Information processing system, information processing program, and information processing method

Abstract

To store information other than image information in a storage unit.SOLUTION: An information processing system comprises: a storage unit that, on the outside of an image forming apparatus that executes image forming processing of forming images on the basis of image information, stores information that it recognizes as the image information; and a processor. The processor generates pseudo information including recognition information for causing the storage unit to recognize it as the image information and information other than the image information, and transmits the pseudo information to the storage unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing program, and an information processing method. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent Document 1 discloses an image information processing device including an accepting means, a determining means, a generating means, and an output means. The accepting means accepts input of an image formation instruction. The determining means determines whether additional information can be included in the accepted image formation instruction. If the result of the determination indicates that additional information cannot be included in the accepted image formation instruction, the generating means processes the accepted image formation instruction together with the additional information and generates a pseudo image formation instruction including the additional information. The output means outputs the accepted image formation instruction, and, if the pseudo image formation instruction has been generated, outputs the pseudo image formation instruction. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2009-276919 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] The information processing system may include an image forming device, a storage unit, and a processor. The image forming device performs image formation processing to form an image based on image information. The storage unit stores information recognized as the image information outside the image forming device. The processor generates image information and transmits the image information to the storage unit.

[0005] In the information processing system, information other than image information cannot be stored in the storage unit because the storage unit does not recognize the information as image information, and therefore a separate storage unit is required to store the other information.

[0006] An object of the present disclosure is to enable information other than image information to be stored in a storage unit. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] The first aspect includes a storage unit that stores information recognized as image information outside an image forming device that performs image formation processing to form an image based on image information, and a processor, and the processor generates pseudo information that includes recognition information that causes the storage unit to recognize the image information and other information other than the image information, and transmits the pseudo information to the storage unit.

[0008] In a second aspect, in the first aspect, the processor generates the pseudo information including information held by the image forming apparatus as the other information.

[0009] In a third aspect, in the second aspect, when the image forming apparatus changes a setting, the processor generates the pseudo information including setting information before the change as the retained information.

[0010] In a fourth aspect, in the third aspect, when the change of the setting in the image forming apparatus is unsuccessful, the processor causes the storage unit to transmit the setting information before the change to the image forming apparatus.

[0011] In a fifth aspect, in the first aspect, the processor generates the pseudo information including image information.

[0012] In a sixth aspect, in the fifth aspect, the processor generates the pseudo information including image information having notification content to notify a user.

[0013] A seventh aspect is an information processing program that causes a computer to generate pseudo-information including recognition information that is recognized as image information and other information other than the image information in a storage unit that stores information recognized as image information outside an image forming device that performs image formation processing to form an image based on image information, and transmits the pseudo-information to the storage unit.

[0014] The eighth aspect is an information processing method that generates pseudo-information including recognition information to be recognized as image information and other information other than the image information in a storage unit that stores information recognized as the image information outside an image forming device that performs image formation processing to form an image based on image information, and transmits the pseudo-information to the storage unit. [Effects of the Invention]

[0015] According to the configuration of the first aspect, information other than image information can be stored in the storage unit.

[0016] According to the configuration of the second aspect, information held by the image forming apparatus can be stored in the storage unit.

[0017] According to the configuration of the third aspect, when the image forming apparatus changes the settings, the setting information before the change can be stored in the storage unit.

[0018] According to the configuration of the fourth aspect, if the change in the settings of the image forming apparatus is not successful, the image forming apparatus can be returned to the settings before the change.

[0019] According to the configuration of the fifth aspect, the image forming apparatus can execute the image forming process based on the pseudo information.

[0020] According to the configuration of the sixth aspect, the user can be notified by the image formed by the image forming apparatus.

[0021] According to the configuration of the seventh aspect, information other than image information can be stored in the storage unit.

[0022] According to the configuration of the eighth aspect, information other than image information can be stored in the storage unit. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0023] [Figure 1] 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a server device according to the present embodiment. [Figure 3] FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a server device according to the present embodiment. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a structure of image formation data according to the present embodiment. [Figure 5] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment. [Figure 6] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment. [Figure 7] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a structure of pseudo information according to the present embodiment. [Figure 8] 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of a generation process executed in the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0024] An example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[0025] <Information Processing System 10> An information processing system 10 according to this embodiment will be described below. Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an information processing system 10 according to this embodiment.

[0026] The information processing system 10 is a system that processes image information. Specifically, the information processing system 10 is a system that forms an image on a recording medium based on image information. As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing system 10 includes, for example, a plurality of image forming devices 12, an instruction device 14, and a server device 20.

[0027] As shown in Fig. 1, each unit of the information processing system 10 is connected by a communication line 13. The communication line 13 is, for example, a wired or wireless communication line. Specifically, the communication line 13 can be, for example, various networks such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or the Internet. Each unit of the information processing system 10 will be described below.

[0028] <Instruction device 14> The instruction device 14 is a device through which a user issues various instructions to each part (the image forming device 12 and the server device 20) of the information processing system 10. For example, the user can issue an import instruction to the image forming device 12 via the instruction device 14 to import various information (for example, setting information).

[0029] As an example of the instruction device 14, a general-purpose computer device (user terminal) such as a personal computer (PC) is used.

[0030] <Server device 20> The server device 20 is an example of a storage unit, and is a device that executes various processes outside the image forming device 12, including a storage process for storing image formation data including image information.

[0031] Specifically, the server device 20 has the functions of a computer, and as shown in FIG. 2, has a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 21, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 22, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 23, storage 24, a communication unit 33, an input unit 34, and a display unit 35.

[0032] The components of the server device 20 are connected to one another, for example, by a bus 29. Note that the server device 20 is not limited to being configured as a single server device, and may be configured as a plurality of server devices.

[0033] The communication unit 33 is a communication interface and is a component for communicating with other devices such as the image forming device 12 and the instruction device 14. Specifically, the communication unit 33 communicates with other devices through the communication line 13 using at least one of a wired and wireless connection.

[0034] The input unit 34 is a component into which instructions are input by the user. Specifically, the input unit 34 is composed of, for example, input keys (for example, a keyboard and operation buttons) and a touch panel, etc., through which the user performs input operations.

[0035] The display unit 35 notifies the user of the presentation information by displaying the presentation information to be presented to the user. The display unit 35 is configured, for example, with a liquid crystal display, an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display, or the like.

[0036] The display unit 35 may function as the input unit 34. In this case, the input unit may be configured with, for example, a touch panel of a resistive film type or a capacitive type, and instructions from the user are input by a touch operation by the user.

[0037] The CPU 21 is a central processing unit that executes various programs, including an information processing program, and controls each component. The ROM 22 stores various programs, including the information processing program, and various data. The RAM 23 temporarily stores programs or data as a working area. The storage 24 is configured with a storage medium such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), an SSD (Solid State Drive), or a flash memory, and stores various programs, including an operating system, and various data. The information processing program may be stored in the storage 24.

[0038] In the server device 20, the CPU 21 reads various programs including an information processing program from the ROM 22 or the storage 24, and executes the programs using the RAM 23 as a work area. The CPU 21 executes the information processing program to realize various functions. Below, a functional configuration realized by cooperation between the CPU 21 as a hardware resource and the information processing program as a software resource will be described. Figure 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the server device 20 according to this embodiment.

[0039] In the server device 20, the CPU 21 executes an information processing program to function as a receiving unit 41, a transmitting unit 42, and a processing unit 43, as shown in FIG.

[0040] The receiving unit 41 receives various types of information transmitted from each unit of the information processing system 10. In this embodiment, the receiving unit 41 receives image formation data transmitted from each unit of the information processing system 10. The receiving unit 41 also receives pseudo information 80 (see FIG. 7) transmitted from the image forming apparatus 12.

[0041] The transmitting unit 42 transmits various types of information to each unit of the information processing system 10. In this embodiment, the transmitting unit 42 transmits image formation data and pseudo information 80 to the image forming apparatus 12.

[0042] The processing unit 43 is a functional unit that executes various processes. In this embodiment, the processing unit 43 executes a storage process that stores the image formation data and the pseudo information 80 in the storage 24. The image formation data includes image information and recognition information.

[0043] The image information is information that forms the basis of an image formed in the image formation process by the image forming apparatus 12, and is information that can be interpreted in the image formation process by the image forming apparatus 12. Specifically, the image information is information obtained by performing a conversion process (e.g., rasterization process) to convert PDL data into bitmap data, and is information expressed as bitmap data.

[0044] PDL data is data written in a page description language (PDL) that can be interpreted by an execution device that executes the conversion process. A page description language is a computer programming language that causes the execution device to execute image processing, etc. There are various formats for page description languages, such as the PS (PostScript (registered trademark)) format.

[0045] The server device 20 may execute the conversion process, or a device other than the server device 20 may execute the conversion process.

[0046] The recognition information is image information (specifically, image formation data including image information) and information to be recognized by the server device 20. Additional information added to the image information can be used as the recognition information. Specifically, the additional information can include, for example, setting information in the image formation process (monochrome / color, image size, resolution, etc.) and identification information (ID) for identifying the image formation data.

[0047] 4, the image formation data 90 specifically includes, for example, an image information section 92 and a header section 91. The image formation data 90 includes image information in the image information section 92 and recognition information in the header section 91.

[0048] The processing unit 43 recognizes the data as image formation data based on the recognition information, and executes a storage process to store the image formation data in the storage 24.

[0049] <Image forming device 12> The image forming apparatus 12 is an apparatus that performs image forming processing to form an image based on image information. Specifically, the image forming apparatus 12 performs image forming processing based on image formation data transmitted from the server apparatus 20.

[0050] 5, the image forming apparatus 12 has a function as a computer, and includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 51, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 52, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 53, a storage 54, an image forming unit 62, a communication unit 63, an input unit 64, and a display unit 65. The units of the image forming apparatus 12 are connected to each other by, for example, a bus 59.

[0051] The image forming unit 62 is a component that forms an image on a recording medium such as paper. The image forming unit 62 forms an image on the recording medium by, for example, an electrophotographic method that performs the steps of charging, exposing, developing, transferring, and fixing. Note that the image forming unit 62 may also form an image on the recording medium by another method such as an inkjet method.

[0052] The communication unit 63 is a communication interface, and is a component for communicating with other devices such as other image forming devices 12, the server device 20, and the instruction device 14. Specifically, the communication unit 63 communicates with other devices through the communication line 13 using at least one of a wired and wireless connection.

[0053] The input unit 64 is a component into which instructions are input by the user. Specifically, the input unit 64 is composed of, for example, input keys (for example, a keyboard and operation buttons) and a touch panel, etc., through which the user performs input operations.

[0054] The display unit 65 is an example of a notification unit, and notifies the user of the presentation information by displaying the presentation information to be presented to the user. The display unit 65 is, for example, configured with a liquid crystal display, an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display, or the like.

[0055] The display unit 65 may function as the input unit 64. In this case, the input unit may be configured with a touch panel, such as a resistive or capacitive touch panel, and instructions from the user are input by touching the panel.

[0056] The CPU 51 is a central processing unit that executes various programs, including an information processing program, and controls various components. The ROM 52 stores various programs, including the information processing program, and various data. The RAM 53 temporarily stores programs or data as a working area. The storage 54 is configured with a storage medium such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), an SSD (Solid State Drive), or a flash memory, and stores various programs, including an operating system, and various data. The information processing program may be stored in the storage 54.

[0057] In the image forming apparatus 12, the CPU 51 reads various programs, including an information processing program, from the ROM 52 or storage 54, and executes the programs using the RAM 53 as a work area. The CPU 51 executes the information processing program to realize various functions. The following describes the functional configuration realized by the cooperation of the CPU 51 as a hardware resource and the information processing program as a software resource. Figure 6 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the image forming apparatus 12 according to this embodiment.

[0058] In the image forming apparatus 12, the CPU 51 executes an information processing program to function as a generating unit 71, a transmitting unit 72, a processing unit 73, and a receiving unit 74, as shown in FIG.

[0059] The generating unit 71 generates pseudo information 80 (see FIG. 7). The pseudo information 80 is information that has been processed into a format that can be handled as image formation data, and includes recognition information and information other than image information (hereinafter referred to as other information).

[0060] As described above, the recognition information is image information (specifically, image formation data including image information) and information that is recognized by the server device 20. As described above, additional information added to the image information can be used as the recognition information. Specifically, the additional information can include, for example, setting information in the image formation process (monochrome / color, image size, resolution, etc.) and identification information (ID) for identifying the image formation data.

[0061] Specifically, the other information is information used for processing other than the image formation processing (hereinafter referred to as the other processing). While the image formation data is information generated in response to a user's instruction to execute the image formation processing, the pseudo information 80 is information generated in response to a user's instruction to execute the other processing. The other information includes information indicating the content of the information, the processing for which the information is used, etc.

[0062] The other process is, for example, a process involving storing information in the server device 20. An example of the information is retained information retained by the image forming device 12. In this case, the generation unit 71 generates pseudo information 80 that includes the retained information retained by the image forming device 12 as other information. The retained information includes, for example, setting information, personal information such as a user address, and registered information (favorites, etc.) registered by a user. When the other information is retained information, identification information indicating which image forming device 12 generated the other information is included in the other information.

[0063] More specifically, the other processing corresponds to, for example, processing in which, when the image forming apparatus 12 changes its settings, the image forming apparatus 12 stores the setting information of the image forming apparatus 12 before the change in the server apparatus 20. In this case, the generation unit 71 generates pseudo information 80 that includes the setting information of the image forming apparatus 12 before the change as other information. In this case, the pseudo information 80 is generated for backup purposes.

[0064] The other process may involve a process of forming an image. In this case, the generation unit 71 generates pseudo information 80 including image information. Specifically, the generation unit 71 may generate pseudo information 80 including image information having notification content to notify the user. For example, as described above, when the image forming device 12 changes settings, the notification content may include notification content indicating that the setting change has been completed and notification content indicating that the setting change is incomplete. As the image information, for example, predetermined prepared image information may be used. In other words, as the image information, image information that is not generated by the user may be used.

[0065] Specifically, as shown in Fig. 7, the pseudo information 80 has, for example, an image information section 82 and a header section 81. The pseudo information 80 has recognition information in the header section 81, and has other information in at least one of the image information section 82 and the header section 81. In the example of Fig. 7, both the image information section 82 and the header section 81 have other information.

[0066] The transmitting unit 72 is a functional unit that transmits various types of information to each unit of the information processing system 10. In this embodiment, the transmitting unit 72 transmits the pseudo information 80 generated by the generating unit 71 to the server device 20. In this case, in the server device 20, the processing unit 43 recognizes that the information is image formation data based on the recognition information, and executes a storage process to store the pseudo information 80 in the storage 24.

[0067] The processing unit 73 is a functional unit that executes various processes. In this embodiment, the processing unit 73 executes other processes. In this embodiment, the processing unit 73 executes a process of causing the server device 20 to transmit the setting information before the change to the image forming device 12 when the change of the setting in the image forming device 12 is unsuccessful.

[0068] The receiving unit 74 receives various types of information transmitted from the respective units of the information processing system 10. In this embodiment, the receiving unit 74 receives the setting information before the change transmitted from the server device 20, for example.

[0069] Although two image forming apparatuses 12 are shown in FIG. 1, the number of image forming apparatuses 12 may be three or more.

[0070] <Generation process according to this embodiment> A description will be given of an example of generation processing executed in image forming apparatus 12. Fig. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of generation processing executed in image forming apparatus 12. This flow is an example of an information processing method.

[0071] The generation process is a process in which the CPU 51 generates pseudo information 80 and transmits the pseudo information 80 to the server device 20. In this embodiment, the generation process will be described in the case where one of the multiple image forming devices 12 changes settings based on setting information held by the other image forming devices 12.

[0072] This process is started when the one image forming apparatus 12 receives setting information from the other image forming apparatus 12. This process is performed by the CPU 51 reading and executing an information processing program from the ROM 52 or the storage 54.

[0073] 8, when this process starts, the CPU 51 generates pseudo information 80 including recognition information and other information (step S101). The other information includes setting information of the image forming device 12 before the change and image information having notification content to be notified to the user. The notification content indicates that the setting change has been completed and that the setting change is incomplete.

[0074] Next, the CPU 51 transmits the pseudo information 80 to the server device 20 (step S102). Here, upon receiving the pseudo information 80, the server device 20 transmits reception information indicating that the pseudo information 80 has been received to the one image forming device 12.

[0075] Next, the CPU 51 determines whether or not reception information has been received from the server device 20 (step S103). If the CPU 51 determines that reception information has not been received from the server device 20 (step S103: NO), the CPU 51 repeats step S103 until the reception information is received.

[0076] When it is determined that the reception information from the server device 20 has been received (step S103: YES), the CPU 51 installs the setting information received from the other image forming device 12 (step S104). Installation is a process of acquiring information.

[0077] Next, the CPU 51 determines whether the installed setting information functions normally (step S105). If the CPU 51 determines that the installed setting information functions normally (step S105: YES), the CPU 51 forms an image of a notification indicating that the setting change has been completed on the recording medium P (step S106), and ends this process.

[0078] If the CPU 51 determines that the installed setting information does not function properly (step S105: NO), it sends a transmission instruction to the server device 20 to cause it to send the pseudo information 80 to itself (i.e., the image forming device 12) (step S107).

[0079] Next, the CPU 51 determines whether or not the pseudo information 80 has been received from the server device 20 (step S108). If the CPU 51 determines that the pseudo information 80 has not been received from the server device 20 (step S108: NO), the CPU 51 repeats step S108 until the received information is received.

[0080] If the CPU 51 determines that it has received pseudo information 80 from the server device 20 (step S108: YES), it installs the pseudo information 80 (step S109), forms an image of notification content indicating that the setting change is incomplete on the recording medium P (step S110), and terminates this processing.

[0081] <Actions according to this embodiment> In this embodiment, in the image forming apparatus 12, the CPU 51 generates pseudo information 80 including the recognition information and other information, and transmits the pseudo information 80 to the server apparatus 20.

[0082] In this way, the pseudo information 80 includes recognition information that allows the server device 20 to recognize it as image information, so that the pseudo information 80 can be stored in the server device 20 in the same way as image formation data.

[0083] In the present embodiment, the CPU 51 generates pseudo information 80 that includes, as other information, information held by the image forming apparatus 12. This makes it possible to store information held by the image forming apparatus 12 in the server apparatus 20.

[0084] Furthermore, in this embodiment, when the image forming apparatus 12 changes the settings, the CPU 51 generates pseudo information 80 that includes the setting information before the change as retained information. Therefore, when the image forming apparatus 12 changes the settings, the setting information before the change can be stored in the server apparatus 20 for backup purposes.

[0085] Furthermore, in this embodiment, if a change in the settings of the image forming apparatus 12 is not successful, the CPU 51 causes the server device 20 to transmit setting information before the change to the image forming apparatus 12. Therefore, if a change in the settings of the image forming apparatus 12 is not successful, it becomes possible to return the image forming apparatus 12 to the settings before the change.

[0086] In this embodiment, the CPU 51 generates pseudo information 80 including image information. This allows the image forming apparatus 12 to execute image forming processing based on the pseudo information 80.

[0087] In this embodiment, the CPU 51 generates pseudo information 80 including image information having notification content to be notified to the user. Therefore, it is possible to notify the user by the image formed by the image forming device 12.

[0088] <Modification> In the present embodiment, the other processing has been described as processing in which, when the image forming apparatus 12 changes its settings, the server apparatus 20 stores the setting information of the image forming apparatus 12 before the change in the server apparatus 20, but the other processing is not limited to this. The other processing may be processing other than the image formation processing.

[0089] In the present embodiment, the pseudo information 80 includes the information held by the image forming apparatus 12 as other information, but this is not limited to this. The other information may be any information other than image information.

[0090] Furthermore, in this embodiment, image information is included in the pseudo information 80, but image information does not have to be included.

[0091] Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the processor that executes the generation process is provided in the image forming apparatus 12, but this is not limiting. For example, a device including a processor that executes the generation process may be configured as an external device that exists outside the image forming apparatus 12. In this case, the external device or a system including the external device can be understood as an example of an information processing system.

[0092] Furthermore, in the above embodiments, the term "processor" refers to a processor in a broad sense, and includes general-purpose processors (e.g., the aforementioned CPU, etc.) and dedicated processors (e.g., GPU: Graphics Processing Unit, ASIC: Application Specific Integrated Circuit, FPGA: Field Programmable Gate Array, programmable logic device, etc.).

[0093] Furthermore, the operations of the processors in the above embodiments may not only be performed by a single processor, but may also be performed by multiple processors located at physically separate locations working together. Furthermore, the order of the operations of the processors is not limited to the order described in the above embodiments, and may be changed as appropriate.

[0094] Furthermore, although the information processing system 10 in the present embodiment is configured by multiple devices, this is not limited thereto. The information processing system of the present disclosure may be configured by a single device. In other words, the "system" in the present embodiment may be configured by multiple devices or may be configured by a single device.

[0095] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications, changes, and improvements are possible without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, the above-described modified examples may be appropriately combined to form a configuration.

[0096] <Additional Notes> (((1))) a storage unit that stores information recognized as image information, outside the image forming apparatus that executes image forming processing to form an image based on image information; a processor; Equipped with The processor: generating pseudo information including recognition information that causes the storage unit to recognize the image information and information other than the image information, and transmitting the pseudo information to the storage unit; Information processing system.

[0097] (((2))) The processor: The pseudo information is generated by including the information held by the image forming apparatus as the other information. 2. The information processing system according to claim 1.

[0098] (((3))) The processor: When the image forming apparatus changes the settings, the pseudo information is generated, which includes the setting information before the change as the retained information. 3. The information processing system according to claim 2.

[0099] (((4))) The processor: If the change of the setting in the image forming apparatus is unsuccessful, the setting information before the change is transmitted from the storage unit to the image forming apparatus. 4. The information processing system according to claim 3.

[0100] (((5))) The processor: Generate the pseudo information including image information 2. The information processing system according to claim 1.

[0101] (((6))) The processor: The pseudo information including image information having notification content to be notified to the user is generated. 6. The information processing system according to claim 5.

[0102] (((7))) For computers, recognition information for causing a storage unit to store information recognized as image information outside an image forming apparatus that performs image forming processing based on image information to recognize the image information; Other information other than the image information; Generate pseudo information including The pseudo information is transmitted to the storage unit. Information processing program.

[0103] (((8))) recognition information for causing a storage unit to store information recognized as image information outside an image forming apparatus that performs image forming processing based on image information to recognize the image information; Other information other than the image information; Generate pseudo information including The pseudo information is transmitted to the storage unit. Information processing methods.

[0104] According to the configuration (((1))), information other than image information can be stored in the storage unit.

[0105] According to the configuration (((2))), information held by the image forming apparatus can be stored in the storage unit.

[0106] According to the configuration (((3))), when the image forming apparatus changes the settings, the setting information before the change can be stored in the storage unit.

[0107] According to the configuration (((4))), if the change in the settings of the image forming device is not successful, the image forming device can be returned to the settings before the change.

[0108] According to the configuration (((5))), the image forming apparatus can execute the image forming process based on the pseudo information.

[0109] According to the configuration (((6))), the user can be notified by the image formed by the image forming device.

[0110] According to the configuration (((7))), information other than image information can be stored in the storage unit.

[0111] According to the configuration (((8))), information other than image information can be stored in the storage unit. [Explanation of symbols]

[0112] 10 Information Processing Systems 12 Image forming device 20 Server device (an example of a storage unit) 51 CPU (an example of a processor) 80 Pseudo information

Claims

1. a storage unit that stores information recognized as image information, outside the image forming apparatus that executes image forming processing to form an image based on image information; a processor; Equipped with The processor: generating pseudo information including recognition information that causes the storage unit to recognize the image information and information other than the image information, and transmitting the pseudo information to the storage unit; Information processing system.

2. The processor: The pseudo information is generated by including the information held by the image forming apparatus as the other information. The information processing system according to claim 1 .

3. The processor: When the image forming apparatus changes the settings, the pseudo information is generated, which includes the setting information before the change as the retained information. The information processing system according to claim 2 .

4. The processor: If the change of the setting in the image forming apparatus is unsuccessful, the setting information before the change is transmitted from the storage unit to the image forming apparatus. The information processing system according to claim 3 .

5. The processor: Generate the pseudo information including image information The information processing system according to claim 1 .

6. The processor: The pseudo information including image information having notification content to be notified to the user is generated. The information processing system according to claim 5 .

7. For computers, recognition information for causing a storage unit to store information recognized as image information outside an image forming apparatus that performs image forming processing based on image information to recognize the image information; Other information other than the image information; Generate pseudo information including The pseudo information is transmitted to the storage unit. Information processing program.

8. recognition information for causing a storage unit to store information recognized as image information outside an image forming apparatus that performs image forming processing based on image information to recognize the image information; Other information other than the image information; Generate pseudo information including The pseudo information is transmitted to the storage unit. Information processing methods.

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