An image processing system includes a server to control a plurality of processes performable in the image processing system, a first image forming apparatus communicable with the server, and a second image forming apparatus communicable with the server. The server includes a first memory to store first image processing data, and a first processor to generate first image drawing information based on the first image processing data. The second image forming apparatus includes a second memory to store second image processing data, a second processor to generate second image drawing information based on the second image processing data, and a print engine to perform the image forming operation of the second image forming apparatus based on the second image drawing information.

A raster image processor (RIP) system is used in a printing system to process a variety of different jobs. A front end receives the jobs and determines the job type. The job types include a print job, a preview job, and an estimation job. Depending on the type of job, the front end configures the RIPs within RIP system accordingly to process the job. The RIPs may process the job in parallel, with a high performance RIP processing the first page of the job. If the job is not processed in parallel, then the front end assigns the job to a very high performance RIP. The front end also assigns the preview job to a preview RIP and the estimation job to an estimation RIP. The front end configures RIPs as needed.

There is provided a control apparatus that comprises at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor. The at least one memory stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to count data representing outputs of a plurality of printing elements of a printhead in printing data used in one scan of the printhead of an inkjet printing apparatus, and based on a threshold and a printing dot count representing a sum of the data counted in the printing data, set at least one of (a) a wait time after printing according to the printing data or some of the printing data, and (b) division of the printing data.

Upon satisfaction of a predetermined trigger condition with a first hard disk drive mounted in a first controller, a first processor executes a first common file stored in a first common file storage region and write and store a first configuration file into a first configuration file storage region. The first processor executes the first common file and the first configuration file of a first firmware program and drives a first print engine to execute a first job segment stored in a first job segment storage region.

An information processing apparatus generates, in a case where first component data and second component data for forming a product are received, one composite job based on the first component data and the second component data, a first component job based on the first component data, and a second component job based on the second component data.

An image processing system includes a server to control a plurality of processes performable in the image processing system, a first image forming apparatus communicable with the server, and a second image forming apparatus communicable with the server. The server includes a first memory to store first image processing data, and a first processor to generate first image drawing information based on the first image processing data. The second image forming apparatus includes a second memory to store second image processing data, a second processor to generate second image drawing information based on the second image processing data, and a print engine to perform the image forming operation of the second image forming apparatus based on the second image drawing information.

A print management method implemented in a system including a client computer, a server, and a plurality of printers is disclosed, which includes by the server: (a) receiving, from the client computer, a request relating to a print job; (b) determining whether the print job has a reprint related setting, the reprint related setting being a request to save data related to color imaging for the print job and/or a request to reprint a prior print job; when it is determined that the print job has the reprint related setting to save data related to color imaging; (c) determining at least one printer which has an in-line spectrophotometer from the plurality of printers; (d) determining at least one page to be measured as a target; and (e) sending the print job to the at least one printer so that the determined page is measured as the target.

An image forming apparatus includes: rasterization processors that rasterize input image data and generate raster image data; a predictor that predicts a rasterization processing time required for the rasterization processors to rasterize input image data of a unit to be subjected to an image formation process on each recording paper sheet; a hardware processor that determines an order in which the rasterization processors rasterize the input image data of the unit; an image former that performs the image formation process based on the raster image data; a sheet ejection processor that acquires, from the image former, each recording paper sheet subjected to the image formation process, and performs a sheet ejection process; and the hardware processor that determines an order of the recording paper sheets to be ejected by the sheet eject processor, to adjust the order of the recording paper sheets to an order of pages.

The invention includes an arrangement determiner that determines an arrangement of a plurality of images, a rendering processor that performs rendering on the plurality of images in accordance with a result of detection processing for detecting an off line, on which none of the images are present across a target range in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction in which a print medium is transported, in the target range including the plurality of images arranged in accordance with a determination performed by the arrangement determiner, and a halftone processor that performs halftone processing on the images on which the rendering has been performed and outputs to the printing apparatus the images on which the halftone processing has been performed.

An information processing system includes a processor configured to: in a case where plural images included in a printed matter are distributed to and rasterized by one or plural processing apparatuses, the processing apparatus including at least one of a physically independent processing apparatus or a processing apparatus virtually configured in a physical apparatus, and one or plural image forming apparatuses print plural raster images created by being rasterized, cause the one or plural processing apparatuses to rasterize the images, respectively.