In the image processing device, method and system of the present invention, a destination identifier of an image file is stored, the destination identifier indicating one of a plurality of external stations as a destination station which receives the image file from the image processing device through a network. At least one of a sender identifier of the image file, a subject identifier of the image file and a scan condition of the image file is stored. The image file is transmitted, together with at least one of the sender identifier, the subject identifier and the scan condition, through the network to one of the external stations indicated by the stored destination identifier.

An image forming apparatus that functions as a client of a distributed file system is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes: a distributed file system process part for mounting a file system of a server apparatus on the image forming apparatus to enable the image forming apparatus to access the file system of the server apparatus as the distributed file system of the image forming apparatus; and a storing process part for accessing the file system of the server apparatus and storing, in the file system, information that is stored in a storage unit used by the image forming apparatus.

A mobile terminal device can be used in a network system including a first network and a second network. Plural access points are connected to the first network. A common identification name is set to the plural access points. An access point having a coverage area overlapping with a part of a coverage area of the first network is connected to the second network. The mobile terminal device includes a detector, an execution unit, an acquiring unit, a connection controller, and a setting unit. The detector detects connectable access points. The execution unit executes an application which uses a network device connected to the first or second network. The acquiring unit acquires, from a history information memory, history information including (i) device identification information unique to the network device used when the application is executed in past, and (ii) device identification information unique to an access point.

In a system in which a server and a client to which a device is connected communicate, the server can execute processes based on the result of checking device operation. The POS terminal of a network system has a device control function for controlling the device, and a diagnostic function for checking operation of the device. To check the operation of the device connected to the client, a maintenance server sends a control command instructing starting the diagnostic function to the POS terminal. The POS terminal stops the device control function if the device control function is executing, starts the diagnostic function, checks operation of the device with the diagnostic function, and returns the result of the checked operation to the maintenance server.

A setting execution system according to an aspect of the disclosure includes an information applying unit, an information managing unit, a target device position acquisition unit, a candidate determining unit, a candidate display, and a designation accepting unit. The information managing unit manages registered device information as the information associated with a registered device position as a position of a registered device. The candidate determining unit identifies the registered device information for the registered device that exists at a position within a certain range from the target device based on: the registered device position managed by the information managing unit associated with the registered device information; and the target device position obtained by the target device position acquisition unit. The candidate determining unit determines the candidate based on the identified registered device information.

A non-transitory storage medium stores instructions which cause an information processor to execute: a first determination processing for determining whether at least one of a first condition, a second condition, and a third condition is established; a first communication processing for receiving input data obtained from an input device and transmitting the input data to an output device, when at least one of the first condition, the second condition, and the third condition is established; and a second communication processing for transmitting instruction information to the input device when none of at least one condition determined in the first determination processing among the first condition, the second condition, and the third condition is established. The instruction information is for instructing the input device to transmit the input data to the output device.

There is provided an information processing apparatus and a control method thereof. The information processing apparatus and a control method acquires user information from an external apparatus by using near field wireless communication, determines how to handle the acquired user information according to a type of a screen displayed by a display unit. For example, when the displayed screen is an authentication screen, authentication processing is executed by using the acquired user information.

A service providing system includes a client apparatus that gives an instruction to provide a service according to an operation of the client apparatus by a user, a mobile apparatus that receives the instruction to provide the service, moves to the user who has performed the operation, performs authentication of the user, and provides the service to the user, and a stationary apparatus that is placed on a fixed position and provides a service. In a case where the authentication of the user fails although the mobile apparatus receives the instruction to provide the service and moves to the user who has performed the operation, the mobile apparatus stops the providing of the service and entrusts the stationary apparatus with the providing of the service.

An information processing apparatus identifies, from among printers for each of which a first type of printer driver has been installed, a printer for which a second type of printer driver is installable. The information processing apparatus displays, as candidates for a printer for which the second type of printer driver is to be installed, printers in a search result, acquired from an operating system, from which printers for each of which a printer driver has been installed are excluded, and the identified printer.

According to an embodiment, a printer includes a display device and a controller device. The display device displays one of product information received from an external device and product information recorded in a memory device, as product-information-to-be-printed. When the printer is incapable of receiving the product information from the external device, the controller device controls the display device to display the product information recorded in the memory device, in a display mode indicating that the product-information-to-be-printed is the product information recorded in the memory device.