Information processing equipment includes an image formation apparatus and a server device mutually integrated together. The server device includes a housing, a server main body unit provided inside the housing, a fan which generates an air stream flowing from outside the housing toward inside the housing and supplies the air stream to the server main body unit to cool the server main body unit, and a filter disposed at a position upstream of the server main body unit in a direction in which the air stream flows. The image formation apparatus or the server device is provided with a control unit restricting an operation of at least one of the image formation apparatus and the fan when the server device undergoes maintenance and inspection.

A central system for receiving captured transaction data from a plurality of remote capture devices over a network, the remote capture devices including a mobile device type and a fixed location device type, the system comprising: a receipt module to receive the captured transaction data; a processing module to process the received captured transaction data; and a storage module to store the processed transaction data such that characteristic data of the mobile device type is associated with the stored transaction data for said processed transaction data originating from a remote capture device of the mobile device type.

What is disclosed is a system and method for securely sending a digital document to an intended recipient via facsimile transmission. A fax device is used to obtain a digital document to be faxed. A sender of the fax enters an access code into the fax device which is associated with the digital document. The digital document is transmitted by the fax device to a second fax device. The access code is communicated to an intended recipient who enters the access code into the second fax device. The second fax device retrieves the digital document associated with this access code and communicates the digital document to a print engine which renders the digital document to a hardcopy print.

In an image reading system that includes an information processing apparatus and an image reading apparatus which can communicate with the information processing apparatus, the image reading apparatus receives, from the information processing apparatus, a scan job and causes a reader to read a document in response to a user instruction, transmits an execution status of the scan job to the information processing apparatus, and transmits the image data obtained by the reading to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus transmits the scan job, makes a request to the image reading apparatus to obtain the image data of the document based on the execution status of the scan job, and receives the image data from the image reading apparatus.

A scan task system includes a plurality of imaging devices, including MFDs, dedicated scanners, or mobile phones with scanning or camera functions. The system notifies a user or a number of users when a particular document needs to be scanned and transmitted to a specific destination. A scan task is sent to available imaging devices, and will appear when the user logs in at any imaging device on the network. When a user executes the scan task at any one of the imaging devices, the scan task is removed from all devices. The scan task can be pre-programmed to appropriately file or send a scanned document when the scan is executed.

An image forming device includes a controller. The controller is configured to perform a login process of permitting a login operation performed by an administrator, and in a case where the administrator logs in, perform a data providing process of providing the browser with Web page data for displaying a Web page corresponding to an administrator operation. In a case where the administrator logs in, the controller is configured to perform a designation process of receiving designation of a permitted user who is permitted to perform a part of the administrator operation. In a case where the controller receives an instruction from the browser, the controller is configured to perform a process corresponding to the received instruction, the instruction corresponding to the part of the administrator operation received by a Web page for receiving the part of the administrator operation.

Provided is technology that improves user convenience. A scanning system includes a scanner that generates scanning data by scanning a document, and a management device that connects to the scanner, and processes the scanning data based on settings corresponding to a user authenticated by a first user authentication when the scanner executes a first user authentication process. The scanning system executes a first process of scanning a document without first user authentication by the scanner, and storing the generated scanning data in storage; a second process of, when second user authentication is executed, identifying the scanning data to process from the scanning data stored in the storage; and a third process of processing the scanning data to process based on settings related to the user authenticated by the second user authentication.

An image reading apparatus connected with an information processing apparatus is provided. The image reading apparatus includes a specific parameter setting unit to set a parameter to be used in an image reading operation; an instruction receiving unit to receive input of an instruction to start reading of an image; a notification transmitting unit to transmit a read-start notification to the information processing apparatus; a parameter receiving unit to receive a parameter transmitted from the information processing apparatus in response to receipt of the read-start notification; and an image reading unit to read the image base on, at least with regard to the parameter set in the image reading apparatus, the parameter set by the specific parameter setting unit in place of the parameter transmitted from the information processing apparatus when the parameter transmitted from the information processing apparatus is received by the parameter receiving unit.

In order to achieve designation of a talk room of a chat service to share image data generated by scanning in an image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus that communicates with a chat server, based on received information indicating a talk room of the chat server, the chat server controlling displaying of information indicating received image data on the talk room, includes a scanning unit configured to scan an image of an original document and generate image data based on the image, a designation unit configured to designate a talk room of the chat server, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data generated by the scanning unit and information indicating the talk room designated by the designation unit to the chat server.

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a first housing, an image reading unit including a reading sensor, a communication circuit board including a communication antenna capable of short-distance wireless communication, a second housing located above the first housing and accommodating the image reading unit and the communication circuit board, and an operation panel located in front of the second housing. The second housing includes a first side wall located at a rear of the operation panel, and a second side wall located at the rear of the operation panel. An inner surface of the first side wall is opposed to the communication circuit board. An outer surface of the first side-wall has a mark indicating a position to which a communication object is brought close.