A system includes: an image forming apparatus; a voice processing device that collects voice of an utterance, and generates voice data of the collected voice; and a server, wherein the server includes: a hardware processor that controls the server; and a communication circuit that communicates with the image forming apparatus and the voice processing device, the hardware processor performs a recognition process on the voice data received from the voice processing device, to generate a command for operating the image forming apparatus, and in a case where the image forming apparatus has received the voice data from the voice processing device while executing a job, when the image forming apparatus is in a predetermined state of executing the job, or when the command generated from the voice data is a predetermined command, the hardware processor controls the communication circuit to transmit the generated command to the image forming apparatus.

The image forming apparatus includes the power supply board for generating a +24V power supply voltage and a driver board for driving a load for forming an image, and an engine control board for controlling an operation of a driver board. The driver board includes a fuse which receives the 24V power supply voltage supplied from the power supply board. The driver board drives the load by +24V_FU1 voltage output from the fuse. The engine control board identifies, when an abnormality occurs in an operation of the load, a board that is a cause of the abnormality according to a voltage value of the +24V_FU1 voltage and the voltage value of the power supply voltage.

According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a first heating unit, a second heating unit, and a print controller. The first heating unit includes a first heat source that generates heat with alternating current power. The second heating unit includes a second heat source that generates heat with direct current power. The print controller is configured to control printing using either the first heating unit or the second heating unit.

In a case where based on a receipt by a voice device of an utterance requesting a use of a print content generation service, the print content generation service generates a print content, and from first and second print services, the first print service is identified, a print control system acquires the print content generated by the print content generation service. Then, the print control system identifies print setting information for executing a printing process based on the print content.

A terminal device may send a registration request to a print intermediation server. The registration request may cause the print intermediation server to register virtual printer related information. The terminal device may receive authentication information from the print intermediation server. The terminal device may send image data related information to the print intermediation server. The image data related information may be related to target image data representing a target image of a print target. The image data related information may be associated with the virtual printer related information and the authentication information in the print intermediation server. The terminal device may send the authentication information to an actual printer. The authentication information may be used by the actual printer to obtain target print data. The target print data may be data which is created from the target image data by the print intermediation server.

Method and printing system for processing a print job according to print job specifications. A realistic preview image of a plurality of pages of the print product is established and displayed taking into account the print job specifications and print job content. Parts of underlying sheets which parts become visible in the realistic preview image are determined and their content and physical properties are determined and incorporated into the realistic preview image.

A post-processing apparatus has an input terminal into which a first activation signal output from an image forming apparatus is input. A user switch is operated by a user. A generation circuitry is provided inside the post-processing apparatus. The generation circuitry, by turning on the user switch, generates a second activation signal corresponding to the first activation signal. A power source circuitry is activated in response to the first activation signal input into the input terminal. A post-processing mechanism performs a post-processing process on a sheet using an electric power supplied from the power source circuitry. When the image forming apparatus is in a state of being unable to output the first activation signal, in response to the second activation signal generated by the generation circuitry, the power source circuitry is activated.

A forming apparatus includes a discharge target device, a reducing device, and a discharge device. The reducing device reduces a section of a linear formation material in which a bundle of continuous fibers has been impregnated with resin. The discharge device moves relative to the discharge target device, discharges to the discharge target device the formation material the section of which has been reduced by the reducing device, and stacks plural layers formed of the formation material having been solidified.

An image forming apparatus acquires a remaining amount of a consumable part that is detachably mounted to the image forming apparatus and is used for image forming. The apparatus predicts a remaining number of days, which is a number of days remaining in which the consumable part can be used, based on a change of the acquired remaining amount, and notifies a server apparatus, which performs processing for delivering a consumable part to be used for replacement of the consumable part, of the acquired remaining amount and the predicted remaining number of days.

A first communication apparatus including a control device configured to: receive a specific signal from a second communication apparatus; determine whether an inter-device distance between the communication apparatuses is equal to or smaller than a first distance; cause a server to supply printing data to a printer when the inter-device distance is equal to or smaller than the first distance; again receive the specific signal from the second communication apparatus; determine whether the inter-device distance is equal to or smaller than a second distance that is smaller than the first distance by using a second reception radio wave intensity of the again-received specific signal; and cause the printing execution unit to execute printing in accordance with the printing data when it is determined that the inter-device distance is equal to or smaller than the second distance.