A display apparatus includes: a reading unit that reads information; and a display unit that, in response to an operation of moving a medium closer to a display surface or placing the medium on the display surface, displays on the display surface guidance information that guides a position, at which information associated with the medium is readable by the reading unit, on the display surface.

A request processing apparatus includes a selecting section and an outputting section. The selecting section selects, from multiple pieces of photo data obtained through shooting during an event, one or more pieces of photo data consistent with a request accepted before or during the event. The outputting section outputs the one or more pieces of photo data selected by the selecting section.

An object is to appropriately control a fixing process while making an attempt to increase speed by improving the PPM in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. In the electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the control unit decompresses compressed quantized raster image data in units of pages. Then, the control unit derives an image feature quantity from decompressed raster image data in units of pages and notifies the printing unit of the derived image feature quantity. Then, the control unit transfers the decompressed raster image data to the printing unit in units of pages in response to an image transfer request from the printing unit. The printing unit sets a parameter relating to a fixing process in the printing processing based on the notified image feature quantity. Then, the printing unit performs the printing processing in accordance with the set parameter for the decompressed raster image data received from the control unit.

The method and system allow a user to launch a client application on an web-enabled device and subsequently to navigate to an image source screen within the client application. After receiving an image source selection from the user, the client application retrieves images from the selected image source. The client application displays the retrieved images available for printing to a user, and in response to receiving a selection of an image, the client application transmits the image to a proprietary server. Moreover, upon receiving print order information, the client application additionally executes a location awareness application that determines a current location of the web-enabled device and subsequently, determines a proximal retail store to the current location of the web-enabled device. Thereafter, the remote printing system creates and transmits a print order that includes the selected image to the retail store for pickup.

A computer-implemented method programmed for execution in a computing environment for ordering and facilitating payment of a print product. The method comprises storing a digital image in a memory; allowing for the selection of a print product to establish a print order that includes an identification of the selected product and an order cost; generating a unique payment link that corresponds to the print order and provides a mobile computing device with access to communicate with a remote payment processing system to provide payment for the print order; providing access to the unique payment link; receiving a payment notification from the payment processing system indicating that a payment authorization has been received through use of the unique payment link by the mobile computing device, wherein the payment authorization is for an amount equal to the order cost; and allowing for the fulfillment of the print order using a printing device.

An information processing apparatus includes at least one memory device that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the set of instructions. The set of instructions includes instructions to acquire color data from an application, set a generation method for generating gray image data from color data by selecting a method from a group including at least a first generation method and a second generation method different from the first generation method, generate PDL data of gray image data based on the acquired color data and the set generation method, and transmit the generated PDL data to a printing apparatus.

A business method includes imaging documents with an imaging device placed at a location. Media usage is monitored over a cellular network. Upon the media reaching a predetermined level, workers provide additional media. Workers exist in the “gig” economy and have preplaced media. No longer do users change or swap media in media trays. Packaging materials bundle the media. For use, only a portion of the packaging materials is opened thereby revealing an end of the media. Both the packaging materials and the exposed media are inserted into a reusable media shell in a manner making the media available for picking by the imaging device. Other embodiments are envisioned.

Disclosed herein are embodiments for operating a retail photo kiosk and establishing a dedicated access for a remote mobile device to the photo kiosk. Certain embodiments of the photo kiosk incorporate anchored connector cables to connect remote mobile devices to the photo kiosk. According to one embodiment, the photo kiosk detects when a remote mobile device is connected to the kiosk via an anchored connector cable. Upon receiving user information, the photo kiosk generates and sends an access message comprising to the connected mobile device. Following the access message, the user may establish dedicated access to the photo kiosk through the mobile device, which allows the user to utilize and leverage photo processing features of the kiosk.

Methods and processes for manufacture of an image product from a digital image. An object in the digital image is detected and recognized. Object metadata is assigned to the object, the object metadata linking sound to the object in the digital image which produced the sound. At least one cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated, and the hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network.

Both a transmission priority of order data and a reception priority of product data can be controlled based on a usage status of a bandwidth of a network. In an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a program, and a recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention, product data is created based on order data received via a network. A transfer priority of current data over preceding data is determined based on a determination condition of transfer priorities, and control is performed such that the preceding data and the current data are transferred according to the transfer priorities. The transfer priorities are changed such that the transfer of the preceding data is interrupted and the transfer of the current data is started in a case where the transfer priority of the preceding data is lower than the transfer priority of the current data and the usage status of the bandwidth of the network due to the transfer of the preceding data is equal to or greater than a threshold value.