An apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to store data in the memory, transmit the data stored in the memory to an information processing system, instruct the information processing system to execute a transfer job that includes a first process for transferring the data and a second process related to the first process, and delete the data from the memory in a case where transfer job execution history information indicates that the first process and the second process are completed. The transfer job execution history information includes a history of execution of the transfer job.

An information processing apparatus controls a printing process performed by an image forming apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a communication controller configured to perform communication with the image forming apparatus; a display controller configured to cause a display to display an operation screen for accepting a setting or an operation relating to the printing process; a data transmitter configured to transmit predetermined data by the communication to the image forming apparatus, while the operation screen is being displayed; and a renderer configured to generate print data to be transmitted to the image forming apparatus by the communication, according to the setting or the operation accepted at the operation screen.

An apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to store data in the memory, transmit the data stored in the memory to an information processing system, instruct the information processing system to execute a transfer job that includes a first process for transferring the data and a second process related to the first process, and delete the data from the memory in a case where transfer job execution history information indicates that the first process and the second process are completed. The transfer job execution history information includes a history of execution of the transfer job.

In an example of the disclosure, a print job is received. The print job is to be printed upon a roll media at a printer, and includes a set of production frames 1-n. Printing of the production frames, a non-production frame x and a non-production frame y is caused. The non-production frame x includes an instruction to modify a non-printing apparatus that is to perform an action upon the printed print job, and is printed after the printing of production frame 1 and before the printing of production frame n. The non-production frame y includes a diagnostic and is printed after the printing of production frame 1 and before the printing of production frame n. The diagnostic is scanned to generate scan data. The scan data utilized to perform a calibration operation at the printer.

An image forming apparatus receives an input of duplicate data obtained by duplicating: common information applicable also to another image forming apparatus, out of apparatus setting information about the image forming apparatus; unique information applicable only to the image forming apparatus, out of the apparatus setting information; and identification information for identifying the image forming apparatus, determines, if the duplicate data is input, whether identification information on a duplicated data side included in the duplicated data and identification information on an apparatus side stored in a storage match, and writes, if it is determined that the identification information on the duplicated data side and the identification information on the apparatus side match, the unique information included in the duplicated data into the storage.

An image processing apparatus generates a binary image from a multivalue input image, detects a character region and a non-character region from the binary image, and clips regions surrounding each of characters included in the detected character region as character clipping rectangles. The apparatus determines, on the basis of a black pixel density of the binary image included in the character clipping rectangle, whether or not the character clipping rectangle is a character region and determines, on the basis of a number of pixels included in the character clipping rectangle determined to be a non-character region, whether or not the character clipping rectangle determined to be a non-character region is a character region.

An image reading apparatus includes a document reading device, an operation device, and a control device. The document reading device collectively reads a plurality of documents loaded on a document loading surface to generate image data. The control device functions as an individual image cutter, an operation receiver, and a generator. The individual image cutter cuts, from the image data generated by the document reading device, individual images independent for the respective documents. The operation receiver receives, via the operation device, a first instruction indicating a number of documents collected in one image. The generator generates document image data which is corresponding to an image of a size formable on a single recording medium and which has a collection of pieces of individual image data indicating the individual images, in unit of the number indicated by the first instruction.

An image forming apparatus which implements a plurality of functions includes: storage with a prescribed storage area; an operating system which implements at least some of the functions by allocating a part of the prescribed storage area for a plurality of processes and executing the processes; and a storage area managing section which predicts an amount of consumed memory in response to generation of a job and determines whether or not the amount of consumed memory is allocable to the job in the prescribed storage area. The job is a processing target for the image forming apparatus. The amount of consumed memory is used for processing the job by the image forming apparatus. When determining that the amount of consumed memory is not allocable, the storage area managing section ends at least one process which is not used to process the job to make the amount of predicted memory allocable.

An information processing apparatus controls a printing process performed by an image forming apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a communication controller configured to perform communication with the image forming apparatus; a display controller configured to cause a display to display an operation screen for accepting a setting or an operation relating to the printing process; a data transmitter configured to transmit predetermined data by the communication to the image forming apparatus, while the operation screen is being displayed; and a renderer configured to generate print data to be transmitted to the image forming apparatus by the communication, according to the setting or the operation accepted at the operation screen.

An image reading apparatus includes a document reading device, an operation device, and a control device. The document reading device collectively reads a plurality of documents loaded on a document loading surface to generate image data. The control device functions as an individual image cutter, an operation receiver, and a generator. The individual image cutter cuts, from the image data generated by the document reading device, individual images independent for the respective documents. The operation receiver receives, via the operation device, a first instruction indicating a number of documents collected in one image. The generator generates document image data which is corresponding to an image of a size formable on a single recording medium and which has a collection of pieces of individual image data indicating the individual images, in unit of the number indicated by the first instruction.