A system including at least one server includes an obtaining unit that, in a case where a print instruction is issued by voice to a voice control device, obtains information based on the print instruction, and a generation unit that generates print data based on the obtained information, where the generation unit generates the print data by using a previously registered print setting when a print setting is not included in the obtained information.

A service providing system includes a device; and an information processing system. The information processing system stores each user of the information processing system and each user of an external service system in association with each other. The device accepts a specification of a first application and a user of the information processing system; acquires data for which a user of the external service system, associated with the user of the information processing system, has an authority, among data relating to the first application included in the external service system; displays a screen to accept a selection of one piece of data from the acquired data; accepts the one piece of data for which the selection is accepted via the screen; and requests the external service system to store information acquired by the device in association with the accepted one piece of data.

An information processing apparatus includes: a display; user interface a user interface; a storage configured to store an external program; a network interface configured to perform wireless communication with an image recording apparatus capable of executing recording processing of recording an image on a sheet according to a setting value; and a controller configured to execute: external acquisition processing of executing the external program for determining the print data based on a user's operation and acquiring the print data; preview display processing of generating a preview image and displaying the preview image on the display; first reception processing of receiving a touch operation of instructing execution of the recording processing through the user interface; and output processing of, when the first touch operation is received, transmitting recording instruction information for executing the recording processing of the print data to the image recording apparatus.

An information processing apparatus that improves user-friendliness in changing settings concerning the control thereof. Settings of the information processing apparatus are classified according to categories, and restart information indicative of whether or not restart of the information processing apparatus is required to cause changes of the settings to take effect is stored on a category-by-category basis. A configuration file for changing the settings is acquired. Before changing the settings based on the configuration file, it is determined based on categories of to-be-changed settings and the restart information whether or not the restart is required to cause the changes in the settings specified in the configuration file to take effect. The results of determination are displayed.

An image forming apparatus that supports a plurality of platforms is provided. The image forming apparatus determines one or more platforms currently executable in the image forming apparatus from among the plurality of platforms. The image forming apparatus transmits, to an application server, a request for information of one or more applications executable on the determined one or more platforms and receives, from the application server, an application list including the information of the one or more applications. The image forming apparatus determines one or more applications to be installed on the one or more platforms, based on the application list, and downloads, from the application server, installation files of the one or more applications to be installed. The image forming apparatus installs each of the installation files on an executable platform from among the one or more platforms.

An image forming apparatus includes a CPU, and when a user selects to set (activate) an optional function, the image forming apparatus determines whether a connection to a network is possible. If the connection to the network is impossible, information (data for output) for acquiring a license key for activating the optional function from a management server is output by any method of QR code, NFC or displaying URL. The user uses a user terminal to connect to the management server on the basis of the data for output, and acquires license key data from the management server. When the user enters the license key, an optional function selected by the user is activated accordingly.

An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to allow software to be installed onto the information processing apparatus even if a requirement is determined to be unsatisfied and to provide presentation so as to indicate that the software that has been installed is unavailable. The requirement is defined to run after installation the software to be installed.

An information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to acquire configuration information which is information on a module used in software, the software being configured with the module which realizes a predetermined function; acquire module information which is information on a module used in a device into which the software is introduced, from the device; specify the software introduced into the device, based on the configuration information and the module information; and perform control of displaying the introduced software and displaying a screen for changing a setting of the module in correspondence with the displayed software.

A firmware update system according to an embodiment is characterized in that the firmware update system, when a target application is installed on an image forming apparatus on which first firmware is installed, installs second firmware that is compatible with the target application, and installs the first firmware on the image forming apparatus when the target application in uninstalled from the image forming apparatus.

An information processing apparatus includes an installer configured to install a second application in addition to a first application; a setter configured to set a first setting item of the first application and a second setting item of the second application, the first setting item and the second setting item respectively belonging to one or more categories; and a displayer configured to display, in an aggregated manner, setting items belonging to a same category, among the first setting item of the first application and the second setting item of the second application.