According to one embodiment, the image forming apparatus includes a communication interface, a communication unit, a first storage unit, an acquisition unit, and a transmission unit. The communication interface is connected to a network to which other image forming apparatuses and a mobile terminal can be connected. The communication unit communicates with a server that processes an image forming job requested by the mobile terminal. The first storage unit stores first device information for specifying the server. The acquisition unit acquires device information transmitted from the other image forming apparatuses to the network. The transmission unit transmits the first device information stored in the first storage unit to the network via the communication interface, when the device information acquired by the acquisition unit does not include the first device information.

There is provided a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for an information processing device provided with a first communication interface, a second communication interface and a controller. The recording medium contains instructions realizing an application program. When startup option including the address information is not delivered and when the address information is not stored, the control executes a standby process to await input of the address information through a user interface is executed. When the address information indicating a location of a storage server is input during the standby process, the controller downloads the content data from the storage server indicated by the input address information. When the address information included in the startup option has been stored in the memory, the controller downloads the content data from the storage server indicated by the address information store in the memory.

A printer for security paper, such as a multifunction printer, a printer, a facsimile machine or a copier, is configured to perform a printing operation by distinguishing between security paper and normal paper. The printer for security paper includes: a security paper sensor disposed on a printing paper feeding path; and a control unit for comparing a first sensing value sensed by the security paper sensor when printing paper to be determined is not present near the security paper sensor with one or more second sensing values sensed by the security paper sensor for the corresponding printing paper on the feeding path, during the course of conveying the corresponding printing paper on the feeding path, determining printing paper as security paper when a comparison value is above a predefined reference value, and determining printing paper as normal paper when the comparison value is below the predefined reference value.

An information processing apparatus includes multiple network interfaces, a storage area that saves data, and a change controller. An attribute defining a network interface permitted as an output path of the saved data is associated with the storage area. The change controller controls a change of the attribute corresponding to a change instruction to change the attribute, in accordance with a state regarding presence/absence of data in the storage area at a time point of receiving the change instruction.

Systems and methods relate generally to disambiguation of printing device characteristics. In an example method thereof, a printing app has user printing priority settings. A demographics data file is generated for a best fit emulation. A best match behavior is determined for a printing device of a plurality of printing devices. The printing device with the best match behavior is selected from the plurality of printing devices. In another method thereof an emulator is initialized. The initialization includes generating a demographics data file by the emulator. The emulator performs operations including: converting input data to device primitives in a printer language to generate print job data therefor; and providing the print job data as a print job to a job manager.

A high speed tabletop and industrial printer is disclosed with integrated high speed RFID encoding and verification at the same time. The industrial printer simultaneously prints on and electronically encodes/verifies RFID labels, tags, and/or stickers attached to a continuous web. The industrial printer comprises a lighted sensor array for indexing the printing to the RFID tags; and a cutter powered from the industrial printer for cutting the web that the RFID tags are disposed on. The industrial printer comprises two RFID reader/writers that are individually controlled. Specifically, one of the RFID reader/writers comprises the ability to electronically encode the RFID tags while the web is moving; and the second RFID reader/writer uses an additional RFID module and antenna on the printer for verifying the data encoded to the RFID tags.

A high speed tabletop and industrial printer is disclosed with integrated high speed RFID encoding and verification at the same time. The industrial printer simultaneously prints on and electronically encodes/verifies RFID labels, tags, and/or stickers attached to a continuous web. The industrial printer comprises a lighted sensor array for indexing the printing to the RFID tags; and a cutter powered from the industrial printer for cutting the web that the RFID tags are disposed on. The industrial printer comprises two RFID reader/writers that are individually controlled. Specifically, one of the RFID reader/writers comprises the ability to electronically encode the RFID tags while the web is moving; and the second RFID reader/writer uses an additional RFID module and antenna on the printer for verifying the data encoded to the RFID tags.

A multifunction inkjet printer that displays an image on a display device includes: an operation display unit configured to receive an instruction from a user; and a CPU configured to control the display device to display an image, wherein, in a state where display on the display device is being performed at a first refresh rate, in response to the operation display unit receiving an instruction for displaying a code to be captured by a mobile terminal, the CPU is configured to control the display device to display the code at a second refresh rate that has a higher frequency than the first refresh rate.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a mediation program readable by a computer of a mediation apparatus of a device management system including a management apparatus managing a first device registered as a direct management target without intervention of the mediation apparatus and managing the first device and/or the second device registered as an indirect management target via the mediation apparatus, the mediation program causing the mediation apparatus to: receive related information about the first device from the first device; determine whether the first device is registered on the management apparatus as the direct management target or the indirect management target; and when the first device is not registered as either the direct management target or the indirect management target, transmit a registration request for requesting the management apparatus to register the first device as the indirect management target.

The printing apparatus deletes a deletion target print data even if the printing apparatus is in a predetermined state in a case where the number of pieces of deletion target print data that are registered and are not deleted yet reaches a predetermined number.