An image processing apparatus includes a display, an input device, and a processor configured to accept, through the input device, a user input of identification information about a package for delivery, acquire information about a plurality of document types used in a delivery service, generate a screen displayed on the display, the screen showing a preview of a print image for each of the document types, upon selection of a previewed print image, encode the identification information into a code, and output the selected print image together with the code for printing. The previewed print image includes a signature field and a code field in which the code is to be printed.

An image forming apparatus using a print service etc., in which an operation load of a user and a load of a communication band are reduced when an error occurs. The image forming apparatus transmits an event confirmation request to a server and receives an event acknowledgement from the server to confirm whether or not a job fetch event has occurred. When an job fetch event is occurred, the image forming apparatus transmits a job acquisition request to the server to acquire print job data for executing a print job from the server. When a predetermined error occurs, the image forming apparatus stops event confirmation request processing even if the event is occurred in order to stop transmission of print job data by the server.

A printer may include a controller configured to: in a case where a predetermined instruction is obtained from a user under a situation where a service state of the printer for receiving a print job providing service from a server is a disabled state, shift the service state from the disabled state to an enabled state; in a case where a registration instruction to register printer information related to the printer in the server is obtained, send the printer information to the server; in a case where the registration instruction is obtained under the situation where the service state is the disabled state, shift the service state from the disabled state to the enabled state without obtaining the predetermined instruction from the user.

Methods, systems, and storage media for characterizing print volume information for a printing asset are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: query a first computer-readable medium having stored thereon a first print volume data; query a second computer-readable medium having stored thereon a second print volume data; perform a statistical analysis based at least on the first and second print volume data to generate a print volume statistic; code a print volume classification for storage on a data storage device; and store the print volume classification on the data storage device such that the print volume classification is accessible via a structured query.

An image forming apparatus capable of preventing a phenomenon that printing by a schedule setting will not be started due to display of a confirmation screen is provided. The image forming apparatus comprising a display unit, a registering unit configured to register an object associated with a print timing condition and a printing setting designated by a user, and a printing unit configured to print an image on a paper sheet. When the object displayed on the display unit is selected, the display unit displays a confirmation screen. According to accepting of a predetermined operation in a state that the confirmation screen is displayed, the printing unit prints an image on a paper sheet based on the printing setting. By satisfying the print timing condition, the display unit does not display the confirmation screen, and the printing unit prints the image on the paper sheet based on the printing setting.

A second server apparatus that communicates with a printer that performs a print job and a smartphone that executes an application program of an SNS includes an acquisition unit that acquires print instruction information from the SNS, a job generation unit that generates the print job based on the print instruction information acquired by the acquisition unit, a notification unit that notifies the SNS of response information indicating that the print instruction information was accepted and job identification information for identifying the print job, a job transmission unit that transmits the print job to the printer, and a status acquisition unit that acquires status information indicating an execution status of the print job, and the notification unit notifies the SNS of the status information indicating the execution status of the print job acquired by the status acquisition unit and the job identification information.

An image forming apparatus includes a registration unit configured to register an address at which image data to be printed is stored, an acquisition unit configured to access the registered address to acquire the image data, a control unit configured to perform print processing based on the acquired image data, a first setting unit configured to set a number of copies to be printed when printing based on the acquired image data is performed in response to an instruction received from a user through an operation unit, a reception unit configured to receive a specified time of day, and a second setting unit configured to set a number of copies to be printed when the printing based on the acquired image data is performed upon arrival of the time received by the reception unit.

Approaches for reinstating a print operation are described. In one example, a random-access code corresponding to print operation interrupted from completing, by a print intervention event, is obtained. Further, a reinstated print operation is generated based on the intervened print operation. Thereafter, the reinstated print operation is securely maintained, wherein the reinstated print operation is accessible upon providing the random-access code.

An image processing apparatus is capable of communicating with a server apparatus. In the image processing apparatus, an acceptance unit accepts input of a job, and an analysis unit analyzes content of a document included in the inputted job. A search unit searches a database of the server apparatus for relevant content that is related to the document analyzed by the analysis unit. A display control unit displays the relevant content on a display unit of the image processing apparatus based on a result of the search by the search unit.

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: in a case where a print instruction of a printed matter is issued to an image forming apparatus from an instruction apparatus, acquire superimposed information virtually superimposed and displayed on the printed matter; and in a case where it is detected that the printed matter is printed by the image forming apparatus, perform control to store the superimposed information in a storage unit in association with the printed matter.