A display apparatus includes: a first acquisition portion acquiring progress of a plurality of processes for print product produced through the processes based on information transmitted from a printer; a second acquisition portion acquiring the progress in response to an operation of a user to proceed with the production; and a display portion displaying in a distinguishable manner on a display, an automatic transition process and a manual transition process included in the processes, the automatic transition process automatically transitioning to the subsequent process based on the information transmitted from the printer and a manual transition process manually transitioning to the subsequent process in response to the operation.

An information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and an information processing method. The information processing apparatus receives from a device communicably connected to the information processing apparatus through a network, an execution request for a first processing unit of an ordered set of one or more processing units in a workflow, the execution request indicating change in processing based on multiple device types classified by function, controls execution of the workflow in response to the execution request, and changes the processing to be executed for the first processing unit based on the device type to which the device belongs.

A workflow control method is provided for processing, by an information processing apparatus, submission data in each process of a workflow to produce a print product. In the method, the submission data is accepted by the information processing apparatus. If new submission data to original submission data is submitted, it is determined whether a current processing step for the original submission data is a specific process or a process after that. If it is determined that the current processing step is the specific process or the process after that, the new submission data is not accepted, and otherwise, the new submission data is accepted.

A production system includes a memory containing instructions, and a processor that executes the instructions to execute a quality verification process corresponding to identification information assigned to a print job, determine whether or not a condition corresponding to the identification information assigned to the print job is met, in a case it is determined that the condition is not met, execute an adjustment process for meeting the condition, and execute the print job in a case the adjustment process has been completed or in a case it is determined that the condition is met.

An image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to obtain PJL data via a data interface, and add target PJL data to the obtained PJL data with reference to filter data stored in a non-volatile memory. The target PJL data is PJL data intended for causing the image forming apparatus to perform a particular process. The filter data includes data for adding the target PJL data to the obtained PJL data.

Provided is a production method including a reception step of receiving a plurality of matters, a display step of displaying a result of assigning the received matters to one processing portion among a plurality of processing portions as a list of the matters, an operation step of displaying, in response to an operation of moving the displayed matter, a list in which the moved matter is reassigned to the processing portion corresponding to a movement of the matter, and a production step of producing a finished product by causing the processing portion to execute processing corresponding to the assigned matter.

Provided is a production method including a reception step of receiving a plurality of matters and deadlines corresponding to the matters, a display step of displaying a list of the received matters, a plurality of processes corresponding to the matters, and the deadlines, and a production step of producing a finished product by executing processing that includes the plurality of processes corresponding to the received matters.

An image forming system includes a terminal device, a management apparatus, and a plurality of image forming apparatuses. The terminal device includes a first controller that generates a print job, and transmits the print job to the management apparatus. The management apparatus includes a storage queue, and a second controller that stores the print job in the storage queue upon receipt thereof, determines one of the image forming apparatuses that completes a printing operation based on the print job most rapidly, as transfer destination, on a basis of printing ability of each of the image forming apparatuses, and transmits the print job to the image forming apparatus determined as the transfer destination. The image forming apparatuses each include an image forming device, and a third controller that causes the image forming device to execute the printing operation based on the print job, upon receipt thereof.

Provided is a production method including a reception step of receiving a plurality of matters, a display step of displaying the received matters and a plurality of processes corresponding to the matters, and a production step of producing a finished product by executing processing that includes the plurality of processes corresponding to the received matters, in which the display step displays the process for which the processing is unexecuted, the process for which the processing is already executed, and the process for which the processing is not to be executed, for each matter, in a distinguishable manner from each other.

Provided is a production method including a reception step of receiving a plurality of matters as a group, a display step of displaying a list in which the received matters are grouped in a unit of the group and the group is configured to be distinguished from other groups, and a production step of producing a finished product by executing processing that includes a plurality of processes corresponding to the received matters, in which the display step displays a progress for each process together with the list.