Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-kaisha

Yuichiro Sakuragi

Satoshi Tanimoto

Kosuke Mori

Shun Takeuchi

Kazuki Ichikawa

Koki Izumi

Yutaka Urakawa

Toyoshi Adachi

Shohei Nagai

Suseendran Vijayan

A printer has a function of restricting a number of printing during a particular period for each user ID. When printing is performed, a computer updates a counter value of the number of printing associated with a user ID corresponding to the printing, and restricts printing corresponding to the user ID when the counter value reaches an upper limit. When an individual operator is operated in an administrator PC, the computer initializes the counter value associated with the user ID corresponding the individual operator.

Printer and printing system that initialize counter value after restriction period is started

An image processing apparatus includes a printer to perform printing using an expendable supply for at least one of a plurality of different colors, and a controller to, when receiving, via a user interface, an ordering operation to order a particular type of supplies selected on an order screen, place an order for the particular type of supplies to an information processing device via a communication interface, and store history information on the particular type of supplies into a memory, the history information indicating an order history of the particular type of supplies and containing information generated based on a most recent order date of the particular type of supplies, and in response to a display trigger, read out the history information on the particular type of supplies from the memory, and display the read history information on a display such that the particular type of supplies is identified.

Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and method to prevent duplicate order for supplies

An image forming apparatus includes a network interface, an operation panel including a touch panel, and a controller. The controller is configured to provide a mobile input function to a mobile terminal via the network interface. In response to accepting a first operation to the operation panel with a local operation screen not displayed on the touch panel, the controller causes the touch panel to display the local operation screen, and thereafter switches the local operation screen on the touch panel to a standby screen after waiting until a continuous time with no operation to the touch panel exceeds a first threshold time. In response to accepting a second operation to the operation panel with the local operation screen not displayed on the touch panel, the controller causes the touch panel to display the standby screen without waiting for the first threshold time to elapse.

Image forming apparatus to accept operations from mobile terminal

An image forming apparatus includes a network interface, an operation panel including a touch panel, and a controller configured to provide a mobile input function to a mobile terminal via the network interface. The mobile input function enables the image forming apparatus to accept input operations from the mobile terminal via the network interface. The controller displays access information on the touch panel when the mobile input function is not provided, and starts providing the mobile input function in response to receiving access from the mobile terminal using the access information via the network interface. After starting to provide the mobile input function, the controller sends display data to the mobile terminal via the network interface, thereby causing the mobile terminal to display an operation screen for operating the image forming apparatus from the mobile terminal.

Image forming apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and method for accepting input operations from mobile terminal

An image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to provide a mobile input function that enables the image forming apparatus to accept input operations from a mobile terminal via a network interface. After starting to provide the mobile input function, the controller sends display data to the mobile terminal via the network interface, thereby causing the mobile terminal to display an operation screen for operating the image forming apparatus from the mobile terminal. The controller displays a standby screen including a particular operable object on a touch panel when the mobile input function is not provided. When the particular operable object is operated, the controller switches the standby screen to a local operation screen. In response to accepting an operation on the local operation screen, the controller performs a process according to what kind of operation has been accepted on the local operation screen.

An image forming apparatus, having a mobile input function and a remote input function, includes a network interface, an operation panel including a touch panel, and a controller. After starting to provide one of the input functions, the controller sends display data to an operation terminal via the network interface, thereby causing the operation terminal to display an operation screen for operating the image forming apparatus from the operation terminal. While the mobile input function is being provided, the controller does not display a local operation screen on the touch panel. While the remote input function is being provided, the controller displays the local operation screen on the touch panel, and updates, in response to receiving operation data from the operation terminal via the network interface, display contents on the local operation screen, based on an operation indicated by the received operation data.

Image forming apparatus to accept input operations from operation terminal

A printing apparatus having a print engine, a network interface, a memory, a user interface and a controller. The controller is configured to perform accumulation printing in which the controller receive selection of print data accumulated in the memory through the user interface. The controller is configured such that, for print data to which user identification information of a first user and authentication information is set, the controller causes the user interface to display selection items for such print data, while, for print data to which the user identification information for the first user is not set, the controller causes the user interface not to display the selection items for such print data. The controller is further configured to control the print engine to print the print data as selected through the user interface.

Printing apparatus configured to store print jobs, displays a list of documents related to logged-in user and causes display unit to display selectable items for print jobs accumulated in printer's memory

An image processing apparatus comprising a scanner. When the apparatus starts execution of a file output job, the apparatus confirms whether or not to be able to access a server. In a case where the apparatus could not access the server, the apparatus stops the execution of the file output job without outputting a file including image data to a designated output destination. In a case where the apparatus could access the server, the apparatus transmits a log relating to the file output job to the server before outputting the file to the designated output destination. When the transmitted log could be saved in the server, the apparatus outputs the file to the designated output destination. When the transmitted log could not be saved in the server, the apparatus stops the execution of the file output job without outputting the file to the designated output destination.

Image processing apparatus

When an image processing apparatus starts execution of an image output job, the apparatus confirms whether or not to be able to access a server. In a case where the apparatus could not access the server, the apparatus stops the execution of the image output job. In a case where the apparatus could access the server and the image output job started as the first condition is satisfied, the apparatus saves a log relating to the image output job in the server and outputs image data. In a case where the apparatus could access the server and the image output job started as the second condition is satisfied, the apparatus starts generation of image data from a first page of a document, saves the log relating to the image output job in the server after generation of image data of all pages is completed, and outputs the generated image data.

An image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to provide a mobile input function that enables the image forming apparatus to accept input operations from a mobile terminal via a network interface. After starting to provide the mobile input function, the controller sends display data to the mobile terminal via the network interface, thereby causing the mobile terminal to display an operation screen for operating the image forming apparatus from the mobile terminal. The controller displays a standby screen including a particular operable object on a touch panel when the mobile input function is not provided. When the particular operable object is operated, the controller switches the standby screen to a local operation screen. In response to accepting an operation on the local operation screen, the controller performs a corresponding process depending on what kind of operation has been performed on the local operation screen.

An information processing device for a management system in which a management device and the information processing device are configured to communicate with a storage device. The information processing device comprising a controller that is configured to download, from the storage device, an instruction template including a plurality of pieces of processing instruction information for instructing a plurality of pieces of processing to be executed by the information processing device, create an update template in which each of the plurality of pieces of processing instruction information in the instruction template is replaced with a corresponding piece of a plurality of pieces of processing notification information to be notified to the management device and upload the update template to the storage device.

Information processing device, management program and management method for managing storage devices

A printing device may include: a printing unit configured to print an image, a communication interface; an input unit to which user information is inputted; a memory; and a controller configured to access a table in which user information and an e-mail address are registered in association with each other. The controller may be configured to: receive an e-mail to which attached data is attached; in a case where the e-mail is received, determine whether a sender e-mail address of the e-mail is in the table; in a case where it is determined that the sender e-mail address is in the table, obtain user information associated with the sender e-mail address from the table and store the attached data in the memory; authenticate the user information; and cause the printing unit to print the attached data.

Printing device and server to receive an e-mail including an attached print data and determine whether sender e-mail address is stored in a table in which a user ID and e-mail address are registered in association with each other

An image processing apparatus includes a print engine, a communication interface, a memory, and a controller configured to receive a print job via the communication interface, acquire authentication information associated with the print job, perform authentication based on the acquired authentication information, and determine whether the authentication is successful, when determining that the authentication is successful, cause the print engine to print, on a sheet, an image based on the print job, and regardless of whether the authentication is successful, transmit predetermined image data based on the print job via the communication interface.

Image processing apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium for reducing time required until completing output process after successful authentication

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Ichinomiya, Japan

Yuichiro Sakuragi