A printing apparatus, that performs communication via a secure first network and communication via a second network, receives print data from a first terminal apparatus connected to the first network, via the first network, or from a second terminal apparatus connected to the second network, via the second network, and transmits information for the print data to at least either one of a first server that performs communication via the first network and a second server that performs communication via the second network, based on through which of the first and the second networks the print data has been received. In the printing apparatus, in a case where the print data is received via the first network, the information for the print data is transmitted to the first server via the first network, without via the second network.

An information processing apparatus includes at least one memory device that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to receive, from a printing apparatus, an output profile of the printing apparatus, and receive, from an external apparatus, print data and quality requirement data including a spot color. A color profile to be used as a print setting is chosen based on the received output profile of the printing apparatus and the spot color included in the received quality requirement data.

In a server device, a memory is configured to store a folder corresponding to each of a plurality of users. User permissions are set for the folder to indicate whether access to the folder is allowed. A client device is configured to perform transmitting print data to the server device. The print data is associated with identification information for identifying a user. A set of program instructions causes the server device to perform: in response to receiving the print data from the client device, storing the print data in the folder corresponding to the user identified by the identification information associated with the print data. A printer is configured to perform: receiving an input of the identification information; identifying the folder corresponding to the user identified by the identification information; acquiring the print data stored in the folder; and printing an image based on the print data.

A workflow control method is provided for processing, by an information processing apparatus, submission data in each process of a workflow to produce a print product. In the method, the submission data is accepted by the information processing apparatus. If new submission data to original submission data is submitted, it is determined whether a current processing step for the original submission data is a specific process or a process after that. If it is determined that the current processing step is the specific process or the process after that, the new submission data is not accepted, and otherwise, the new submission data is accepted.

A production system includes a memory containing instructions, and a processor that executes the instructions to execute a quality verification process corresponding to identification information assigned to a print job, determine whether or not a condition corresponding to the identification information assigned to the print job is met, in a case it is determined that the condition is not met, execute an adjustment process for meeting the condition, and execute the print job in a case the adjustment process has been completed or in a case it is determined that the condition is met.

Techniques and mechanisms are provided for causing a first terminal apparatus connected to a first network to: determine whether the first terminal apparatus is being used in a form in which a second terminal apparatus connected to a second network is remotely controlled, perform control, in a case where the first terminal apparatus is not being used in the form, so that a first driver is installed on the first terminal apparatus, the first driver being used by the first terminal apparatus to transmit a print job to a first image forming apparatus connected to the first network, and perform control, in a case where the first terminal apparatus is being used in the form, so that a second driver is installed on the second terminal apparatus, the second driver being used by the second terminal apparatus to transmit the print job to the first image forming apparatus.

A printing apparatus includes one or more memories, and one or more processors that execute a set of instructions to transmit information for identifying print data to a different printing apparatus, receive a print request including print data, store the print data included in the received print request in the memories, and print data, wherein, in a case where the received print request is a print request transmitted from the different printing apparatus, the print data included in the received print request is printed without being stored in the memories.

A printer includes a reception unit, an acquisition unit, and a printing unit. The reception unit receives a second print job including print data containing embedded storage location information indicating a storage location of a first print job from a relay unit that receives a print job from a user terminal, transmits the print job designating limited functions to the printer, the limited functions being a limited subset of functions that a printer treated as a relay destination is capable of achieving, and does not transmit the print job designating a function other than the limited functions to the printer. The acquisition unit acquires the first print job from the storage location indicated by the storage location information. The printing unit executes printing based on the first print job.

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.

According to one embodiment, a document processing device includes a plurality of storage units, a specification unit, and a processing unit. The storage units are set with respectively different setting information. The storage unit stores a processing target document. The specification unit specifies a processing target area determined by the setting information set in the storage unit for each of the documents respectively stored in the plurality of storage units. The processing unit executes, for each document, a predetermined process on a content located in the processing target area specified by the specification unit.