In accordance with an embodiment, an interface device comprises a plurality of interface circuits which respectively corresponds to different transmission paths and sequentially acquires a plurality of packets formed by dividing data which is an object of any one of plural types of information processing via the corresponding transmission paths, a reception buffer and a processor. The processor writes the packet acquired by each of the plurality of the interface circuits in the reception buffer in association with an identification code for identifying the interface circuit acquiring the packet, sequentially reads a plurality of packets associated with the same identification code among the packets stored in the reception buffer from the reception buffer, and delivers the read packets to the information processing on the data which is a basis of the packet.

An information processing apparatus collects data produced in association with processing carried out by the information processing apparatus, and buffers the collected data in a first data format. The first data format is different from a second data format used for transmission to an external server apparatus. The information processing apparatus converts the format of the buffered data from the first data format to the second data format before transmitting the buffered data to the server apparatus. Then, the information processing apparatus transmits the data in the second data format to the server apparatus as an event log of the information processing apparatus.

An electronic device includes an operation section, first storage, second storage, a processing section, and a display section. The first storage stores data of a file therein. The file includes contents that can be printed. When the operation section receives an instruction for erasing the file, the processing section transfers the file from the first storage to the second storage. The display section displays an inquiry screen for inquiring whether or not to reproduce the file. When the operation section receives an instruction for reproducing the file, the processing section executes print processing or transmission processing. The print processing is processing for printing the contents. The transmission processing is processing for transmitting an email with the file attached thereto. After executing the print processing or the transmission processing, the processing section erases the file from the second storage.

A printer includes a printing unit that processes the first print request accumulated in a reception buffer to print an image on a sheet, a sheet discharge tray to which a sheet on which an image is printed by the printing unit is discharged, and a controller that causes the printing unit to discharge, to the sheet discharge tray, an insertion sheet different from a sheet on which an image is printed by processing a print request before causing the printing unit to process a first print request in a case where a request source of the first print request is different from a request source of a second print request which is a print request immediately before the first print request.

An image processing apparatus includes: a buffer memory; and a hardware processor that outputs an image, and executes detection processing for searching for a predetermined image pattern in the image output by the hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor arranges images of a plurality of jobs in a first direction and writes the images in the buffer memory, and advances the detection processing for the images of the plurality of jobs written in the buffer memory along a second direction intersecting with the first direction.

An image forming system which suppresses the decline in printing speed without user intervention when the speed of data transmission to a storage does not meet an allowable speed, and a control method for the system. A first acquisition part acquires the speed of data transmission to the storage of each of plural image forming apparatuses and a second acquisition part acquires the data transmission speed between image forming apparatuses. When the speed of data transmission to a given image forming apparatus among the apparatuses is lower than a specified value, if the speed of data transmission to the storage of another image forming apparatus and the data transmission speed between image forming apparatuses are both higher than a given value, a striping part performs striping to distribute and store data into the storage of the given image forming apparatus and the storage of the other image forming apparatus.

A time period required for printing can be reduced by responding to the change of a print setting after inputting of a job and by optimizing a data processing sequence until completion of a job. An apparatus for performing data processing for a print job, the apparatus including a control unit configured to control data processing in accordance with a number-of-copies setting of the print job. The data processing includes: first data processing in which predetermined image processing is performed on first image data included in the print job to generate second image data and the generated second image data is printed without spooling; and second data processing in which predetermined image processing is performed on first image data included in the print job to generate second image data, the generated second image data is spooled, and the spooled second image data is repeatedly used for printing. In a case where a change of the number-of-copies setting is accepted during job execution by the first data processing, the control unit switches from the first data processing to the second data processing in response to the remaining number of copies.

An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit and a controller. The receiving unit receives a selection of information which is to be output. The selection is selected from multiple types of information included in data obtained over a network and is based on each type. The controller exerts control in such a manner that, when the selected information includes multiple types of information constituting a predetermined particular combination, the selected pieces of information are not output.

An electronic device includes an operation section, first storage, second storage, a processing section, and a display section. The first storage stores data of a file therein. The file includes contents that can be printed. When the operation section receives an instruction for erasing the file, the processing section transfers the file from the first storage to the second storage. The display section displays an inquiry screen for inquiring whether or not to reproduce the file. When the operation section receives an instruction for reproducing the file, the processing section executes print processing or transmission processing. The print processing is processing for printing the contents. The transmission processing is processing for transmitting an email with the file attached thereto. After executing the print processing or the transmission processing, the processing section erases the file from the second storage.

An image forming system which suppresses the decline in printing speed without user intervention when the speed of data transmission to a storage does not meet an allowable speed, and a control method for the system. A first acquisition part acquires the speed of data transmission to the storage of each of plural image forming apparatuses and a second acquisition part acquires the data transmission speed between image forming apparatuses. When the speed of data transmission to a given image forming apparatus among the apparatuses is lower than a specified value, if the speed of data transmission to the storage of another image forming apparatus and the data transmission speed between image forming apparatuses are both higher than a given value, a striping part performs striping to distribute and store data into the storage of the given image forming apparatus and the storage of the other image forming apparatus.