An example image forming apparatus includes a communication device to receive device information regarding image forming apparatuses included in a group to which the image forming apparatus belongs and application list information regarding an application list applied to the image forming apparatuses included in the group, and a processor to synchronize applications installed in the image forming apparatus based on the received application list information, and control the communication device to transmit the device information and the application list information to another image forming apparatus in the group to which the image forming apparatus belongs based on the device information.

An information processing system includes a first information processing apparatus, a second information processing apparatus, and a server configured to provide import data based on backup data of the first information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus transmits identification information regarding the backup data to a mobile terminal through wireless communication. The second information processing apparatus receives the identification information from the mobile terminal through the wireless communication, acquires, based on the identification information, the import data from the server via a network, and executes an import process based on the import data.

A setup support system having a plurality of image forming apparatuses, an information processing apparatus that generates an instruction sheet, and a license management server that manages a license of software; the image forming apparatus comprising: at least one processor and memory storing a program that makes the processor function as: an analysis unit configured to analyze an instruction sheet and identify the instruction sheet type; an acquiring unit configured to acquire software information of software installed in the image forming apparatus from the license management server if the analysis unit identifies that the instruction sheet type is a second type; a determination unit configured to determine a setup process and the order of execution of the setup process based on the software information and the instruction sheet; and an execution unit configured to execute the setup process in accordance with the determination of the determination unit.

A method at a print device may include receiving, from a supply, signals indicative of a print functionality from a set of authorizable functionalities for the print device. The set of authorizable functionalities may comprise: (1) a color depletion print mode, (2) an increased resolution print mode, (3) a refill pump increased speed mode, or a combination thereof. The method may also include enabling the print functionality on the print device based on the received signals.

A printed-material check apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire check information including section information and first comparison information from a printed material printed on a basis of print data with check information, the section information identifying a section in print data, the first comparison information being generated from data identified by the section, the print data with check information being generated by adding the check information to the print data; acquire an image of an inner part of a section on the printed material, the section being identified by the acquired check information; and determine whether the printed material is valid by using the first comparison information and the image of the inner part of the section on the printed material.

An example server includes a processor to receive a first version configuration value to be applied to a first version of an application from a user terminal, determine at least one device to which the configuration value is to be distributed, and identify an application version installed in the at least one device. The server converts the first version configuration value to a second version configuration value to be applied to a second version of the application by using a conversion rule, when a device in which the second version of the application different from the first version of the application is installed is identified, and transmits a configuration file including the second version configuration value to the device in which the second version of the application is installed. Here, the conversion rule includes relationship information between the first version configuration value and the second version configuration value.

An information processing apparatus includes a specifier that specifies a version of firmware to be applied to any of multiple components included in an electronic device, an acquirer that acquires component information corresponding to a parts configuration included in a target component to which the firmware is to be applied, a determiner that determines whether or not the specified version of the firmware is usable with the parts configuration corresponding to the acquired component information, and an executer that executes a prohibition process of prohibiting application of the specified version of the firmware in a case in which the determiner determines that the specified version of the firmware is unusable.

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.

A non-transitory storage medium stores a plurality of instructions readable by a computer of an information processing apparatus. The plurality of instructions cause the information processing apparatus to execute first setup processing of allowing a particular port of a plurality of communication ports to be used by software used for communicating with a particular device through a communication interface. Before the first setup processing is executed, the plurality of instructions cause the information processing apparatus to execute determination processing of determining whether the first setup processing is executable for the particular port or not. When it is determined that the first setup processing is not executable for the particular port, the plurality of instructions causes the information processing apparatus to execute second setup processing of setting up the particular port as the communication port for which the first setup processing is executable.

Calibration requests are received at a network service. The network service assigns a request identifier for the data of a request. The request identifier is encoded into a control strip on a test color sheet using color patches. A color encoding key encodes the request identifier using the color patches. After the test color sheet is printed, a color measurement tool is used to decode the information from the control strip, including the request identifier. The color measurement tool measures the test color strips on test color sheet. The request identifier corresponds to the measurement data. The measurement data along with the request identifier is sent to the network service. The measurement data is processed to generate calibration data, which is used to update the printing device.