An instruction apparatus that instructs a processing apparatus to perform a process includes an information acquiring unit, an apparatus-information transmitting unit, and a display. The information acquiring unit acquires information on the processing apparatus. The apparatus-information transmitting unit simultaneously transmits the information on the processing apparatus acquired by the information acquiring unit and information on the instruction apparatus to a management apparatus. Based on the information on the processing apparatus and the information on the instruction apparatus transmitted from the apparatus-information transmitting unit, an operation-screen generating unit included in the management apparatus generates an instruction-apparatus operation screen. An operation-screen transmitting unit included in the management apparatus transmits information of the instruction-apparatus operation screen to the instruction apparatus. The display displays the instruction-apparatus operation screen.

An apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with a communication device, and can write data received from the communication device in a memory. The apparatus receives an operation request to the apparatus from the communication device, and stores the received operation request in the memory. The apparatus has a function of specifying a function corresponding to the operation request of a plurality of functions included in the apparatus in a state in which the operation request is stored in the memory. When the function is specified, and is not activated, the apparatus activates the function, and controls the activated function.

An image forming apparatus that functions as a client of a distributed file system is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes: a distributed file system process part for mounting a file system of a server apparatus on the image forming apparatus to enable the image forming apparatus to access the file system of the server apparatus as the distributed file system of the image forming apparatus; and a storing process part for accessing the file system of the server apparatus and storing, in the file system, information that is stored in a storage unit used by the image forming apparatus.

An image forming apparatus includes at least one first processor and at least one first memory coupled to the first processor and having stored thereon instructions, when executed by the first processor, and cooperating to act as a determination unit configured to determine whether a password set to the image forming apparatus is an initial password, a lock function setting unit configured to enable a lock function preventing the setting of the image forming apparatus from being changed with an operation unit or an operation screen of the image forming apparatus, and a control unit configured to perform control so that a screen of a setting to operate the image forming apparatus via a client terminal is not displayed in response to the password being the initial password as the password.

A setting execution system according to an aspect of the disclosure includes an information applying unit, an information managing unit, a target device position acquisition unit, a candidate determining unit, a candidate display, and a designation accepting unit. The information managing unit manages registered device information as the information associated with a registered device position as a position of a registered device. The candidate determining unit identifies the registered device information for the registered device that exists at a position within a certain range from the target device based on: the registered device position managed by the information managing unit associated with the registered device information; and the target device position obtained by the target device position acquisition unit. The candidate determining unit determines the candidate based on the identified registered device information.

In a mediation server a processor registers association information and the authentication information for receiving a service from a service provider server to be correlated with each other. The association information is concerned with first and second communication apparatuses. When a first request including the association information is received from the first communication apparatus, the processor performs first communication with the first communication apparatus and the service provider server by using the first authentication information. The first communication is for the first communication apparatus to receive the service from the service provider server. When a second request including the association information is received from the second communication apparatus, the processor performs second communication with the second communication apparatus and the service provider server by using the first authentication information. The second communication is for the second communication apparatus to receive the service from the service provider server.

A terminal device includes a processor; and a memory. The memory stores a set of computer-readable instructions therein. The set of computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the terminal device to perform: receiving workflow data from another terminal device different from the terminal device, the workflow data including communication information and process identification information, the communication information being used for communication with a target device different from the terminal device and the another terminal device and capable of executing a plurality of processes including a prescribed process, the process identification information identifying the prescribed process; receiving an execution command instructing execution of a workflow corresponding to the workflow data; and in response to the execution command, executing the workflow on the target device using the communication information and the process identification information included in the workflow data.

A printing system includes a printer configured to perform an issuance process of issuing a cancel notification in response to detecting a cancel trigger, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor connected with a communication interface, cause the processor to cancel a generating process of generating print data and a print instruction process of transmitting print instruction information to the printer via the communication interface, in response to acquiring the cancel notification issued by the printer, during the generating process.

An information processing apparatus capable of adding a function by an extension program includes a registration unit, a setting unit, an execution unit, and a determination unit. The registration unit registers information on the extension program having an interface defined for each type of function. The setting unit sets a use condition of the extension program. The execution unit executes a process sequence by combining a plurality of extension programs according to a definition file defining the process sequence including a plurality of steps. The determination unit dynamically determines, when the process sequence is executed by the execution unit, extension programs that execute the respective steps of the process sequence according to information on the extension programs registered in the registration unit and the use conditions of the extension program set in the setting unit.

A printing system includes a plurality of print apparatuses each including a CPU, a storage device including a job management program, and a display. The display displays a list screen, into which a first list of instruction execution type print jobs received from another of the plurality of print apparatuses and a second list of the instruction execution type print jobs of a logged-in user among the instruction execution type print jobs spooled in the storage device are combined on the display In the other of the plurality of print apparatuses, if status change of spooling of the logged-in user's instruction execution type print job has occurred, the print apparatus is notified of the status change of spooling from the other of the plurality of print apparatuses to update the list screen displayed on the display.