An information processing apparatus (printing apparatus) provides a service to an external apparatus via a communication line. A first communication unit performs communication via a first communication line. A second communication unit performs communication via a second communication line that is different from the first communication line. A provision unit provides a user interface for accepting, from a user, a setting that limits services that are to be provided via the second communication line. A limitation unit limits services that are to be provided via the second communication line, to one or more services out of a plurality of services that the information processing apparatus can provide, according to the setting accepted via the user interface.

An image forming apparatus includes: a controller that controls the image forming apparatus; a memory that stores noise levels produced by a plurality of devices constituting the image forming apparatus during operation of the devices; and a microphone that accepts a speech instruction for the image forming apparatus. The controller accepts a job, detects a speech level from the speech accepted by the microphone, compares the detected speech level with a noise level that corresponds to the job to be executed in the image forming apparatus and that has been read from the memory, and controls, based on a result of the comparison, which one of a process of accepting the speech instruction and a process of executing the job in the image forming apparatus should be preferentially performed.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable instructions that are executable by a computer in an information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus has a display interface, an operation interface, and a communication interface, and is connected with a printer through the communication interface. The computer readable instructions, when executed by the computer, causing the computer to control the display interface to display a setting screen to accept entry of print settings applicable to the printer, including a first special setting which is feasible to a first channel but infeasible to a second channel, and in response to a specific operation related to the first special setting to the setting screen through the operation interface, determine the first channel to be a processing channel to be used to cause the printer to print the image.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable instructions that are executable by a computer in an information processing apparatus connected with a printer, is provided. The computer readable instructions cause the computer to obtain a type of an object contained in an image file, determine whether the obtained type of the object falls under a first type, and based on a determination that the obtained type of the object falls under the first type, determine a combination of applicable options for a print setting for the image file to be a first option group, and based on a determination that the obtained type of the object falls under a second type, determine a combination of applicable options for the print setting for the image file to be a second option group containing a smaller number of applicable options than the first option group.

An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an image forming apparatus via a network, the image forming apparatus being capable of communicating via facsimile, includes a second controller circuit that receives image data transmitted via facsimile, facsimile transmission information including information of one or more items about the facsimile transmission, and additional information including additional information of one or more items about the image data, in association with each other, from the image forming apparatus via the network, and determines a storage area to store the image data based on information of at least one item out of the information of the one or more items included in the facsimile transmission information and/or based on information of at least one item out of the information of the one or more items included in the additional information.

An image processing device may include a control unit. The control unit may be operable, in a first mode, to control display on a display screen of a representative image of a group of images and, in a second mode, to control display on the display screen of an image of the group of images corresponding to a posture of the device. In addition, the control unit may be operable to switch between operation in the first mode and the second mode.

The image formation apparatus includes: a multi-core processor having a plurality of cores; and an image forming mechanism configured to form an image on a recording medium. At least one of the plurality of cores includes a switching controller configured to switch a first OS run by the core for performing a mechanism controller processing to control the image forming mechanism and a second OS run by the core for performing a controller processing.

Provided are an input assisting method, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium and a setup-information input system including an information input apparatus. A hardware processor of the apparatus determines at least one candidate value for at least one input field in a setup screen, by using a first data set created from a database of setting values specified for past jobs, creates a rule for the at least one candidate value, and calculates an evaluation value. On finding no candidate value for which a sufficient evaluation value was calculated, the hardware processor creates a second data set from the first data set, creates a rule for at least one candidate value determined for the at least one input field, by using the second data set, and when detecting an operator's operation on a certain input field, indicates a candidate value determined according to the rule, in the certain input field.

A method is disclosed wherein data representative of a plurality of colors defined In a color space is received, the plurality of colors providing a color palette taken to be related to each other by predefined color harmony rules based on their relative positions in the color space. An irreproducible color of the color palette outside a rendering system's reproducible color gamut is determined, the reproducible color gamut having been received for a rendering system on which image data comprising colors of the color palette is to be reproduced. A suggested color for a replacement color palette also complying with the predefined color harmony rules is determined based on the reproducible color gamut to bring the color palette towards being within the rendering system's reproducible color gamut.

A server includes circuitry configured to receive, from a transmission source terminal via a communication network, browser identification information identifying a web browser installed on the transmission source terminal, based on a determination that the transmission source terminal is a mobile terminal and the browser identification information indicates one browser created for the mobile terminal, transmit, to the transmission source terminal being the mobile terminal, a first application storing location information indicating a storing location of a first application, and based on a determination that the transmission source terminal is an image forming apparatus and the browser identification information indicates another browser created for the image forming apparatus, transmit, to the transmission source terminal being the image forming apparatus, a second application storing location information indicating a storing location of a second application.