An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a measurement result obtained by a measurement unit that measures a characteristic of a print medium to be used in a printing apparatus, a notification control unit configured to cause a notification unit to provide notification of information indicating a print media type, and a storage unit configured to store information on a predetermined characteristic of each of a plurality of print media types, wherein, based on the measurement result acquired by the acquisition unit and usage history information indicating print media types used in the printing apparatus, the notification control unit causes the notification unit to provide notification of information indicating a print media type for which information on the predetermined characteristic stored in the storage unit corresponds to a characteristic indicated in the measurement result and which has a usage history indicated in the usage history information.

An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a feeding tray inserted into and pulled out from the housing, an image forming unit, and first and second guide members. The feeding tray includes a first accommodation part in which a roll body having a configuration where a sheet-shaped medium is rolled in a roll shape is accommodated and a second accommodation part in which stacked sheet-shaped media are accommodated. The first guide member guides a sheet-shaped medium to a conveying path. The second guide member guides a roll medium unrolled from the roll body to the conveying path. The second guide member is movable between a guide position for guiding the roll medium to the conveying path, and a retreat position further distant from the first guide member than the guide position and where the second guide member does not interfere with a sheet-shaped medium accommodated in the second accommodation part.

A printing data creating apparatus comprises a display, a transmitter, a controller, an input unit, and a storage. The controller is configured to display a label creation screen for the label including an attribution information input field and a standard label instruction field for instructing edition of a standard label in accordance with a prescribed standard, when the standard label instruction field is operated, display a plurality of standard input fields in addition to the attribution information input field, each of the plurality of standard input fields being a input field to which standard information as information in accordance with the prescribed standard is input, create printing data of the standard label, and transmit the created printing data of the standard label from the transmitter to the printing apparatus.

A paper management system setting a paper information piece of paper stored in a sheet feeding unit in an image forming apparatus from a list of paper information pieces registers the paper information pieces with a favorite group, displays a list of the paper information pieces for each favorite group, and enables the list of the paper information pieces to be associated with a paper feed unit through the screen displaying the list.

A first feeder contacts a first surface of a first sheet held in a first tray and feeds the first sheet toward a recording unit. A second feeder contacts a first surface of a second sheet held in a second tray and feeds the second sheet toward the recording unit. An inner member is disposed above a standing plate. An outer member comprises an upstream portion opposing the standing plate, and a downstream portion opposing the inner member. The inner member guides the first surface of the first sheet and the first surface of the second sheet. The standing plate guides the first surface of the second sheet. The upstream portion of the outer member guides a second surface of the second sheet, and the downstream portion guides a second surface of the first sheet and the second surface of the second sheet. The standing plate moves relative to the outer member.

Provided are an image forming apparatus for outputting a plurality of images having different sizes according to a method pre-set by a user without interrupting a current printing operation when the plurality of images having different sizes are obtained and a method of operating the image forming apparatus.

A control device includes a processor configured to: acquire information on a direction in which continuous paper is wound up, specify a viewable surface, which is a surface of the continuous paper viewable from a user in a state where the continuous paper has been wound up, on a basis of the direction in which the continuous paper is wound up, and control a printer to print print information, which is information on a job printed on the continuous paper, on the viewable surface.

A printing data creating apparatus comprises a display, a transmitter, a controller, an input unit, and a storage. The controller is configured to display a label creation screen for the label including an attribution information input field and a standard label instruction field for instructing edition of a standard label in accordance with a prescribed standard, when the standard label instruction field is operated, display a plurality of standard input fields in addition to the attribution information input field, each of the plurality of standard input fields being a input field to which standard information as information in accordance with the prescribed standard is input, create printing data of the standard label, and transmit the created printing data of the standard label from the transmitter to the printing apparatus.

Systems for providing on-demand food service material printing for food service are provided herein. A food service material dispenser comprises a roll holder configured to hold a roll of food service material, one or more rollers, and a motor configured to operate to translate the food service material along a path within the dispenser. The dispenser includes a cutting arrangement configured to perform a cut of the food service material to form the sheet of food service material that defines a size associated with a food service order. The dispenser also includes a printer configured to print at least one of order information or personalization information on the food service material that is based on the associated food service order. The dispenser further includes a chute configured to dispense the sheet of food service material, which includes the at least one of order information or personalization information printed thereon.

An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit that obtains media information concerning paper sheets set in media feed units provided to a printing apparatus, respectively, and includes a control unit. The control unit determines that designation information for determining a used media feed unit to be used for printing is not required in a case where it is possible to selectively determine the used media feed unit from the media feed units based on the media information. The control unit indicates the designation information in a case where it is not possible to determine the used media feed unit based on the media information.