Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a communication apparatus capable of preventing a decrease in the speed of communication with an external device due to execution of a handover when the communication apparatus is connected to the external device, and also directed to a control method and a recording medium. A communication apparatus provides, by using a first communication portion that uses a first communication method, communication information for performing communication based on a second communication method to an external device, and causes a second communication portion that uses the second communication method to connect with the external device using the second communication method, and performs control in such a manner that, in a case where the second communication portion connects with the external device, the first communication portion is used to provide communication information to no other external devices.

An information processing apparatus executes, for image data to be printed by a printing device, image processing corresponding to a content of the image data; transmits, to the printing device, image data obtained after executing the image processing; acquires, before executing the image processing, a first transfer rate with respect to the printing device and a requested transfer rate required by a print operation of a print unit of the printing device; attempts image processing for the image data; and acquires, based on the first transfer rate and information of image data obtained after the attempt, a second transfer rate required by transmission, to the printing device, of the image data obtained after the attempt and the print operation of the print unit.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a communication apparatus capable of preventing a decrease in the speed of communication with an external device due to execution of a handover when the communication apparatus is connected to the external device, and also directed to a control method and a recording medium. A communication apparatus provides, by using a first communication portion that uses a first communication method, communication information for performing communication based on a second communication method to an external device, and causes a second communication portion that uses the second communication method to connect with the external device using the second communication method, and performs control in such a manner that, in a case where the second communication portion connects with the external device, the first communication portion is used to provide communication information to no other external devices.

An image formation control method for controlling an image forming system including a controller that converts original image data into image formation image data, an image forming apparatus that includes a control unit and an image forming unit and forms an image on a sheet on a basis of the image formation image data, a plurality of communication paths through which plural pieces of data are capable of being transferred in parallel between the controller and the image forming apparatus, and a measurement unit that measures data transfer speed of each of the plurality of communication paths includes causing the control unit to refer to the data transfer speed of each of the plurality of communication paths measured by the measurement unit and to assign a data transfer to each of the plurality of communication paths.

According to this invention, in a reception end facsimile apparatus having a first communication mode for performing communication at a high speed and a second communication mode for performing communication at a low speed, it is determined based on an instruction from a transmission end facsimile apparatus whether to perform error correction during facsimile communication. Control is done not to perform communication in the first communication mode based on a fact that it is determined not to perform error correction during facsimile communication.

In a case where a communication apparatus receives an instruction for making a printing apparatus stop operation of a direct wireless communication mode, the communication apparatus determines whether to make the printing apparatus stop the operation of the direct wireless communication mode based on information acquired from the printing apparatus through Bluetooth® Low Energy communication.

A communication apparatus includes a communication unit, having operation modes including a first operation mode in which data communication is enabled and a second operation mode in which power consumption is lower than that in the first operation mode, configured to perform data communication with an opposed device, and a control unit configured to control switching between the operation modes of the communication unit, wherein the control unit controls a speed of communication, at a transition of the communication unit from the first operation mode to the second operation mode, between the communication unit and the opposed device to a predetermined communication speed or lower, then causes the communication unit to transition from the first operation mode to the second operation mode, and then stops clock supply to the communication unit.

An information processing apparatus includes plural communication units, a determination unit, and a controller. The plural communication units are configured to be capable of conducting a wireless communication. The determination unit is configured to determine a communication unit from among the plural communication units in accordance with whether a mobile communication terminal that is attempting to conduct a communication is approaching the information processing apparatus. The controller is configured to perform a control so as to start the communication using the communication unit determined by the determination unit.

An imaging method, an imaging device and an imaging system are provided. The imaging method includes: when receiving a terminal identification sent by a mobile terminal and directed to the mobile terminal, sending, by an imaging device, an imaging request message to a cloud server. The imaging request message includes the terminal identification and a communication parameter for communicating with the mobile terminal, used for the cloud server to verify identity of the mobile terminal according to the terminal identification and, after the identity verification is successfully passed and according to the communication parameter, to determine one imaging device, among all imaging devices that send imaging request messages, to perform an imaging task, and to send an imaging job to the one imaging device: and when receiving the imaging job sent by the cloud server, performing, by the imaging device, the imaging task according to the imaging job.

An image forming apparatus includes a speed calculating portion and a communication setting portion. In a state where a communication with the switching hub has been established by a highest-speed candidate method among a plurality of candidate methods that respectively have different rated communication speeds, the speed calculating portion calculates a result communication speed for each of the one or more host apparatuses based on an amount of received job data and a reception required time for each of the one or more host apparatuses, wherein the candidate methods are candidates for a communication method to be adopted. The communication setting portion selects, as an adopted communication method, one of the plurality of candidate methods based on the result communication speed for each of the one or more host apparatuses, and establishes a communication with the switching hub by the adopted communication method.