An information processing apparatus displays a setting screen for performing setting for a plurality of setting items for generating a product. The information processing apparatus determines whether a setting item of the plurality of setting items is selected in the setting screen. In a case where the setting item is determined to be selected in the setting screen, an image related to the selected setting item is displayed. In a case where the setting item is determined to be not selected in the setting screen, an image related to the setting item is not displayed.

An image forming system includes a print system and a management server. The print system includes one or plural image forming apparatuses. The management server receives a print order from a user, and upon receiving the print order, performs a print job using the print system under a print condition specified by the print order. Further, the management server generates a suggestion of a print condition in consideration of operation status of the print system and an amount of a consumable good required for the print job, differently from the print condition specified by the print order, and notifies the user of the suggestion.

A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a system are disclosed for processing and scheduling print jobs on a plurality of printers. The method includes: collecting job information on one or more past print jobs; collecting job information on a plurality of print jobs currently being processed, each of the plurality of print jobs being assigned to one or more operators from a plurality of operators; generating a process workflow visualization for the plurality of print jobs currently being processed with a processing mining algorithm based on the job information collected on the one or more past print jobs and the job information collected on the plurality of print jobs currently being processed; and displaying the process workflow visualization for the plurality of print jobs currently being processed.

There is provided a method for notifying an operator of necessity of implementation of an inspection to be manually performed by the operator. A method for controlling a job processing system that causes a job processing apparatus to execute a job, the method includes receiving required quality data, and notifying, based on the required quality data received in the receiving, a user that an output product output by executing the job needs to be inspected by an inspection apparatus.

An information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to: associate each of manufacturing processes of one of products with one of job elements each representing a detail of a job; and display the job elements in a schedule setting area of a screen, and in response to selection of one of the job elements, display displayed job elements that are included in the job elements and that represent respective jobs for manufacturing processes of an associated product that is one of the products and is a product of the manufacturing process associated with the selected job element, the displayed job elements being displayed in the schedule setting area in a form differentiated from a form for a job element associated with a manufacturing process of a different product that is included in the products and is different from the associated product.

An approach provides access to cloud services that are impractical or difficult to implement on end-user devices without a high level of programming skill and customization. The approach uses a first set of cloud services, referred to herein as Integrated Cloud Environment (ICE) cloud services, to access to a second set of cloud services, referred to herein as Smart Integration (SI) cloud services, on end-user devices. The ICE cloud services provide a user-friendly user interface for accessing the SI cloud services via an end-user device, implement the Application Program Interfaces (APIs) of the SI cloud services, and also manage results generated by the SI cloud services. The ICE cloud services also manage user information, authorization credentials and tokens needed to access third-party services. According to another embodiment, the SI cloud and the ICE cloud are integrated using direct linking, i.e., directly linking an end-user device to the SI cloud.

A printing method includes a customizing step of receiving a customization instruction of an administrator and customizing a printing screen, a printing step of performing printing in response to reception of a printing start instruction, a first displaying step of displaying the customized printing screen during the printing step, and a customized information processing step of enabling customized information corresponding to the customized printing screen to be confirmed after printing, when an execution instruction by a user is received during displaying the customized printing screen.

A workflow processing apparatus includes a processor configured to generate, based on a first partial workflow in a workflow in execution, a second partial workflow in which processing executed in the first partial workflow is executed separately from the first partial workflow, the first partial workflow being a part of the workflow within a range designated by a user, and manage processing in a subsequent stage of the first partial workflow and processing in a subsequent stage of the second partial workflow, in one partial workflow.

An information processing system includes: a processing apparatus that includes a first processor and performs processing of print data; and a management apparatus that includes a second processor, generates print data, transmits the print data to the processing apparatus, and manages the print data, the first processor being configured to: make a request to the management apparatus for registration of first print data with the management apparatus, the first print data serving as a target for processing by the processing apparatus, the second processor being configured to: receive the request for the registration from the processing apparatus, and in response to the first print data not being the print data generated by the management apparatus, newly register the first print data with the management apparatus and manage the first print data.

A server includes an information storage portion, an application reception portion, and a transmission portion. The application reception portion receives a work application for work desired by a user. The transmission portion transmits identification information and work information of the user to a printing device. The printing device includes a storage portion, a user identification portion, a work hours determination portion, an end time determination portion, and a deletion portion. The storage portion stores information transmitted from the server. The user identification portion identifies the user that is logging in. The work hours determination portion determines whether the date and time of login is within work hours. The end time determination portion determines whether the current time is after the work end time. The deletion portion deletes information corresponding to the user from the storage portion when the current time is after the work end time.