An image processing apparatus is capable of communicating with a mobile terminal by short range radio communication, and includes an image reader that reads an image of a document, a generator that generates image data based on the image read by the image reader, and a notifying controller that notifies a user to bring the mobile terminal close to a communicable area in accordance with completion of reading the image by the image reader. In addition, a transmitter transmits the image data generated by the generator to the mobile terminal by the short range radio communication in accordance with being able to communicate with the mobile terminal by short range radio communication.

A communication system includes an information terminal, and a printing apparatus configured to perform intergroup communication with the information terminal belonging to a group. The printing apparatus includes a printing part configured to perform printing, a data receiver configured to receive print data from the information terminal via the intergroup communication, and a print controller configured to control the printing part using the received print data.

A hardware processor of an image forming apparatus is able to obtain saving target information from a time of a power-off operation to a time of power supply interruption and to save the saving target information, in a nonvolatile storage of the image forming apparatus, as first snapshot data (for restoring a state at a predetermined time after firmware is activated). When a power-on operation is performed after the time of the power-off operation, the hardware processor determines whether to perform a first high-speed startup process using the first snapshot data as an apparatus startup process with respect to the image forming apparatus. When a determination is made to perform the first high-speed startup process, the hardware processor causes the display of the image forming apparatus to display, in a period in which a hardware initialization process in response to the power-on operation is being performed or immediately after the hardware initialization process is completed, an advance notice screen to be displayed before completion of startup in response to the power-on operation, the advance notice screen giving an advance notice that a transition to a user operable state following the power-on operation will be completed.

A display device includes a first communication unit connected to one or more peripheral devices, a second communication unit that communicates with a remote controller, and a processor. If the processor is initialized in response to a power-on instruction through the second communication unit, the processor verifies whether a first peripheral device, which is selected as a source device that provides at least one source of video and audio signals, among the one or more peripheral devices is powered on within a first threshold time. If the first peripheral device is not powered on within the first threshold time, the processor transmits a power-on request for allowing the remote controller to power on the first peripheral device, to the remote controller through the second communication unit.

An information collecting apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires, from an information processing apparatus, pieces of device information indicating pieces of information acquirable by the information processing apparatus from network devices, an information identifying unit that identifies information necessary for an analysis to be executed by an analysis unit among the pieces of device information, and a transmitting unit that transmits, to the information processing apparatus, an instruction to collect the information identified by the information identifying unit among the pieces of information acquirable by the information processing apparatus from the network devices but not to collect information other than the identified information.

An image processing apparatus includes an image processing section that performs processing of a job relating to image processing, one or more information processing sections that perform processing on one or more information items as processing targets among information items generated by a device group, a permission acquisition section that acquires a collection permission for each of one or more information items used by the one or more information processing sections, from a manager of the device group or the image processing apparatus, and a collection section that collects the information items used by the one or more information processing sections from devices that generate the information items, under a condition in which acquisition of the collection permission for each of the information items from the manager is completed.

An image forming apparatus is to be located in an evacuation shelter, and includes a first determining section and a shifting section. The first determining section determines whether or not to shift the image forming apparatus from a state in which a specific function of the image forming apparatus is not usable to a state in which the specific function is usable. The shifting section shifts the image forming apparatus to the state in which the specific function is usable by a user without being restricted by a usage right, according to a determination result of the first determining section. The specific function includes at least one function from among an evacuee function that processes evacuee information, a supply function that processes aid supply information, and a search function that searches the evacuee information and the aid supply information.

A mediation server may receive image data from a scanner via a network, the image data being generated by the scanner scanning each of M pieces of manuscripts sequentially, analyze the image data so as to specify separation image data which is a part of the image data, the separation image data representing a predetermined separation manuscript, and send first target data to a first destination and second target data to a second destination via the network, the first target data being obtained by using first partial image data representing at least one piece of manuscript among one or more pieces of manuscripts to be scanned after the separation manuscript, the second target data being obtained by using second partial image data representing at least one piece of manuscript among one or more pieces of manuscripts to be scanned before the separation manuscript.

A printing apparatus includes a printer function part configured to print on a recording sheet, a power supply including a rechargeable battery, a charger configured to charge the rechargeable battery, and an input part configured to input information. The printer function part, the input part, the power supply, and the charger are arranged from a first end of the printing apparatus towards a second end opposite to the first end, in an order of the printer function part, the input part, the power supply, and the charger.

A facsimile apparatus includes a memory device that stores a user name and a notification destination of a transmission result of facsimile transmission in association with each other. The facsimile apparatus receives, from an external apparatus, a facsimile transmission instruction that includes image data, a transmission destination of facsimile transmission, and a user name; executes, for the transmission destination included in the facsimile transmission instruction, facsimile transmission of the image data included in the facsimile transmission instruction; and transmits a transmission result of the executed facsimile transmission to the notification destination stored in the memory device in association with the user name included in the facsimile transmission instruction.