An inspection system includes: an inspection part that compares a scanned image obtained by scanning a sheet on which an image is formed on the basis of a job with a reference image prepared in advance and thereby performs inspection of the scanned image; and a hardware processor that sets an inspection target page to be a target of inspection and a non-inspection target page to be excluded from inspection, for the job, wherein the hardware processor causes the inspection part to perform inspection for the inspection target page and not to perform inspection for the non-inspection target page on the basis of the setting of the hardware processor, and the hardware processor creates an inspection report including scanned images of all pages of the job including the non-inspection target page.

A maintenance support device includes a memory that stores data of a maintenance manual that describes a first maintenance work to be performed to resolve a failure of an image processing apparatus, and a processor configured to acquire, and store in the memory, work result information corresponding to a second maintenance work that has been performed to resolve the failure of the image processing apparatus, and generate additional information based on the acquired work result information and store in the memory the additional information in association with the data of the maintenance manual.

To improve operability for a user who uses an image processing apparatus which images an original document and displays an image indicating the imaged original document, a camera scanner causes a displaying device to display a remaining image corresponding to the image indicating the original document at a position where the original document was put, and, when detecting that an original document enters a detecting region, causes the displaying device to display a thumbnail image of the remaining image such that the thumbnail image does not overlap the original document which enters the detecting region.

A method, job management apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for a job management apparatus, the job management apparatus managing a print job for at least one printer, wherein the code computer readable code configured to cause the job management apparatus to display a job scheduling screen. The process includes (a) obtaining first information on a job to be executed by the at least one printer; (b) obtaining second information on color reproduction state of the at least one printer; and (c) generating the job scheduling screen, wherein the job scheduling screen is a two dimensional chart in which a first axis indicates an execution length of time for the job or a number of sheets of paper to be used for the job, and in which a part of a second axis of the two dimensional chart indicates the color reproduction state of the at least one printer.

An information processing device includes: a communication unit that communicates with an image forming apparatus; a storage unit; a receipt unit that receives a setting value of the image forming apparatus; an acquisition unit that acquires information about a state of the image forming apparatus from the image forming apparatus to change setting of the setting value; and a request unit that stores the setting value received by the receipt unit in the storage unit when the image forming apparatus is in a state not allowed for setting a setting value, and requests the image forming apparatus to set the setting value stored in the storage unit when the image forming apparatus shifts to a state allowed for setting a setting value, wherein the setting value is stored in the storage unit by a function of a web browser application program executed by the information processing device.

An image forming apparatus includes plural components that are used to perform an image forming operation, and a drive controller that controls a potential noise source component or a component group containing plural potential noise source components among the plural components to be sequentially driven in an operation state for specifying a noise occurrence place such that a component or a component group having a higher possibility to be a noise source is driven with higher priority or a component or a component group having a lower possibility to be the noise source with lower priority.

An information processing apparatus includes a setting value input unit, a first memory, and a second memory. The setting value input unit displays a setting item selection screen for selecting a setting item for which a setting value is to be input, displays, in response to selection of a setting item on the setting item selection screen, a setting value input screen for inputting a setting value of the setting item, and receives a setting value. The first memory stores an additional program for implementing a newly added additional function. The second memory stores a plug-in program which is configured to be able to dynamically cooperate with a system program that controls the entire information processing apparatus and which contains information for inputting a setting value necessary to implement the additional function.

A print management apparatus includes a processor configured to, when a printer configured to perform printing on a continuous sheet prints a job, which contains multiple pages, on the continuous sheet, output the area of a part of the continuous sheet as the amount of spoilage. The part is not used for a product manufactured by using printed material corresponding to the job.

An example is directed to a computing device having non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions executable by a processor to cause the computing device to receive, from a server in communication with the computing device and an appliance, data indicative of a message that is specific to the appliance and associated with an operational state of the appliance. The instructions are further executed by the processor to provide the message on a display of the computing device as coordinated with a visual indication on the appliance associated with the operational state of the appliance using the received data.

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to perform control in such a way as to display a workflow image indicating a series of processes included in a workflow and change a manner in which the workflow image is displayed such that an allocation state of an operator for, among the series of processes, a target process for which there are candidates for the operator.