is connected to the peripheral apparatus using a predetermined communication interface from among the plurality of communication interfaces, and sets the communication interfaces of the peripheral apparatus via the predetermined communication interface. An IP address used for connection during these network settings is determined using AutoIP, if the type of predetermined communication interface is a wired communication interface.

Information processing apparatus, peripheral apparatus, control method thereof, storage medium, and system

When a near field communication (NFC) function is set to be enabled, an information processing apparatus starts, upon startup, an operation in a direct wireless communication mode. When the NFC function is set to be disabled, the information processing apparatus starts an operation in the direct wireless communication mode in response to an external operation instruction.

Image forming apparatus with near-field and direct wireless communication

Ability information about an authentication printing function to be transmitted from a printing apparatus to a print client is varied depending on whether a communication path between the apparatuses is encrypted.

Printing apparatus, control method for printing apparatus, and storage medium

A print system includes a printer that downloads print data from a server, and performs, in accordance with one of an instruction according to the print data, and a setting value of the printer that is set in advance, one of storing of the print data as a stored print job, and printing of the print data without storing of the print job. The print system also includes the server that transmits, in a case that a cancellation instruction for cancelling printing of the print data is received from a user, the cancellation instruction to the printer, records cancellation of a print job, including the print data, in a print history, and disconnects communication with the printer. The printer cancels print processing in accordance with receiving the cancellation instruction from the server, deletes the stored print job, and records the cancellation of the print job in the print history.

Print system, server, printer, methods of controlling the print system, the server, and the printer, and storage medium that cancel a print job upon receiving a cancellation instruction and delete print data of the print job if the print job is stored in the printer

An information processing apparatus that enables a user to install a desired module with ease. A plurality of modules are installed into a PC as an information processing apparatus for performing print processing in an MFP as an image processing apparatus. A usage form of the PC is set. Required ones of the plurality of modules are displayed based on the set usage form, and are installed into the PC.

Information processing apparatus that installs module according to a usage form of the information processing apparatus method of controlling the same, and storage medium

Whether to enable a packet discarding mode is designated and, if an information processing apparatus operates in a power saving mode and the packet discarding mode is enabled, the information processing apparatus determines processing for a received packet based on a proxy response pattern, a WOL pattern, and a discard pattern, and, if the information processing apparatus operates in the power saving mode and the packet discarding mode is disabled, the information processing apparatus determines processing for the received packet based on the proxy response pattern and the WOL pattern without using the discard pattern.

Information processing apparatus control method of information processing apparatus and storage medium

An information processing apparatus has a printer driver and a device service associated with the printer driver as an output port of a print job generated by the printer driver. The printer driver receives data in accordance with a print instruction from an application operating on the information processing apparatus, generates a print job based on the received data, and outputs the print job to the output port. The print job is sent to the device service by an operating system using internal loopback. The device service connects to a print apparatus via a port that is different from the output port of the information processing apparatus, receives the print job from the printer driver, transmits a first control command for obtaining status information to the print apparatus, obtains the status information of the apparatus, and accepts print data received through a receiving port.

Information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, print system and storage medium

Image forming apparatus with option for disabling near-field communication and direct wireless communication

Information processing apparatus selectively enabling or disabling packets discarding feature by its network interface card

To make it possible to use a function depending on bidirectional communication, an information processing apparatus comprises: a printer driver configured to generate print data to be printed by a real printer, based on image data received from an application; and a virtual printer configured to receive the generated print data, and perform output control to the real printer. The virtual printer obtains information of the real printer by communicating with the real printer; and transmits the print data based on the information of the real printer, wherein the printer driver generates the print data by executing rendering processing on the image data based on the information of the real printer obtained via the virtual printer.

Printing with virtual printer

An image forming apparatus registers, when certificate information has been updated, the updated certificate information in an authentication server, and after the registration has been finished, transmits an event notification indicating that the certificate information has been updated to a printer server. The printer server re-acquires cached certificate information in response to this notification, and then again caches the certificate information.

Image forming apparatus, secure network system, method for controlling image forming apparatus, and method for updating certificate information

An image forming apparatus, which comprises a local interface, a network interface, and a relay unit for extracting control data for a peripheral device connected with the local interface from a packet received from the network interface and inputting the extracted control data to a local interface control unit, receives in-abnormality control command data for controlling the connected peripheral device to be performed in case of network disconnection from an information processing apparatus and stores it in a memory, inputs the stored in-abnormality control command data to the local interface control unit in case of detecting an abnormal situation such as the network disconnection from the information processing apparatus, and causes the local interface control unit to control the peripheral device according to the detected abnormal state. Thus, it is possible to achieve intelligent control to the peripheral device even in occurrence of the network disconnection.

Image forming apparatus having network interface and interface enabling to connect peripheral device

A control apparatus that controls a wireless communication setting in an information processing apparatus such that the setting can easily be set, without the provision of an additional device in the information processing apparatus. A PC as a control apparatus is USB connected to a printer as an information processing apparatus having a wireless communication function, and controls the setting of wireless communication between a wireless access point and the printer. The printer and the wireless access point are instructed via a USB interface and via a wired LAN by the PC to start the setting of wireless communication. When receiving from each of the printer and the wireless access point a setting result notification that represents a result of execution of the setting of wireless communication, the PC causes a display unit thereof to display the setting result notifications.

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Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Okazawa