Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

Minolta Company, Ltd.

Tomomi Ono

Koichi Terauchi

Provided is a system including a first image forming apparatus and an information processing apparatus connected via a network. When a second image forming apparatus is added to the network, the second image forming apparatus generates parent setting information indicating that the first image forming apparatus previously connected to the network is its parent, and transmits the parent setting information to the first image forming apparatus. The first image forming apparatus generates parent-child relationship setting information indicating a parent-child relationship between the first image forming apparatus and the second image forming apparatus, based on the parent setting information from the second image forming apparatus. The information processing apparatus registers the second image forming apparatus as a new output destination, based on information of the second image forming apparatus.

System including image forming apparatus and information processing apparatus, method performed under the system, image forming apparatus and information processing apparatus directed to the system, and non-transitory storage medium encoded with program directed to the apparatuses

In a pull printing system, a plurality of information devices configured to create print jobs individually, a pull printing server, and a plurality of image forming apparatuses are connected to one another via a network. Each of the information devices acquires, from the pull printing server, port information used for communication with the image forming apparatuses, stores the port information therein. If the pull printing server can perform communication with the subject information device at a time point when the port information is stored and onward, each of the information devices sends a print job created after the time point to the pull printing server. Otherwise, each of the information devices sends the print job to any one of the image forming apparatuses based on the port information.

Pull printing system, method and computer-readable storage medium for processing print jobs after pull printing server failure

An information processing apparatus transmits an encrypted document to a destination that is received as the destination of the encrypted document, stores the received destination, and determines whether the stored destination is a correct destination or not. If it is determined to be the correct destination, it transmits a decryption key of the encrypted document to the relevant destination.

Image processing apparatus transmitting encrypted document to another apparatus, control method thereof, and program product for information processing

In order to print a required number of copies, MFP having an assigned email address includes an email reception portion to receive an email, a number of copies determination portion to determine, based on destination information of the received email, the number of copies of data included in the email to print, and an image formation control portion to print the data included in the email by the determined number of copies.

Image formation apparatus, image formation method, and image formation program embodied on computer readable medium

The optical properties measuring device of this invention performs preliminary emission of light from a light source prior to main light emission for sample measurement, and approximates the optical properties of the sample based on the output from a photosensor at the time of preliminary emission. Then, based on the approximated optical properties, the luminous energy for the main light emission for sample measurement is determined. Main light emission from the light source in accordance with the luminous energy determined this way is then performed, and the sample's optical properties are calculated based on the output at this time. In other words, this invention is characterized in that the sample's optical properties are approximated beforehand by means of this preliminary light emission, and the luminous energy at the time of the main light emission to perform sample measurement is changed in accordance with the result of this calculation. In this way, high-precision measurement of a sample may performed at all times regardless of the optical properties of the sample.

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Akashi, Japan

Tomomi Ono