100 results about "Print server" patented technology

The present invention relates to a computer program for extending a function of a generative AI service. Upon receiving a print request through the generative AI service, the computer program causes a computer of the information processing apparatus to function so as to acquire authentication information related to the user. The computer program causes the above computer to function so as to acquire apparatus information related to an available image forming apparatus from the printing server using the acquired authentication information related to the user, and specify the image forming apparatus to execute printing based on the apparatus information.

A cloud print server manages a printing apparatus and device attributes of the printing apparatus, a device type included in the device attribute having information indicating a type of a printing apparatus. The cloud print server displays a list of printing apparatuses managed by the cloud print server while not displaying a specific type of printing apparatus or hanging a display mode of the specific type of printing apparatus and accept selection of the printing apparatus list displayed by an administrator. The cloud print server associates the selected printing apparatus to a virtual printer, stores a print job submit to the virtual printer in one or more memory in association with the virtual printer and transmits the print job stored in association with the virtual printer to the associated printing apparatus according to an instruction from a user.

The invention discloses a cloud printing platform printing method based on an encryption technology, and the method comprises the following steps: S1, a cloud printer builds a Socket sending connection instruction and sends the connection instruction to a cloud printing server, and the cloud printing server carries out the symmetric encryption verification of the cloud printer, and judges whether the cloud printer is authorized or not; by adopting the cloud computing technology, the terminal equipment is remotely connected with the cloud printer through the internet, the limitation that a traditional printer needs to communicate through physical connection or a local area network is broken through, the compatibility problem between different equipment is eliminated, and the communication efficiency is improved through combination of socket communication and a symmetric encryption algorithm. According to the technical scheme, the data are comprehensively protected in the transmission process, the safety of data transmission is ensured, the risk that the data are stolen or tampered is reduced, in addition, the risk that the task is lost is remarkably reduced by monitoring the printing task in the printing process in real time, it is ensured that a user can recover printing in time, and the reliability of the system and the satisfaction degree of the user are improved.

The present application provides a network printing method, a cloud printing server, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The method is applied to the cloud printing server and comprises: receiving a document to be printed that is uploaded by a cloud terminal, wherein the cloud terminal and the cloud printing server are located in the same local area network; creating a printing task for said document on the cloud printing server, wherein by means of a gateway, the cloud printing server communicates with a network printer located in the Internet; receiving, from an APP client, a printing instruction for printing said document in the printing task, wherein the APP client is located on the cloud terminal or located on another mobile terminal; and on the basis of the printing instruction, transmitting said document to the network printer for printing.

An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a cloud print server that provides a cloud print service, the information processing apparatus comprising: one or more memory devices that store a set of instructions; and one or more processors that execute the set of instructions to: obtain specific information regarding an image formation of an image forming apparatus capable of communicating with the cloud print server; accept a setting in accordance with the obtained specific information, the setting pertaining to the image formation in the image forming apparatus; and issue an instruction for the image formation in the image forming apparatus, the instruction including the setting.

The objective is to provide a mechanism that allows for the rapid installation of printer drivers. [Solution] The installer 1210 is a program that installs a printer driver, which is already installed on the print server 1000 and has certificate data that proves the legitimacy of the digital signature, onto the client computer 3000. The installer 1210 causes the computer to perform a sharing determination step to determine whether the printer driver is set to be shareable with the client computer 3000, and a data generation step to generate installation data that includes certificate data from the print server 1000 and can be installed on the client computer 3000 if it is determined that the printer driver is set to be shareable.

To provide an information processing apparatus that, when configuration information of a printer registered in a cloud print server is changed, can update the configuration information stored in a client terminal.SOLUTION: An information processing apparatus described in the specification has: acquisition means that acquires configuration information of a printing device from a cloud print server system; storage means that stores the acquired configuration information; control means that displays a print setting screen on display means on the basis of the configuration information stored in the storage means; transmission means that, in a state where the configuration information is stored in the storage means, transmits a request for acquiring configuration information; and update means that updates the configuration information stored in the storage means by using the configuration information acquired on the basis of the transmitted acquisition request.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

To enable a plurality of users belonging to different customers to use one image forming apparatus via a print server.SOLUTION: The print server includes a first reception unit configured to receive first user information of login from the terminal, a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first customer identification information corresponding to the first user information, a second reception unit configured to receive a registration code of the image forming apparatus input by the terminal, and a second acquisition unit configured to acquire identification information of the image forming apparatus corresponding to the registration code. The information processing apparatus includes a registration unit configured to, in a case where second customer identification information different from the first customer identification information is registered, register the first customer identification information and the second customer identification information in the identification information of the image forming apparatus, and a first transmission unit configured to, based on a print instruction from the terminal, transmit a print job to the image forming apparatus corresponding to the identification information of the image forming apparatus in which the first customer identification information is registered.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

A cloud print system comprising a first cloud print server and a second cloud print server; wherein the first cloud print server is configured to manage a second virtual printer of the second cloud print server in association with a first virtual printer of the first cloud print server, store a print job submitted to the first virtual printer in one or more first memory devices in association with the first virtual printer, and transmit the print job stored in association with the first virtual printer to the second virtual printer according to an instruction from a user.

This printing device is provided with: a remote printing unit for performing printing in accordance with a print job transmitted from a print server via a wide area network; a local printing unit for performing printing according to a print job transmitted from an information processing apparatus connected to the same network as the printing apparatus; and a transmission unit for transmitting, to a print server, support information indicating that the printing apparatus supports a standard print function included as a standard in an operating system of the information processing apparatus, the transmitting section transmits support information to the print server in response to at least one of the following events: completing registration of the printing apparatus with the print server; the printing apparatus has been activated in a state in which the printing apparatus has been registered with a print server; the function of printing according to the print job sent from the print server has changed from a disabled state to an enabled state; the server is set to send support information to the print server; the configuration information of the printing apparatus has changed; and the state of the printing apparatus has changed.

The invention provides a storage medium, a printing control method, a printing system, and a computer program product. The invention relates to a computer program for extending the functionality of a generative AI service. Upon receiving a print request through a generative AI service, a computer program causes a computer of an information processing apparatus to run to acquire authentication information related to a user. The computer program causes the computer to run so as to acquire device information related to an available image forming device from the print server using the acquired authentication information related to the user, and designate an image forming device that performs printing according to the device information.

A printing apparatus configures a setting for using a hold printing function of obtaining a print job held in a pending state in a printing server and executing printing processing, in a case where the hold printing function is set to be used, provides the printing server with a notification indicating that the printing apparatus is capable of making a cancellation request that requests the printing server to cancel the pending state of the print job, obtains the print job from the printing server after the pending state of the print job is cancelled based on a request from an apparatus different from the printing apparatus, and executes printing in accordance with the obtained print job.

A device that connects to a cloud print server system comprises a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the cloud print server system, a registration request including a device type indicating at least one of cloud printing functions and cloud scanning functions, a reception unit configured to receive, from the cloud print server system, a service identifier for acquiring an access token corresponding to a device type included in the registration request and end point information indicating an end point, an acquisition unit configured to transmit the service identifier to the cloud print server system, and acquire, from the cloud print server system, an access token for use in a service corresponding to the device type; and a communication unit configured to communicate with the end point by using the access token when executing the service.

A device that connects to a cloud print server system includes a transmitting device for transmitting, to the cloud print server system, a registration request including a device type indicating at least one of cloud printing functions and cloud scanning functions, a receiving device for receiving, from the cloud print server system, a service identifier for acquiring an access token corresponding to a device type included in the registration request and endpoint information indicating an endpoint, an acquiring device for transmitting the service identifier to the cloud print server system and for acquiring an access token for use in a service corresponding to the device type from the cloud print server system, and a communicating device for communicating with the endpoint using the access token when the service is executed.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a virtual printer program, the virtual printer program causing a computer to execute first communication processing, second communication processing, and printing processing. The first communication processing is processing of pretending a printer for a general-purpose printer driver and communicating with the general-purpose printer driver. In the second communication processing, communication is performed with a print server. In the printing processing, a print job acquired from the general-purpose printer driver in the first communication processing is transmitted to the print server: in the second communication processing to cause a printer connected to the print server via a network to perform printing.

This provides technology for utilizing extended print settings in cloud printing services. [Solution] The information processing device of the present invention, in setting print settings for print data to be fed into a comprehensive logical printer, includes a warning display means that displays a warning on the print settings screen where the print settings are made, indicating that the extended print settings are valid only for a specific physical printer, and the print settings set by the application are sent to the print server that provides the cloud print service.

The image forming apparatus capable of communicating with a cloud print server system including a cloud print service, the image forming apparatus comprising: one or more memory devices that store a set of instructions; and one or more processors that execute the set of instructions to: display a two-dimensional code including identification information by which the image forming apparatus can be identified, and receive information relating to the two-dimensional code set in the cloud print service, wherein control of whether or not to display the two-dimensional code is performed based on the information relating to the two-dimensional code, and the two-dimensional code is used by the cloud print server system to identify the image forming apparatus and transmit a saved print job.

The information processing device described herein aims to enable updating the configuration information stored in the client terminal when the configuration information of a printer registered with the cloud print server changes. [Solution] The information processing device described herein is characterized by comprising: an acquisition means for acquiring configuration information of a printing device from a cloud print server system; a storage means for storing the acquired configuration information; a control means for displaying a print setting screen on a display means based on the configuration information stored in the storage means; a transmission means for transmitting a request to acquire configuration information while the configuration information is stored in the storage means; and an update means for updating the configuration information stored in the storage means using the configuration information acquired based on the transmitted acquisition request.

The invention provides an image forming apparatus, a control method thereof, a storage medium, and a computer program product. An image forming apparatus capable of communicating with a cloud print server system including a cloud print service, the image forming apparatus including: one or more storage devices that store an instruction set; and one or more processors that execute the instruction set to: display a two-dimensional code including identification information capable of recognizing the image forming apparatus; and receiving information related to the two-dimensional code set in the cloud print service, in which control of whether to display the two-dimensional code is performed based on the information related to the two-dimensional code, and the cloud print server system recognizes the image forming apparatus using the two-dimensional code and transmits the stored print job.

The invention provides a device, a cloud printing server system, a cloud printing system and a control method thereof. A cloud printing apparatus is connected to a cloud print server system, the cloud printing apparatus including: a transmission unit configured to transmit a registration request including an apparatus type indicating at least one of a cloud print function and a cloud scan function to the cloud print server system; a receiving unit configured to receive, from the cloud print server system, a service identifier for acquiring an access token corresponding to a device type included in the registration request and endpoint information indicating an endpoint; an acquisition unit configured to transmit the service identifier to the cloud print server system, and acquire an access token used in a service corresponding to the device type from the cloud print server system; and a communication unit configured to communicate with the endpoint by using the access token when the service is executed.

The embodiment of the present application relates to the technical field of laser printing, and discloses a laser printing control method, comprising: receiving to-be-printed information transmitted by a user terminal; sending a movement signal to a mechanical arm to move a laser module at the movement end of the mechanical arm to a printing position; transmitting the to-be-printed information to a printing system to perform format conversion to obtain laser printing information; transmitting the laser printing information to a corresponding laser printing module through a laser printing server to perform a printing operation on a to-be-printed workpiece at the printing position; acquiring workpiece image information of the to-be-printed workpiece through a camera module, and performing image recognition on the workpiece image information to obtain recognition result information, and if the recognition result information does not meet the set requirements, a warning is given. The laser printing control method in the embodiment of the present application has technical effects such as automation, flexibility, quality control and intelligent management, improves printing efficiency and quality, reduces production cost, and creates greater value for enterprises.

The present invention is directed to a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that extends functions of a generative AI service, the computer program causing a computer of an information processing apparatus to function so as to specify a print range upon receiving a print request via the generative AI service, generate a print job based on the print request and the print range, register the generated print job with a print server, obtain information related to a connection destination for executing the print job from the print server, and present the print job and the information related to the connection destination to a user via the generative AI service.

This invention provides a print system, a printing method, a program, and a print server system for converting data into a printable format for an image forming apparatus that performs printing. [Solution] A print system 100 comprising a print server and one or more image forming apparatuses, wherein the print server includes acquisition means for acquiring data to be printed from an information processing terminal, identification means for identifying one or more formats that can be printed by the image forming apparatus that performs printing among the one or more image forming apparatuses, conversion means for determining whether conversion of the format of the data to be printed is necessary based on the format of the data to be printed and one or more formats, and if conversion is necessary, converting the data to at least one of the one or more formats, and transmission means for transmitting the data that has been converted if conversion is necessary to the image forming apparatus that performs printing, when conversion is not necessary for the data.

To detect an abnormality in an AC power supply to which a device is connected.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a print server that communicates with multiple devices via a wired LAN or wireless LAN. The print server includes: a communication unit configured to receive, from the multiple devices, characteristic values related to an AC power supply to which the multiple devices are connected; an analysis unit configured to treat the multiple devices connected to the same wired LAN or wireless LAN as the print server as one group and analyze the characteristic values for each group; and an abnormality determination unit configured to determine whether there is an abnormality in the AC power supply based on analysis results by the analysis unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 12

The invention provides an encrypted printing data analysis method, system and device based on an IPP protocol and a medium, and belongs to the technical field of printing data processing.The method comprises the following steps that an access control list, printer firmware and a firmware vulnerability list are configured in a printing server; a user extracts a key field from the IPP protocol data to carry out Hash operation, then calculates a signature as an extension field, adds the extension field into the IPP protocol data, and then sends the extension field to a print server; when the print server verifies that the user is in the access control list, key fields and signature data are analyzed from the IPP protocol data, and hash values of the key fields are calculated for signature verification; and the printing server regularly performs firmware integrity detection on the printers and sends the IPP protocol data passing the signature verification to the printers passing the firmware integrity detection. The security and reliability of the printing system are improved, and security threats caused by unauthorized access, data tampering and firmware vulnerabilities can be prevented.

Systems and methods are provided for seeding print defects and inspecting print jobs. One embodiment is a system that includes a print server. The print server includes an interface that receives a test print job, a memory that stores the test print job, and a print controller that determines a number of copies of the test print job to print, subdivides each sheetside image of the test print job into a number of distinct zones corresponding to the number of copies, assigns each of the zones to a different copy of the test print job, and for each copy of the test print job, and seeds a print defect into each sheetside image of the copy within a zone assigned to the copy.

A chatbot server (4) or a print server (5): receives a registration code that is unique to an image-forming device (1) and a password that pertains to the registration code, the registration code and the password having been transmitted from any one electronic terminal (2) via a message server (3); and, when it is assessed that the password is a predetermined valid password, sets the image-forming device (1) associated with the registration code as the image-forming device (1) that is to execute a printing operation on print data transmitted by the electronic terminal (2) that is a member of a group.

To provide a printing system that suppresses a decrease in the number of pages printed per hour of a printing system when two or more types of abnormalities are detected on one page, compared to a case where an operation corresponding to the abnormality detected first is given priority.SOLUTION: A print server waits until an inspection unit completes a plurality of types of inspections on one page of printed matter printed by a printing unit of a printing device (100), and cancels execution of a print job including the page if two or more types of abnormalities are detected on one page (104 is affirmative) and operations preset for each of the two or more types of abnormalities detected include a "cancel end" to cancel the execution of the print job (112).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

An information processing apparatus described in this specification includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire configuration information of a printing apparatus from a cloud print server system, a storage unit configured to store the acquired configuration information, a control unit configured to display a print setting screen on a display unit based on configuration information stored in the storage unit, a transmission unit configured to transmit an acquisition request of configuration information in a state in which configuration information is stored in the storage unit, and an update unit configured to update the configuration information stored in the storage unit, using configuration information acquired based on the transmitted acquisition request.

The present disclosure provides a printing system, a terminal device, a computer-readable storage medium, and a printing server that enable a user to implement settings related to authentication printing on a terminal device without expending labor and time. The printing system includes a terminal device, a printing server that receives printing data from the terminal device, and a printing device that implements printing based on the printing data received by the printing server. The terminal device stores terminal authentication printing setting information that indicates settings of the terminal device related to authentication printing. The printing server stores change authentication printing setting information that is used to change the terminal authentication printing setting information. The terminal device transmits request information that requests the change authentication printing setting information to the printing server. The printing server transmits the change authentication printing setting information to the terminal device when the request information is received. The terminal device changes the terminal authentication printing setting information based on the change authentication printing setting information received from the printing server.