Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Tomoyuki Takahira

Yuuta Hashimoto

Satoshi Miyazaki

Hideaki Matsui

Toshio Kitazawa

Saori Iura

Nobuyuki Iwata

Akio Ishida

Kazuma Saitoh

Hiroaki Kobayashi

Susumu Fujioka

Teruaki Takahashi

Yasuyuki Igarashi

Yuka Saito

Naoki Fukasawa

Naohiko Kubo

Takahiro Hirakawa

Hiroya Uruta

Ken Norota

Daisuke Masui

Yasuharu Yanamura

Yuuichi Yoshida

Isamu Mitsuke

Naoya Tamura

An information processing apparatus connected with one or more apparatuses through a network, comprises: a first acquiring unit configured to acquire first address information for indicating one of addresses in the network among addresses of the apparatuses and first apparatus specific information for identifying the apparatuses; a second acquiring unit configured to acquire second apparatus specific information for identifying an apparatus indicated by the first address information acquired by the first acquiring unit; a determining unit configured to determine whether the first apparatus specific information acquired by the first acquiring unit is the same as the second apparatus specific information acquired by the second acquiring unit or not; and a process requesting unit configured to request the apparatus indicated by the first address information to perform a certain process upon the determining unit determining the first apparatus specific information to be the same as the second apparatus specific information.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method and recording medium

An information processing apparatus, connectable with an image output apparatus, includes circuitry to receive image data of an image from a memory, acquire information of an image placement region of the image output apparatus, the image placement region being variable depending on a type of the image output apparatus, and the image is to be output on the image placement region of the image output apparatus, generate an output image by placing the image within the image placement region based on the image data of the image to be output, and the image placement region of the image output apparatus, and transmit the generated output image to the image output apparatus.

Information processing apparatus, storage medium, and image output system

Information processing apparatus that determines a device for performing an action based on acquired address information

Mobile terminal that acquires address information of an intended image forming apparatus for printing a print job

A terminal device displays a first screen related to a setting for processing executable by plural models of a device; acquires, from a target device, identification information for the model of the target device through a first communication unit and communication information for communicating with the target device through second communication unit; acquires, from a storing unit, processing information corresponding to the acquired identification information; transmits, to the target device, through the second communication unit, a setting entered through the first screen using communication information. If the processing information acquired through the second communication unit includes information on specific processing executable only by the model corresponding to the identification information, the terminal device further displays a second screen related to a setting for the specific processing, and further transmits the setting entered through the second screen, to the target device through the second communication unit, using the communication information.

System and method for providing setting information to a target device

An information processing apparatus accumulates one or more jobs sent from a terminal device connected via a network. The information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire user information for identifying a user who logs in on the terminal device and first identification information for identifying the terminal device; a determination unit configured to determine whether the first identification information corresponds to second identification information for identifying the terminal device which sends a job including the user information, the second identification information being included in the job; and an execution unit configured to execute the job to perform a predetermined process in a case where the determination unit determines that the first identification information corresponds to the second identification information.

Information processing apparatus, image processing apparatus, information processing system and information processing method

Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a command receiving unit that receives a print command, a detector that detects a state of the operation unit, and a controller. When the detector detects that the state of the operation unit is a predetermined state subsequent to receiving the print command by the command receiving unit and prior to completion of printing based on the print command, the controller causes the printing to be terminated. When the detector detects that the state of the operation unit is not the predetermined state subsequent to receiving the print command by the command receiving unit and prior to the completion of the printing based on the print command, the controller causes the printing to be executed.

Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and print system

An image forming apparatus includes a printer engine, a storage unit, a print data interpreting unit, and a print control unit. The print data interpreting unit interprets print data and identifies both a first job type and a second job type. The first job type specifies any one of a special print job using special toner and a normal job using normal toner, and the second job type specifies a print function to be used. The print control unit makes a decision to permit or prohibit accumulation of print data in view of security based on the first job type and the second job type, accumulates the print data in the storage unit when the decision to permit the accumulation of the print data is made, and prohibits the accumulation of the print data when the decision to prohibits the accumulation of the print data is made.

Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer program product

An image forming apparatus is provided with a process cartridge that is removable from the image forming apparatus. When the process cartridge is installed, the image forming apparatus automatically searches a print job that matches the process cartridge that is currently installed onto the image forming apparatus.

Apparatus and method for image forming

A cartridge used for image formation is detachably accommodated in a main body of an image forming apparatus. A cartridge determining unit determines a cartridge type, which is a type of the cartridge, and a print-job determining unit determines a print job type, which is a type of a print job received from an external device. If the print job type and the cartridge type do not match, an inhibiting unit inhibits an image formation process.

Image forming apparatus, computer program product, and printing inhibiting method

An image forming device includes a control unit configured to control by sorting common setting information valid among a plurality of devices and specific setting information valid for a specific device, an internal storage device configured to store setting data that includes a pair of setting data of identification information indicating a type of setting item and setting values, an external storage device controller configured to control to input and output the setting data with a detachable external storage device, and a selective-write device configured to select and write the setting data read from the external storage device based on the predetermined criteria.

Image forming device and control method therefor

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Kanagawa, Japan

Tomoyuki Takahira