There is provided an imaging apparatus including a user interface control section. The user interface control section performs a process of displaying a plurality of images in a stacked form as a first display mode of an image group including the plurality of images, a process of individually displaying each of the plurality of images as a second display mode of the image group, and a process of detecting an operation of recording a voice note corresponding to a selected image selected in the second display mode.

A specific communication device may send specific identification information for identifying the specific communication device to an external via a communication interface, wherein the external device may display a screen including the specific identification information in a case where the external device receives the specific identification information from the specific communication device; and in a case where a specific condition including that the specific identification information is sent to the external is fulfilled, a state of the display unit may be changed from a first state to a second state, the first state being a state in which the display unit does not display the specific identification information, and the second state being a state in which the display unit displays the specific identification information.

There is provided an image forming system including at least a first image forming apparatus that includes a first image forming unit and an obtaining unit configured to obtain operation-related information related to an operation of the first image forming unit. The image forming system further includes a carryover unit configured to carry over, to a second image forming apparatus, information related to an operation of a second image forming unit of the second image forming apparatus among the operation-related information obtained by the first image forming apparatus when the second image forming apparatus is newly used in the image forming system. The operation-related information includes operation history information of the first image forming unit.

A system and method for printing with improved content builds an analytics dataset of big data built from content retrieved from an array of networked servers. When a user scans or prints their document, a print file or a scan file is analyzed for content and applied to the analytics dataset. Characteristics of the user are determined, and suggestions for modification, including additions, corrections, deletions or substitutions are rendered to the user upon printing. Additions may be automatically rewritten or rephrased to avoid direct use of content of others.

Provided is a method of operating an image forming apparatus. The method includes: calculating a remaining lifespan of at least one component consumed through an image forming job in the image forming apparatus; determining whether to proceed with a refill operation to refill a toner in a cartridge of the image forming apparatus, based on the remaining lifespan of the at least one component; and displaying guide information to guide the refill operation based on a result of the determining.

A job processing system includes a host computer and an image forming apparatus connected via a network with each other, the host computer includes a job register acceptor that accepts a job register and a communication device that sends the job register to the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus includes a display controller and a job execution controller, the job execution controller controls sequential execution of a plurality of jobs shown in the changed job register in accordance with an execution order of the plurality of jobs, and the display controller keeps from making an update to cause a display of the changed job register immediately after a network interface device receives the changed job register, but makes an update to cause a display of the changed job register when a predetermined display updating condition is achieved after the receipt of the changed job register.

A configuration is provided in which in a case where a user operation is performed on an image forming apparatus or a data processing apparatus while the image forming apparatus and the data processing apparatus are operating in cooperation with each other, the automatic clearing timers of both the apparatuses are reset.

An image forming control method is applied to an image forming device. The image forming device includes a communication port. The communication port includes a USB port, a wired network port, and a wireless network port. The method includes performing a forced disconnection event for the communication port in response to a satisfaction of a preset condition. The forced disconnection event includes disconnecting power supply of at least one part of components of a wireless network module, disconnecting power supply of at least one part of components of a wired network module, and force-disconnecting the USB port.

An image processing apparatus includes a memory and at least one processor in communication with the memory, wherein the at least one processor of the image processing apparatus is configured to receive job information for giving an instruction to execute a function of the image processing apparatus from an external terminal, perform display control such that a setting screen for the function corresponding to the job information is displayed, based on the reception of the job information, and execute the function based on the received job information.

A supporting program according to aspects of the present disclosures can be executed by a CPU of a PC and corresponds to a printer connected to the PC. When the PC receives a print instruction to cause the printer to perform printing through a general-use printing program implemented in the OS of the PC, in advance, the supporting program causes the PC to output a preceding operation command to cause the printer to perform a preceding operation before starting printing. The printer performs a preceding operation corresponding to the preceding operation command