Printing images on a printing medium by means of a printer, comprising the receiving of image data for each image of a list of images to be printed on said printing medium; splitting up of the received image data of the list of images into N successive sequences corresponding to N printing steps, N being an integer greater or equal to 1, of M groups of image data of individual images, M being an integer greater than 1, each group of image data of a printing step comprising image data of at least one individual image, the number of individual images in the M groups of a given printing step corresponding to the total number of images to be printed at this printing step; sequentially for each printing step, distributing of the M groups of image data to, respectively, M distinct processing units, each processing unit sequentially processing image data of each individual image data from a received group of image data to generate a corresponding set of printable individual image data; and upon all said M processing units having each completed generation of a set of printable individual image data from a corresponding group of said corresponding printing step, authorizing of the printer to print the corresponding individual images on the printing medium.

A processing system includes a terminal held by a user and a processing apparatus that executes a process designated by the user. The terminal includes a memory that stores screen information for configuring a setting screen for the process. The screen information is set by the user. The processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a receiving unit. The acquisition unit acquires the screen information from the terminal through short-distance wireless communication. The receiving unit displays the setting screen in accordance with the acquired screen information and receives a setting change performed by the user on the setting screen.

A procedure and installation of the same for the control of image processing devices using only the data required; thus, avoiding saturation of the memories of the components involved and/or the communications bandwidth. The procedure and installation are simple and reliable such as not to require the involvement of an expert user or a service staff member. The procedure includes the standardization of the data identifiers for each image processing device via the identification of the identifier containing a value for each data point and checking that the scale of each data point is equivalent to a predetermined scale. The installation includes a standardization system for such purpose.

Disclosed herein is a technique to efficiently pack a print volume of 3D printers having print jobs with a large number of objects. The technique positions unique objects that adhere to a similar structural pattern more closely when the degree of variation between the objects is small. Thus, while each object is unique, a greater extent of similarity between the objects causes a given group of objects to be positioned more closely to one another in the print area of the 3D printer.

An image forming apparatus, having a recorder, a display, an input interface, a memory, and a controller, is provided. The controller is configured to control the recorder to consume colorant to print images on sheets, count a consumption value and a quantity of the sheets consumed, determine an average usage value based on the consumption value and the quantity of the sheets, obtain a filled amount value and determine a first printable quantity, determine a second printable quantity, control the display to display a first screen including a first object indicating the first printable quantity in the display, control the display to display a second screen including a second object indicating the second printable quantity in the display, and control the display to display a screen including a third object, through which one of the first object and the second object to be displayed in the display is selectable.

An information processing apparatus capable of managing an object to which a print queue for instructing execution of processing on an image processing apparatus is allocated is configured to determine whether an image processing apparatus corresponding to a print queue allocated to an object managed by another information processing apparatus is identical with an image processing apparatus corresponding to a print queue registered in the information processing apparatus, and, in a case where it is determined that the image processing apparatuses are identical with each other, to make a setting for allocating the print queue registered in the information processing apparatus to an object to be displayed on the information processing apparatus.

An inspection apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: conducts an inspection on an image by comparing a scanned image with a correct image, the image being formed on paper in accordance with a print job, the scanned image being generated by reading the image, the correct image serving as a reference for the inspection of the image; and determines whether a page is a target for the inspection in accordance with a type of the paper on which the image will be formed according to print setting of the print job, wherein the hardware processor conducts the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to be the target for the inspection by the hardware processor, and does not conduct the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to not be the target for the inspection.

An image forming device includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on a transfer medium; and a controller that controls multiple image readers capable of performing image reading for the same surface of the transfer medium, and acquires reading results from the image readers. The controller is capable of performing failure/no-failure determination for the image on the transfer medium based on the reading results, of switching image reading by the multiple image readers between reading by a first number of image readers and reading by a second number of image readers, the second number being smaller than the first number, and of enabling, while the second number of image readers perform reading, at least one of the other image readers to execute a maintenance operation for the at least one of the other image readers.

A method in a server includes: storing, at the server, a configuration update definition including (i) criteria, and (ii) configuration update payload data; obtaining at the server, from a computing device having a connection to a wireless local area network (WLAN), a parameter of the connection; determining whether the parameter satisfies the criteria of the configuration update definition; and in response to determining that the parameter satisfies the criteria, transmitting the configuration update payload data to the computing device.

A printer includes a print engine and a controller. The controller is configured to cause the printer to perform: in response to image data being transmitted from a terminal to a server, receiving print data to be used in printing from the server, the image data representing a target image to be printed, the terminal being different from the printer; in response to receiving the print data from the server, transmitting a first notification to the server prior to completion of the printing of the target image, the first notification indicating that the printing of the target image has been completed; subsequent to the transmission of the first notification to the server, detecting a specific input; and in response to detecting the specific input, causing the print engine to perform the printing of the target image.