An image forming apparatus includes a processor configured to create a preview image of an image created by executing a job; store image data of the created preview image in a memory; create an information code representing a storage area of the memory where the image data is stored; and display the information code created by the processor on a display.

An information processing apparatus includes: a data sharing unit configured to cause an application selected as a data output destination to process data which is output by an application which is a data output source; a process-object-data generation control unit configured to generate process object data in one of a first format and a second format based on image data acquired by an image information interface from an image information source; and an application-information display unit configured to display identification images for identifying applications which the data sharing unit can select as the data output destination if the data sharing unit is to process either data of the first format or data of the second format.

An information processing apparatus communicably connected with an intermediary device capable of communicating with at least one device, the information processing apparatus including: circuitry configured to receive, from a terminal operated by a user, identification information that the terminal has acquired from the extraneous source; and transmit a request for execution of a process associated with the acquired identification information to the intermediary device, the request for execution causing the intermediary device to execute the process according to the request for execution to control the device.

A computing device: obtains an electronic image of a receipt, the receipt containing numerical information with no predefined format; automatically captures the numerical information in the obtained electronic image; organizes the captured numerical information; enables editing of the captured numerical information; enables viewing of the captured numerical information in a desired format; and enables combining the captured numerical information in the obtained electronic image with other numerical information previously captured from electronic images of other receipts into a report having predetermined categories. The report summarizes expense information contained in the captured numerical information in the obtained electronic image with the other numerical information previously captured from the electronic images of the other receipts.

An information processing apparatus includes: a data sharing unit configured to cause an application selected as a data output destination to process data which is output by an application which is a data output source; a process-object-data generation control unit configured to generate process object data in one of a first format and a second format based on image data acquired by an image information interface from an image information source; and an application-information display unit configured to display identification images for identifying applications which the data sharing unit can select as the data output destination if the data sharing unit is to process either data of the first format or data of the second format.

A printed document client receives a first print stream for a soft copy document, determines whether one or more conditions for adding a graphical symbol to the printed document are satisfied, and when the one or more conditions for adding the graphical symbol to the printed document are satisfied, adds the graphical symbol to the first print stream to generate a second print stream that includes the graphical symbol, and outputs the second print stream to a printer so the graphical symbol is printed on the printed document corresponding to the soft copy document. The printed document can be a hard copy document or a soft copy document generated from the second print stream.

An image processing apparatus may include a processor including a processing unit, a creating unit, and an output unit. The processing unit stores image data created by executing a job in a storage unit. The creating unit creates an information code representing information indicating a storage area of the storage unit in which the image data is stored. The output unit displays the information code created by the creating unit on a display unit.

An image forming apparatus includes a processor configured to create a preview image of an image created by executing a job; store image data of the created preview image in a memory; create an information code representing a storage area of the memory where the image data is stored; and display the information code created by the processor on a display.

An image forming apparatus includes a printing device and a print job management unit that executes a box print job for printing a document in a document box with the printing device according to a job request made by a user. The print job management unit executes the box print job as a secure print job when a predetermined setting of the document box is of a predetermined value, and executes the box print job as a non-secure print job when the predetermined setting of the document box is not of the predetermined value. The print job management unit resumes the box print job after user authentication when the box print job as the secure print job is interrupted, and resumes the box print job without the user authentication when the box print job as the non-secure print job is interrupted.

An electronic device, such as a digital camera, includes a deletion mode whereby a camera/electronic device user can delete captured images or data files that have already been transferred in order to make room in the electronic device or digital camera memory for capturing further images. In one embodiment, a digital camera keeps track of which images have already been transferred to an external storage device and presents those to the user as potential images to be deleted. In another embodiment, the user is presented with a delete all transferred images which when selected deletes all the captured images that have already been transferred. In still another embodiment, deletion criteria are used to prioritize which images are deleted first.