A storage medium storing a program causes a computer of an information processing apparatus to execute a method including obtaining information about a predetermined program stored in a communication apparatus, and controlling issuance of a predetermined notification about update of the predetermined program based on the obtained information about the predetermined program. The predetermined notification is controlled to be issued in a case where a version of the predetermined program is not a latest version, and the predetermined notification is controlled so as not to be issued in a case where the version of the predetermined program is the latest version.

An image forming device in the present application includes a reception unit configured to receive from an information processing device connected to the image forming device information representing a predetermined operating system operating in the information processing device, a setting unit configured to, in response to the reception unit receiving the information, set a structure of a USB device interface to be notified to the information processing device, and a notification unit configured to notify the information processing device of the structure of the USB device interface set by the setting unit.

A communication system and a control method are provided, which are capable of suppressing wasteful transmission of notification information. To this end, in a case where predetermined information is not received despite that notification information has been transmitted, this problem is solved by providing an information processing apparatus having a control unit configured to perform control so that the notification information is not transmitted anew.

In order to recover an image forming apparatus, an example computing device determines a target application to be installed in the image forming apparatus based on an application history of the image forming apparatus and obtains configuration information of the target application. The computing device creates a first task of installing the target application in the image forming apparatus and a second task of configuring the target application installed in the image forming apparatus based on the configuration information, and transfers the first task and the second task to the image forming apparatus.

An information processing apparatus includes one or plural first plug-ins that are prepared according to a type of a data output apparatus for outputting data and collect data output from the data output apparatus, one or plural second plug-ins that receive data from the first plug-in and transmit the received data to an external apparatus, and a plug-in management unit that controls activation and stop of the first plug-in and the second plug-in.

An information processing system includes: a device configured to provide a service to a user by an application installed in the device; and an information processing apparatus configured to specify at least one of an application to be installed in the device, an application to be deleted from the device, and an application to be updated in the device according to information of the application installed in the device and a service contract situation of the user.

A print expansion application is downloaded by using, as a key, a printer Hardware Identifier (HWID) acquired when a printer driver to be commonly used in an operating system (OS) is installed, and the print expansion application is associated with the printer driver.

In an example, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium may include instructions that when executed cause a computing device to generate a virtual device representation of an image forming apparatus on a cloud. Further, instructions cause the computing device to update the virtual device representation on the cloud with a configuration state of the image forming apparatus. Furthermore, instructions cause the computing device to analyze the updated virtual device representation to determine whether the image forming apparatus is compliant with a stored policy. Further, instructions cause the computing device to initiate, via the virtual device representation, a remediation action to bring the image forming apparatus to compliance based on the determination.

A peer-to-peer network of printing devices is configured to share information and color printing resources, such as TRCs, spot colors, and ICC profiles, as well as paper catalogs within the network without the need for a centralized server or cloud service. The digital front ends (DFEs) of the printing devices manage printing device information which is made available to all printing devices. When an update occurs at a printing device within the peer-to-peer network, its DFE sends a signal to the other printing devices to synchronize their information with the updated information. When a new printing device is added to the peer- to-peer network, its information and color printing resources are merged or replaced with the information within the network.

A printing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire information about software applicable to the printing apparatus from a management server, a notification unit configured to transmit the acquired information about the software as a device information notification to the print system, a request unit configured to issue an event request to the print system, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire information about software used for an update from the print system in a case where an event of updating the software based on an operation input to the print system is included in a response received in response to the event request, and an update unit configured to perform processing for updating the software of the printing apparatus based on the information about the software acquired by the second acquisition unit.