Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Tatsuo Matoba

Takekazu Kumagai

Toru Kimura

Tamaki Kamata

An image processing apparatus displays My Folder in a selectable manner on a screen for selecting a saving destination of a file in a case where a protocol included in My Folder information is determined to be available for a function selected by a user, and displays My Folder in an unselectable manner on the screen for selecting the saving destination of the file in a case where the protocol included in My Folder information is determined to be unavailable for the function selected by the user.

Image processing apparatus and method

An image processing apparatus having a file server function and capable of using a path notification function according to the way in which the image processing apparatus is utilized by a user. The image forming apparatus does not perform a URI notification, if an image data file is stored into a storage unit of the apparatus via the file server function, or if the file is stored via the file server function from an unregistered data storage source, or if the file was not created by an MFP job, or if the file is stored via the file server function and has a registered file type.

Image processing apparatus having file server function, and control method and storage medium therefor

An information processing apparatus that enables a user to transmit data to a desired destination even when the address was updated. A transmission unit transmits image data inputted into an address set. A history storage unit stores a transmission history of the image data transmitted. The transmission history includes an address and an address identifier for identifying the address stored in the address storage unit. A determination unit determines whether the address identified by the address identifier was updated after the transmission date recorded, when a user directs the transmission of image data using the transmission history. A control unit enables the selection of an address to which the image data is transmitted from among the addresses recorded in the transmission history and an updated address identified by the address identifier, when the address identified by the address identifier was updated after the transmission date recorded.

Information processing apparatus using transmission history, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor

In a data communication apparatus which communicates with another data communication apparatus via a network, and a method of controlling the same, an address book in which a plurality of addresses used to send data are registered is published to other data communication apparatus via the network, and in a case that a loopback address is included in the plurality of addresses registered in that address book, the other data communication apparatus is restricted from accessing the address book including the loopback address.

Data communication apparatus and method of controlling the same

An image forming apparatus for storing document data for which output setting data is set comprises an acquisition unit configured to acquire device configuration information of the image forming apparatus and device configuration information of a print post-processing apparatus which is connected to the image forming apparatus and has a paper transport path not connected to the image forming apparatus; a change unit configured to change the output setting data of the stored document data using the device configuration information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a processing unit configured to process the document data using the output setting data changed by the change unit.

Image forming apparatus, image forming method and medium for storing an image forming program thereof with changing of output setting data

A past print job is held as a history; selection of a target item by a user, from among a plurality of types of print setting items that are settable for a print job in which print processing of image data will be performed, is received; with respect to the target item, a search is performed for a past print job in which the content of the target item was set; a list of past print jobs is displayed; selection of a print job by the user, from among the list of past print jobs that was displayed, is received; the content of the target item that has been set for the selected past print job is set to the print job of the image data; and print processing of the image data is performed using the print job for which settings have been set.

Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and storage medium storing image forming program thereof

In order to allow effective utilization of a printing device when operators are absent, such as nighttime and further effective utilization of the printing device in business hours that operators are present, when a received print order is determined to be processable outside predetermined hours, an attribute indicating processability outside the predetermined hours is set to the print order. Thus, the print order to which the attribute is set is allocated to the outside of the business hours when the print order cannot be scheduled to be processed inside the predetermined hours.

Apparatus, system and method for performing attended or unattended printing

An image forming apparatus for processing a print job includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire information about a set of printed sheets to be post-processed by a post-processing apparatus, the post-processing apparatus not being connected to the image forming apparatus via a conveying path of the print sheets output from the image forming apparatus, an analyzing unit configured to analyze the print job, and an output control unit configured to output printed sheets on the basis of the print job in which offset stacking is applied to each set of printed sheets to be post-processed as defined by the post-processing apparatus in accordance with a result of analysis performed by the analyzing unit and information regarding the set of printed sheets to be post-processed acquired by the acquiring unit.

Image forming apparatus, method for controlling image forming apparatus, and storage medium

A workflow executing apparatus that executes processing in accordance with a workflow, the apparatus comprising: a workflow information storage section that stores workflow information describing the workflow; a transmission control section that transmits an e-mail during the process of the workflow to a user that requested that workflow, in accordance with the stored workflow information; and a workflow execution section that adds identification information of e-mails transmitted prior to the e-mail transmitted by the transmission control section to the stated e-mail and sends the e-mail.

Workflow executing apparatus and control method of the apparatus and program thereof

An apparatus manages a usage amount associated with each of a plurality of functions included in a work flow. The work flow is executed after it is determined whether an operation of each step included in the work flow can be executed or not.

Work flow management apparatus and work flow management method

In a condition that a printing device cannot be used, print can be requested to other print managing device. A center serverincludes a print server information storage devicefor registering vacant status of printing devices managed by a plurality of print servers, and each print serverincludes external print request meansfor requesting print of print order data to other print server, status registration meansfor registering vacant status information of the printing device managed by the server itself in the print server information storage device, and external print request candidate reference meansfor automatically selecting other print serverto which the print of the print order data is requested on the basis of the vacant status information of the printing devices managed by other print serversregistered in the print server information storage device

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Yokohama, Japan

Tatsuo Matoba