Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Atsushi Daigo

Atsushi Mizuno

Kazuhiro Ueno

An image forming apparatus communicates with an authenticating server which stores user information for identifying a user and authentication information included in a storing medium. An authentication requesting unit transmits the user information input to the image forming apparatus to the authenticating server to authenticate the user. An authentication result obtaining unit obtains the user authentication result from the authenticating server. A display unit displays a registering mode for registering the authentication information corresponding to the input user information and a deleting mode for deleting the authentication information corresponding to the input user information so that the modes can be selected according to the obtained authentication result. When the deleting mode has been selected, the authentication information deletion instructing unit instructs the authenticating server to delete one or a plurality of authentication information corresponding to the user information in response to a deleting instruction by the user.

Image forming apparatus, authentication information managing system, authentication information managing method, and authentication information managing program

A printing apparatus for communication with a print managing apparatus is provided. The printing apparatus receives user input information, and based on the user input information, obtains list information on print data including print data identification information and list information on the user information from the print managing server. The printing apparatus selects print data to be output to another user from the print data indicated by the list information on the print data and further selects, from the list information on the user information, user information on the user which permits the selected print data to be output. The printing apparatus transmits, to the print managing server, the selected print data identification information and the selected user information to register the user identification information.

Print controlling system having usage restrictions for print data stored in a print managing server, print controlling method, and program

An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a plurality of image forming apparatuses, application information indicating a type of each application program installed on the plurality of image forming apparatuses, an application selection receiving unit configured to receive selection of an application program corresponding to the acquired application information, a setting information selection receiving unit configured to receive selection of setting information used in the application program whose selection has been received, an apparatus selection receiving unit configured to receive selection of an image forming apparatus as a destination to which to transmit the setting information from among image forming apparatuses installed with the application program whose selection has been received, and a transmission control unit configured to control processing for transmitting, to the image forming apparatus whose selection has been received, the setting information whose selection has been received.

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Asaka, Japan

Atsushi Daigo