PRINT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH PRINT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A print management apparatus comprising:
- a condition acquisition unit that acquires designated agent information for designating a plurality of agents capable of performing proxy printing based on a print job, and designated person number information for designating a number of agents who perform authentication in order to perform printing based on said print job;
an authentication unit that inquires of said designated agent information about user identification information provided from a user intended to perform printing, and authenticates that said user is an agent designated by said designated agent information; and
a print control unit that allows an image forming apparatus to perform said printing based on said print job when agents corresponding to said number designated by said designated person number information are authenticated by said authentication unit via same said image forming apparatus.
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Abstract
The print management apparatus includes a condition acquisition unit that acquires designated agent information and designated person number information, an authentication unit that inquires of the designated agent information about user identification information provided from a user intended to perform printing, and authenticates that the user is a designated agent designated by an inputter himself/herself, and a print control unit that allows an image forming apparatus to perform the printing based on the print job when designated agents corresponding to the number designated by the designated are authenticated by the authentication unit via same the image forming apparatus.
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19 Claims
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1. A print management apparatus comprising:
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a condition acquisition unit that acquires designated agent information for designating a plurality of agents capable of performing proxy printing based on a print job, and designated person number information for designating a number of agents who perform authentication in order to perform printing based on said print job; an authentication unit that inquires of said designated agent information about user identification information provided from a user intended to perform printing, and authenticates that said user is an agent designated by said designated agent information; and a print control unit that allows an image forming apparatus to perform said printing based on said print job when agents corresponding to said number designated by said designated person number information are authenticated by said authentication unit via same said image forming apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19)
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13. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium stored with a print management program, said print management program causing a computer to execute a process comprising the steps of:
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(A) acquiring designated agent information for designating a plurality of agents capable of performing proxy printing based on a print job, and designated person number information for designating a number of agents who perform authentication in order to perform printing based on said print job; (B) inquiring of said designated agent information about user identification information provided from a user intended to perform printing, and authenticating that said user is an agent designated by said designated agent information; and (C) allowing an image forming apparatus to perform said printing based on said print job when agents corresponding to said number designated by said designated person number information are authenticated by said authentication unit via same said image forming apparatus.
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14. A print management system including a plurality of image forming apparatuses becoming a group and a print management apparatus for managing said plurality of image forming apparatuses, wherein
said print management apparatus comprises: -
a condition acquisition unit that acquires designated agent information for designating a plurality of agents capable of performing proxy printing based on a print job, and designated person number information for designating a number of agents who perform authentication in order to perform printing based on said print job, one of said plurality of image forming apparatuses comprises; an identification information transmission unit that transmits identification information of a user intended to perform printing to said print management apparatus when said identification information is provided from said user, said print management apparatus comprises; an authentication unit that inquires of said designated agent information about said identification information transmitted from said identification information transmission unit, and authenticates that said user is an agent designated by said designated agent information; and a print control unit that instructs an image forming apparatus to perform said printing based on said print job when agents corresponding to said number designated by said designated person number information are authenticated by said authentication unit via said image forming apparatus, and said image forming apparatus comprises; a print execution unit that performs printing designated by said print control unit. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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