A server, system, and method are disclosed for ensuring uniform level of color of distributed print jobs, wherein each of the plurality of printers is configured to conduct color validation and/or color calibration based on a first criterion. The server having a processor configured to: receive, from a client computer, a request relating to a print job; determine whether the received print job is a split job, which can be split amongst the plurality of the printers; filter at least two printers each having an in-line spectrophotometer from the plurality of printers; and instruct to the each filtered at least two printers so that color validation and/or color calibration is performed based on a second criterion by using the in-line spectrophotometer, wherein the second criterion causes color validation and/or color calibration at each of the each filtered at least two printers to be performed earlier than the first criterion.

Disclosed is an image forming apparatus. The present image forming apparatus comprises: an input unit for receiving a scanning option; a communication unit for transmitting the received scanning option to another image forming apparatus; a scanning unit for scanning a first document according to the scanning option and generating first scanned data; and a control unit for receiving second scanned data in which a second document is scanned according to the scanning option in another image forming apparatus, and combining the first scanned data and the second scanned data.

A server, system, and method are disclosed for ensuring uniform level of color of distributed print jobs, wherein each of the plurality of printers is configured to conduct color validation and/or color calibration based on a first criterion. The server having a processor configured to: receive, from a client computer, a request relating to a print job; determine whether the received print job is a split job, which can be split amongst the plurality of the printers; filter at least two printers each having an in-line spectrophotometer from the plurality of printers; and instruct to the each filtered at least two printers so that color validation and/or color calibration is performed based on a second criterion by using the in-line spectrophotometer, wherein the second criterion causes color validation and/or color calibration at each of the each filtered at least two printers to be performed earlier than the first criterion.

An information processing system includes a storage storing a first program for providing a function and a second program for executing a process for implementing the function; a storage storing, for each application for executing a sequence of processes, identification information identifying the application and information relating to the sequence of processes, the sequence-related information defining the second program for executing the process included in the sequence of processes; a unit for accepting a request from a device coupled to the system, the request including the identification information and electronic data-related information; and a process executer configured to execute the sequence of processes using electronic data based on the information included in the request, as the first program, which corresponds to the second program defined in the sequence-related information associated with the identification information included in the request, requests the second program to execute the predetermined process.

An image forming apparatus that executes information sharing among a plurality of image forming apparatuses includes a communication circuit, a set value management circuit, a storage circuit, and a distribution hold list management circuit. The communication circuit ensures communication with another image forming apparatus of the plurality of the image forming apparatuses. The set value management circuit distributes, based on a master authority as an authority for distributing a changed set value to the other image forming apparatus, the changed set value to the other image forming apparatus. The storage circuit, when the distribution fails, stores a distribution hold list that includes a combination of: an identifier of another image forming apparatus where the distribution has failed, and an item name and value of a set value where the distribution has failed. The distribution hold list management circuit manages the stored distribution hold list.

A server, a system, a method, and a computer readable medium are disclosed, which includes a server which is configured to be connected to a plurality of printers, each of the plurality of printers configured to conduct color calibration based on a first criterion, and wherein the server includes a processor configured to: receive a print job; determine whether the received print job is a split job which can be split into at least two printers among the plurality of the printers; and instruct, in response to receiving the split job, to the at least two printers that color calibration is conducted based on a second criterion, wherein the second criterion causes color calibration at each of the at least two printer to be performed earlier than the first criterion.

Provided is an industrial printing system that enables output with the attribute of a printing apparatus at the distributed destination of production printing in a peer-to-peer manner. An attribute acquisition unit acquires other attribute information supported by other printing apparatus at distributed destination. A table generation unit compares acquired other attribute information with own attribute information supported by own printing apparatus to generate a conversion table that is set with a conversion rule for a mismatched attribute. A processing management unit sends the job to the other print server to request for processing based on generated conversion table so that the job is to be printed by the other printing apparatuses.

Provided is an industrial printing system that enables output with the attribute of a printing apparatus at the distributed destination of production printing in a peer-to-peer manner. An attribute acquisition unit acquires other attribute information supported by other printing apparatus at distributed destination. A table generation unit compares acquired other attribute information with own attribute information supported by own printing apparatus to generate a conversion table that is set with a conversion rule for a mismatched attribute. A processing management unit sends the job to the other print server to request for processing based on generated conversion table so that the job is to be printed by the other printing apparatuses.

Disclosed is a cloud server. The cloud server comprises: a control unit for generating a work group including a plurality of image forming devices which can be controlled by a mobile device; a UI generation unit for generating a UI capable of receiving an input of a virtual grouping job coupled to a plurality of tasks supported by the plurality of image forming devices, respectively; and a communication interface unit for providing a UI which has been generated in the mobile device.

An image processing system includes: an application server located in the Internet; an image processing apparatus located in a local network connected to the Internet via a firewall; a relay server configured to relay communication between the image processing apparatus and the application server, the relay server being located in the local network; and a connection mediation server configured to transmit, to the relay server, a request for a connection to the application server, the connection mediation server being located in the Internet, wherein the connection mediation server includes a connection request transmitting unit so as to have communication established between the image processing apparatus and the application server, the relay server includes: a communication establishing unit; a job transferring unit; a job identifying unit; and a communication terminating unit, and after the communication terminating unit terminates the communication, the communication establishing unit reestablishes the communication.