Image forming apparatus and computer readable medium storing program for authenticating print job information of a print job

• US 8,649,036 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2010
• Issued: 02/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Habaguchi, Katsuhito, Yajima, Masahiko, Tanaka, Hirokazu, Kikumoto, Takashi, Liu, Bo, Iwasawa, Masayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Tieu, Benny Q
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ngo, Quyen V
• Application Number:
  US12/849,090
• Publication Number:
  US 20110216351A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,288 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.14, 358/1.15
• US Class Current: 358/1.14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/00 Digital computers in general details G06F1/00 – G06F13/00; Data processing equipment in general
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/608 Secure printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1222 Increasing security of the print job
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1238 Secure printing, e.g. user identification, user rights for device usage, unallowed content, blanking portions or fields of a page, releasing held jobs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4433 to an apparatus, part of an apparatus or an apparatus function

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes: a print command receiving unit that receives print command information indicating a print command; an authentication determination unit that determines whether or not the print command information received by the print command receiving unit includes authentication requirement information indicating that authentication is required upon print processing based on the print command; a determination unit that, when the authentication determination unit has determined that the print command information includes the authentication requirement information, determines whether or not an originator of the print command information and a user who performs the print processing based on the print command information are different; and a notification unit that, when the determination unit has determined that the originator of the print command information and the user who performs the print processing are different, notifies the user who performs the print processing of presence of the print command information.

Claims

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a print job receiving unit that receives print job information indicating a print job;

an authentication determination unit that determines whether or not the print job information received by the print job receiving unit includes authentication requirement information indicating that authentication is required for print processing based on the print job;

a determination unit that, when the authentication determination unit has determined that the print job information includes the authentication requirement information, determines whether or not an originator identification information, indicating an originator of the print job information, included in the print job information, and a print processing user identification information, indicating a user who performs the print processing based on the print job information, included, in the print job information, are different;

a notification unit that, when the determination unit has determined that the originator identification information and the print processing user identification information are different, notifies a notification destination corresponding to the print processing user identification information of presence of the print job, and does not notify when the determination unit has determined that the originator identification information and the print processing user identification information are the same; and

a printing unit that, when the print processing user identification information included in the print job information corresponds with an identification information obtained by an authentication device, performs the print processing based on the print job information.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a predetermined period has elapsed since notification of the presence of the print job information to the user, the notification unit again notifies a terminal of the user of the presence of the print job information.

3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit that holds notification-related information regarding notification by the notification unit,

wherein the notification unit notifies the user of the presence of the print job information based on the notification-related information stored in the storage unit.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit notifies a terminal of the user of the presence of the print job information.

5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit transmits an electronic mail for notification of the presence of the print job information to the user.

6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage part that stores a notification-related information table in which the print processing user identification information and the notification destination are linked to each other, and

an obtaining part that obtains the notification destination from the print processing user identification information and the notification-related information table;

wherein the notification unit notifies the notification destination obtained by the obtaining part.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for image forming, the process comprising:

receiving print job information indicating a print job;

determining whether or not the received print job information includes authentication requirement information indicating that authentication is required for print processing based on the print job;

when it is determined that the print job information includes the authentication requirement information, determining whether or not an originator identification information, indicating an originator of the print job information, included in the print job information, and a print processing user identification information, indicating a user who performs the print processing based on the print job information, included in the print job information, are different;

when it is determined that the originator identification information and the print processing user identification information are different, notifying a notification destination corresponding to the print processing user identification information of presence of the print job, and does not notify when it is determined that the originator identification information and the print processing user identification information are the same; and

when it is determined that the print processing user identification information included in the print job information corresponds with an identification information obtained by an authentication device, performing the print processing based on the print job information.