Image forming apparatus, method, and storage medium for allowing or inhibiting reprint of data based on user authentication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9239694-B2
Application number	US-201213654001-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2012
Priority date	Nov 8, 2011
Publication date	Jan 19, 2016
Grant date	Jan 19, 2016

Abstract

This image forming apparatus determines, when a user authentication function of the image forming apparatus is set to be valid and a re-execution function of re-executing an executed job is set to be valid, that the re-execution function can be executed, and determines, when the user authentication function is set to be invalid, that the re-execution function cannot be executed. The apparatus stores job information of an executed job when determining that the re-execution function can be executed. The apparatus permits an authenticated user to handle stored job information when determining that the re-execution function can be executed, the user authentication succeeds, and the authenticated user has execution authority for the job.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an authentication unit configured to authenticate users;
a printing unit configured to print data; and
a control unit configured to (a) in a case where the authentication unit has authenticated a user and the printing unit has printed the data in accordance with an instruction of the authenticated user, store log information including at least the data and a user ID of the authenticated user such that reprint of the…

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Takeo Akinori

Classifications

• G06F3/1222

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/1267

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/1238

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/1285 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/12

  Physics · mapped topic