The present disclosure provides an image forming apparatus capable of improving usability in a configuration where information related to sheet size is detected automatically, and a control method thereof. A control unit is configured to execute a determination process if the control unit acquires a detection result of a size of a sheet supported on a sheet support portion by a size detection unit in a state where a first information related to a size of a sheet and a second information related to a type of a sheet that satisfy a predetermined combination condition are stored in the storage portion. The control unit determines in the determination process whether the detection result of the size of the sheet satisfies the combination condition with respect to the second information stored in the storage portion, and changes a successive procedure depending on a result of the determination process.

An image processing device includes a memory and an output unit. The memory stores setting-related information related to a setting generated as a result of a setting process performed by a user for commanding an image forming unit to perform an image forming process. The output unit outputs the stored setting-related information in accordance with an operation performed by the user.

An image processing device includes a memory and a storage controller. The memory stores a setting of an image forming process in accordance with generation of a first image formation command or an input of a command for generating the first image formation command. The storage controller causes a first setting designated as a result of a first operation to be overwritten and stored over a second setting designated as a result of a second operation and corresponding to a second image formation command. The first setting and the second setting are included in the stored setting.

An information processing apparatus has: a selection unit for selecting device type information in which function settings of a printer have been defined; an obtaining unit for obtaining configuration information regarding a function construction of the printer as an output target; and a generation unit for generating new device type information on the basis of the selected device type information in the case where among functions regarding the function construction shown by the configuration information obtained by the obtaining unit, there is a function which is not included in functions regarding the function settings shown by the device type information selected by the selection unit.

According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus which stores settings for use in performing job processing includes: a display; and a storage which stores a setting history related to settings of past job processing, and a collective setting in which settings related to job processing are registered collectively. The image forming apparatus further includes: a setting controller which displays a setting history screen including the setting history on the display, displays on the display, in response to selection of the setting history, a setting screen reflecting setting contents based on the selected setting history, and displays a registration button to perform processing to register the collective setting on the setting screen; and a registration controller which performs the processing to register the collective setting in response to an operation on the registration button.

In a printer, when a storage print job is a print job for execution of carbon-copy printing, a controller performs: creating a plurality of bit map data by rasterizing page-description-language data contained in the storage print job a plurality of times; storing the created bit map data; and controlling an image former to print images based on the stored bit map data when a print instruction for the storage print job is received. When the storage print job is a print job not for execution of the carbon-copy printing, the controller performs: storing the page-description-language data contained in the storage print job; when the print instruction for the storage print job is received, rasterizing the stored page-description-language data to create bit map data; and controlling the image former to print an image based on the created bit map data.

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.

An information processing terminal acquires a plurality of object IDs identifying respective ones of a plurality of display objects. Each of the plurality of display objects is previously with a corresponding standard operation. The terminal acquires a plurality of operation IDs identifying respective ones of the plurality of operations, and displays a first screen to prompt a user to select an operation ID to be correlated to one of the plurality of object IDs. The terminal receives a first input to select an operation ID to be correlated to an object ID via the user interface after the first screen is displayed on the terminal display. The terminal generates instruction data and custom operation data defining a custom operation concerning an operation identified by the selected operation ID. The instruction data is information used for execution of the custom operation defined.

A system and method for generating customized user interface on a multifunction peripheral. The multifunction peripheral has an intelligent controller with a processor and memory, and a document processing engine with functional subsystems subject to software control by the intelligent controller. The intelligent controller functions as a webserver operating through a network interface. A variety of device control applications are stored with each applications configured to engage a corresponding subset of the functional subsystems. Image files generate an interface image corresponding to a device control application on a touchscreen multifunction peripheral interface. The webserver receives selection data corresponding to at least one selected device control application from an associated web client and outputs a web page displaying image files corresponding to each selected device control application image to the web client via the network interface generating a preview image of a customized user interface.

An information processing device includes a processor holding restoration information that associates (i) defects predicted to occur in an inspection image read from a recording medium, (ii) a restoration operation for preventing each of the defects from occurring, and (iii) an executing device that executes the restoration operation, with one another. The processor extracts, from the restoration information, the restoration operation associated with one of the defects designated on a display screen displaying the inspection image read from the recording medium, and instructs the executing device to execute the extracted restoration operation.