An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit configured to form an image; a transfer circuit configured to generate a transfer voltage, and supply the transfer voltage to transfer roller for transferring the image onto a sheet; a door provided to a mounting portion onto which the image forming unit is mounted; a sensor configured to detect an open/closed state of the door; an interlock switch configured to interrupt voltage to be supplied to the transfer circuit, in a case where the sensor detects an open state in which the door is opened; and a controller configured to: determine whether a failure has occurred or not based on a detection result of the sensor and a supplying/interrupting state of the voltage of the interlock switch; and determine, in a case where determining that the failure has occurred, which of the sensor and the interlock switch is failed.

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to, in a case where a process is executed, generate setting information in which a setting value in executing the process is stored for each setting item, display a setting screen including personal setting information usable by only a specific user and shared setting information usable by plural users, in a case where the personal setting information is changed to the shared setting information, and a designation of a setting item for which a change of the setting value is prohibited among setting items included in the setting information is received, assign an attribute for prohibiting the change of the setting value to the setting item for which the designation for prohibiting the change of the setting value is received, and in a case where the process is executed using the setting information including the setting item to which the attribute for prohibiting the change of the setting value is assigned, assign the attribute for prohibiting the change of the setting value to a setting item corresponding to the setting item to which the attribute for prohibiting the change of the setting value is assigned among setting items of setting information generated in a case where the process is executed.

A remote operation apparatus including a setting unit configured to set whether or not to restrict connection between an image forming apparatus and another remote operation apparatus other than a remote operation apparatus, and a control unit configured to give an instruction to restrict the connection between the image forming apparatus and the another remote operation apparatus before causing the image forming apparatus to form an image in a case where restriction of the connection between the image forming apparatus and the another remote operation apparatus is set by the setting unit.

The present invention provides an information processing apparatus capable of performing appropriate processing wider a predetermined usage agreement. To this end, the information processing apparatus stores state information indicating whether the information processing apparatus is in a first state in which a predetermined service is unavailable or a second state in which the predetermined service is available. Moreover, the information processing apparatus communicates with a server and updates the stored state information based on the predetermined agreement information obtained from the server. In the case where the stored state information indicates the second state at a timing at which the information processing apparatus is reactivated or recovers from a power-saving mode, the information processing apparatus performs the processing of communicating with the server and updating the state information and the preparation processing for starting predetermined processing according to a received job in parallel.

There is provided with an information processing apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The apparatus sets a naming rule for an image file and determines whether or not the set naming rule satisfies a predetermined condition. If it is determined that the naming rule does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the information processing apparatus warns a user. On the other hand, if it is determined that the naming rule satisfies the predetermined condition, the information processing apparatus generates a file name of the image file in accordance with the set naming rule, and stores the image file with the file name.

An image scanning apparatus that is capable of executing control about an interrupt scan without using another apparatus. The image scanning apparatus includes a scanner and a controller. The scanner scans a document. The controller determines whether interrupt execution of a second scan that is different from a first scan is permitted based on a setting relevant to the first scan that is being executed. The scanner executes the second scan after suspending the first scan in a case where the interrupt execution of the second scan is permitted, and the scanner restarts the first scan after executing the second scan.

A policy-based system is implemented to allow access to a private domain to print using a public domain. The private domain includes private servers that store documents. The public domain includes servers and a printing device. A public policy server uses a domain list and a protocol connection with a private authentication server to validate a user and identify which private domain to access. The public policy server receives requests from the printing device to process a print job of a document in the private domain. The policy-based system also determines whether scanning operations for a document are allowed for a user at a scanning device. The private policy server determines policy values that are used to allow the scanning operations.

An image forming apparatus includes a CPU and a gesture detection part. The gesture detection part outputs data for a gesture corresponding to a hand action of a user present in front or in the vicinity of an apparatus body, to the CPU. The CPU detects presence or absence of the gesture and the type of the gesture in accordance with output from the gesture detection part. The CPU, upon detecting the gesture, checks details of the gesture against details of the preregistered, registered gesture, and if the detected gesture is the registered gesture, the CPU executes processing allocated to the detected, registered gesture.

An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to cause one or more settings to be unchangeable, the one or more settings being required for running software to be installed onto the information processing apparatus, the software having been determined to be operable after installed.

In a printing system capable of supplying a sheet of a job having undergone print processing by the printing unit of a printing apparatus to a post-processing unit capable of executing at least a specific type of post-processing among a plurality of types of post-processes, when the target job requires the specific type of post-processing, the printing apparatus is inhibited from executing print processing of the job without explicitly determining a sheet necessary for the print processing of the job by a user using a user interface unit. When the target job does not require the specific type of post-processing, the printing apparatus is permitted to execute print processing of the job without explicitly determining a sheet necessary for the print processing of the job by the user using the user interface unit.