A printing apparatus receives a print job including print data held in a storage, performs processing of rendering of the print data, and generates, after a print instruction for the print job is input, print data to be printed based on the rendered print data. In a case in which print settings for the print job change from first print settings to second print settings, while the print job is held, first rendered print data and second rendered print data are generated based on the print data. The first rendered print data is not used for generating the print data to be printed, and the second rendered print data is used for generating the print data to be printed. In addition, the first rendered print data is generated in accordance with the first print settings, and the second rendered print data is generated in accordance with the second print settings.

By allowing a person to customize an otherwise common media prior to delivery of the media to a recipient on a regular basis it is possible to deliver professionally created media in a personalized manner. In one embodiment, a magazine subscription is delivered monthly to a recipient and the cover (centerfold, back page) contains content provided by the initiator. In another embodiment, video media delivered to the recipient is created by a professional as a universal offering but content, such as photos, videos, text, is added by the initiator prior to delivery.

An information processing apparatus has a release mode and a power saving mode with less power consumption, the information processing apparatus comprises: a communication part that communicates with a first information processing apparatus and a terminal apparatus; a storage part that stores first information which is information to be included in a response with respect to a command transmitted from the terminal apparatus by multicasting and received by the communication part; and a control part that sets a response function with respect to the command to either valid or invalid during the power saving mode. Wherein the control part transmits via the communication part the first information to the first information processing apparatus that performs a proxy response with respect to the command, and thereafter, sets the response function to invalid and executes a process to transit from the release mode to the power saving mode.

An embodiment may involve receiving input information related to an offered product or service, two or more layouts of a print advertisement for the offered product or service, demographics of potential buyers of the offered product or service, and online behavior of the potential buyers. The information may be normalized into a predefined schema for a machine-learning-based recommendation engine operated by a computing device. The embodiment may further involve determining respective selections of the two or more layouts for the potential buyers. The machine-learning-based recommendation engine may select a layout for a potential buyer based on the offered product or service, content and organization of the layout, demographics of the potential buyer, and online behavior of the potential buyer. The embodiment may also involve transmitting, to a printing system, one or more output files representing the offered product or service, the layout, and the potential buyer.

An image forming system has an image forming apparatus, a terminal device and a network. The terminal device is provided with a broadcast packet sending part that sends a broadcast packet, the image forming apparatus is provided with a response sending part that sends image forming apparatus specifying information specifying itself in the network as a response to the broadcast packet, and an image forming part that forms an image. The response receiving part receives the response from the image forming apparatus, an apparatus specifying part specifies the image forming apparatus that sent the response based on the image forming apparatus specifying information contained in the response, a print job sending part that sends a print job to the image forming apparatus through the network based on the image forming apparatus specifying information, and the image forming part of the image forming apparatus forms the image on a medium according to the print job received from the terminal device.

A processing method and system of cloud broadcasting and printing data, relating to the field of information security. When receiving a service obtaining request, a server processes first data in the service obtaining request into printing and broadcasting data, processes the printing and broadcasting data into first verifying data and then sends the first verifying data to a cloud broadcasting and printing service platform. The cloud broadcasting and printing service platform processes the first verifying data into second verifying data and then sends the second verifying data to a cloud broadcasting and printing all-in-one machine. The cloud broadcasting and printing all-in-one machine processes the second verifying data into printing and broadcasting data, and extracts printing information and broadcasting information from the printing and broadcasting data at a time and performs broadcasting and printing respectively.

In a communication system, an information processing apparatus including a first controller and a memory and a mediation apparatus including a second controller can communicate with each other via a firewall. The mediation apparatus can communicate with a device via a local network. Based on an acquired plurality of instruction information, the first controller generates first commands. When a setup is performed by the mediation apparatus, the first controller transmits the generated first commands to the mediation apparatus, and receives a response thereto. Upon receiving the first commands, the second controller generates second commands based on the first commands, and transmits the generated second commands to the device. One of the first controller and the second controller sets a transmission order for the second commands by setting a priority for each second command A second command having higher priority is transmitted prior to another second command having lower priority.

An embodiment may involve receiving input information related to an offered product or service, two or more layouts of a print advertisement for the offered product or service, demographics of potential buyers of the offered product or service, and online behavior of the potential buyers. The information may be normalized into a predefined schema for a machine-learning-based recommendation engine operated by a computing device. The embodiment may further involve determining respective selections of the two or more layouts for the potential buyers. The machine-learning-based recommendation engine may select a layout for a potential buyer based on the offered product or service, content and organization of the layout, demographics of the potential buyer, and online behavior of the potential buyer. The embodiment may also involve transmitting, to a printing system, one or more output files representing the offered product or service, the layout, and the potential buyer.

A relay apparatus that is connected to a forming apparatus which forms a three-dimensional object and receives a forming request for the forming apparatus from a client terminal performs a registration process to a message service providing apparatus, in response to a reception of a forming request including user information from the client terminal, so that a group, which includes the user information, user information of other users and an account of the relay apparatus, is managed by the message service providing apparatus, and distributes a message concerning the forming apparatus and the forming request for the group.

An information processing apparatus has a release mode and a power saving mode with less power consumption, the information processing apparatus comprises: a communication part that communicates with a first information processing apparatus and a terminal apparatus; a storage part that stores first information which is information to be included in a response with respect to a command transmitted from the terminal apparatus by multicasting and received by the communication part; and a control part that sets a response function with respect to the command to either valid or invalid during the power saving mode. Wherein the control part transmits via the communication part the first information to the first information processing apparatus that performs a proxy response with respect to the command, and thereafter, sets the response function to invalid and executes a process to transit from the release mode to the power saving mode.