An information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to: when performing control of outputting a file from a storage unit in accordance with a request from a using user, issue second identification information to the using user, the file having been stored by a registering user in the storage unit, the file being associated with first identification information for identifying the file, the second identification information to be used for recording information related to use of the file; and upon receipt of the second identification information from the using user, perform control of recording the information related to the use of the file.

Provided is an image forming system that can obtain similar output results. The job generation unit generates a job and adds a command including a document acquisition destination to the job. The job transmission unit sends a job to which a command is added. The job acquisition unit acquires the job from the terminal. The command analysis unit analyzes the commands included in the acquired job. The document acquisition unit acquires a document from the acquisition destination according to the analyzed command. The rendering unit renders the acquired document and generates output data. The output transmission unit transmits the rendered output data. The output data acquisition unit acquires the output data. The image forming unit forms an image of the output data.

A control unit is provided that is configured to execute predetermined control processing to prevent printing previously executed by a first printing unit from being executed by a second printing unit, the printing being based on at least one of one or more print jobs received from a server system.

A schedule coordination system includes a multifunction peripheral and an information processing apparatus. The multifunction peripheral includes a first communication I/F, a storage device in which schedule information indicating a task and a date and time of execution is stored, and a first control device that acts as a task scheduler that decides whether a current date and time has reached a predetermined date and time of startup, on a basis of the schedule information, and performs, upon deciding that the current date and time has reached the date and time of startup, a predetermined process necessary for executing the task indicated by the schedule information, and a controller that executes the task. The information processing apparatus includes a second communication I/F and a second control device that acts as an executor that executes an operation according to a command transmitted from the task scheduler.

A printing system acquires a first instruction given in response to speech input by a user, a second instruction given in response to input other than the speech input by the user, and a third instruction, the first instruction and the second instruction serving as image forming instructions each given to perform an image forming operation of a processed image on a recording medium, the third instruction serving as a transmission instruction to transmit a cancelable image forming instruction of the image forming instructions or as a cancellation instruction to cancel the cancelable image forming instruction, and executes an output process in which in response to the acquired third instruction given from an apparatus that gives the first instruction, information regarding the first instruction is output to the apparatus, the information being vocally notified to the user and indicating the cancelable image forming instruction of the first instruction and the second instruction.

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: transmit authentication information to a first image forming apparatus; acquire, from the first image forming apparatus, job information acquired by the first image forming apparatus from a server using the authentication information, the job information being information on one or more jobs corresponding to the authentication information; cause a display to display a screen presenting the acquired job information; receive, on the displayed screen, selection of one or more jobs to print using the first image forming apparatus; and transmit selection information indicating one or more selected jobs selected by the selection to the first image forming apparatus to instruct the first image forming apparatus to acquire the one or more selected jobs from the server.

This application relates to the field of mobile communications, and in particular, to a technical solution of sharing data with a nearby device by using a wireless communications technology. In a method for printing a photo, a mobile phone first selects a to-be-printed photo, then discovers a nearby device by using the foregoing related wireless communications technology, and displays the discovered device such as a printer or a projector on the mobile phone; and then a user performs a tap operation on the discovered printer, so that one-tap printing can be implemented. In this way, printing efficiency of an electronic device is improved, and user experience is also improved.

In a print system, a user terminal generates a print job including identification information of an apparatus user of an image-forming apparatus designated by a terminal user and transmits the print job to an information processing apparatus (print server). The apparatus user of the image-forming apparatus requests a list of print jobs including identification information of the apparatus user to the information processing apparatus. When receiving target print job data from the information processing apparatus together with the print job list, the image-forming apparatus executes the print job in accordance with an operation of the apparatus user specified by the terminal user.

A local delivery service (LDS) operates in an enterprise computer network as a proxy for a communications server (CS) computer operating in a cloud computing environment. The LDS pulls a queue repository maintained by the CS and retrieves an output item flagged by the CS for local delivery. The output item has a document and associated configuration information specifying an application domain in the cloud computing environment and delivery settings specific to the application domain maintained by the CS. The LDS translates the delivery settings and routes the document to the connectors of communications channels of the enterprise computer network. In this way, documents produced by the CS in the cloud can be delivered locally to disparate destinations on the enterprise computer network without having to open individual ports in a firewall of the enterprise computer network to connect the CS with communications channels of the enterprise computer network.

A supporting program stores, in a memory, a parameter list in which identification information of a print queue implemented in an OS and print parameters are associated with each other. In the OS, a plurality of print queues for a single printer can be implemented. When one of the plurality of print queues is selected and a general-use printing program receives a printing instruction to cause the printer to perform printing, the supporting program is activated. When a printing instruction is received while one of the plurality of print queues being selected, the supporting program reads out a print parameter corresponding to the selected print queue and sets the read out print parameter as a print parameter used for printing in accordance with the printing instruction.