An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to, in a case where a print attribute is set for each of multiple groups each having a single page or multiple pages, display the groups and the print attribute on an identical display.

In an image forming apparatus, a controller is configured to perform receiving an operation of one of enabling and disabling a particular storing function of storing image forming data related to an image forming job received through a first interface in a portable storage. When receiving the operation of enabling/disabling the particular storing function, the particular storing function is enabled/disabled. In response to receipt of the image forming job through the first interface in a state where the particular storing function is enabled, the image forming data is stored in the portable storage device connected to the second interface. An image is printed with use of the image forming part in accordance with the image forming data stored in the portable storage. Data different from the image forming data is stored in and/or retrieved from the portable storage device in a state where the particular storing function is disabled.

An example operation method includes receiving unresolved job information about a job, requested by user identification information, from a first device, storing the unresolved job information in user data of the user identification information, receiving the user identification information from a second device, from the second device, and providing the unresolved job information stored in the user data to the second device.

The present disclosure provides an operation method of an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus is to receiver, from an external device, secure job information indicating a job to be performed on information that includes secure information, account information of a receiver of the secure information, and standard account information registered in common for the a user and the receiver. When receiver authentication is required to perform the job, guiding the receiver through the authentication based on the account information of the receiver, the standard account information, and standard password information for the standard account information, to perform the job when the receiver authentication is completed.

A varied least recently used (VLRU) caching technique is used to enable print data to be available at a cache of a client for printing, even after an agent performs a deletion of a hash value for the print data at a cache of the agent. The deletion of the print data (cached at the cache of the client) is postponed at the client device via the use of a waiting list, so that the cached print data can be printed at a physical printer of the client, in response to receiving a delayed print job from the agent that specifies the hash value as a result of a deduplication process performed by the agent.

In an image forming apparatus, a communication device performs data communication with an external user terminal apparatus, and a job managing unit receives a print job request from the user terminal apparatus using the communication device. Further, when receiving the print job request from the user terminal apparatus, the job managing unit determines whether there is a user who is physically directly using the image forming apparatus or not, if there is not a user who is physically directly using the image forming apparatus, allows the print job request and if there is a user who is physically directly using the image forming apparatus, determines whether the print job request should be refused or not, and if the print job request should not be refused, allows the print job request and if the print job request should be refused, refuses the print job request.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an extension application configured to extend, by being associated with print data generation software, a function of the print data generation software for shared use by a plurality of printing apparatuses provided by different vendors stores a program for causing a computer to activate a status notification application configured to provide a notification of status information about a printing apparatus based on issuance of a print instruction to print print data on which the printing apparatus performs printing processing, and display a print preview screen for the print data in a case where the print data is acquired, wherein the status notification application provides the notification of the status information about the printing apparatus even in a case where an error does not occur in the printing apparatus.

An imaging apparatus has a storage function for storing a print job received from an external apparatus. In response to receiving, by the CPU, a remote release instruction of the print job from the outside when a first setting has been made as an operation setting related to a storing function, the CPU controls so that print processing is executed based on the print job stored by the storing function. When a second setting is made as an operation setting related to the storing function, the CPU controls so that the print processing is not executed even if the remote release instruction is received from the outside.

A control method of a distribution apparatus, the control method including: a specification step of specifying a printing apparatus to be a distribution destination of print medium data, which is data related to printing by use of a print medium; a setting step of executing a setting related to a distribution time; a processing step of executing a conversion process, in which second print medium data is generated by converting at least a part of first print medium data based on information related to the specified printing apparatus, at a time based on the executed setting related to the distribution time; and a distribution step of delivering the second print medium data, which is generated in the conversion process, to the specified printing apparatus at a time based on the executed setting related to the distribution time.

An image forming system includes: a transmission terminal; a reception terminal; and an image forming apparatus. The transmission terminal i) selects the reception terminal transmitting image data and outputs selection information, ii) receives terminal position information of the reception terminal and apparatus position information of the image forming apparatus, iii) acquires the terminal position information and the apparatus position information, vi) authenticates the reception terminal and the image forming apparatus based on the terminal position information and the apparatus position information, and outputs authentication information, and v) transmits job data based on the authentication information. The reception terminal i) acquires terminal position information based on the selection information, and ii) transmits the terminal position information. The image forming apparatus forms an image of the job data on a sheet.