Automated Task Configuration for Network Printers
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing network printer systems require manual user intervention to set up tasks for new function executing apparatuses, increasing the operational load on information processing apparatuses.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with a controller executes a series of automated processes to identify and manage tasks for function executing apparatuses, including setting task types, identifying communicable apparatuses, determining condition satisfaction, and performing or skipping tasks based on conditions, thereby reducing user operational load.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual setting is performed for new function executing apparatus, then task configuration can be customized, but user operational load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The information processing apparatus automatically detects newly connected function executing apparatus and performs task configuration without requiring user intervention. The system serves itself by autonomously identifying, registering, and setting up tasks for new devices based on their communication protocols and device types.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-configures task settings and registration processes before the user needs to use the new function executing apparatus. By automatically detecting and setting up tasks in advance, the system eliminates the need for manual configuration when the user wants to use the new device.
2Productivity
If automatic identification and task assignment is implemented, then user operational load is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The controller continuously monitors the network for newly connected function executing apparatus and receives feedback about device presence, communication protocols, and device types. This feedback mechanism enables automatic detection and triggers the appropriate task configuration processes without user intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adapts its behavior based on the detected device characteristics. When a new function executing apparatus is detected, the controller automatically adjusts by identifying the device type, selecting appropriate communication protocols, and configuring suitable tasks, making the onboarding process flexible and responsive.
Data Source
AI summary
A non-transitory storage medium stores instructions executable by an information processing apparatus. The plurality of instructions causes the information processing apparatus to perform: setting a type of a task for execution of a processing relating to a function executing apparatus; identifying the function executing apparatus communicable with the information processing apparatus; determining whether the identified function executing apparatus satisfies a particular condition; when the identified function executing apparatus satisfies the particular condition, causing the function executing apparatus satisfying the particular condition and/or the information processing apparatus to perform the task of the set type; and when the identified function executing apparatus does not satisfy the particular condition, not causing the function executing apparatus determined in the third processing not to satisfy the particular condition and the information processing apparatus to perform the task of the set type.