Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Nozomi Sawada

Toshio Yamamoto

Kyoko Sekine

Yukikazu Mori

Koki Ishida

Hiroshi Tamura

Kenichi Takeda

Takeshi Fujita

Yasuyuki Igarashi

Koji Dan

Masaki Ohtani

Hirofumi Nishiwaki

Mihoko Inamoto

A computer communicably coupled to an image forming apparatus sends paper information specified for a print job, and a print setting information that is used when the paper information does not match any one of a plurality of paper information of the paper set in a plurality of trays of the image forming apparatus. A processor of the image forming apparatus determines the paper on which an image specified for the print job is formed based at least in part on the paper information specified for the print job, the plurality of paper information of the paper set in the plurality of trays and the print setting information.

Image processing apparatus, image forming system, and printing method that decide whether to store, print and not store, or print and store image data

An image forming apparatus is provided with a storage unit for storing setting information including at least a size of a substitute recording medium, and a processing unit for executing a print instruction by automatically changing a size of a recording medium to be used to the size of the substitute recording medium based on the setting information stored in the storage unit, when the size of the recording medium specified by the print instruction is not available.

An image forming apparatus is provided with a storage unit for storing setting information including at least a size of a substitute recording medium, and a processing unit for executing a print instruction by automatically changing a size of a recording medium to be used to the size of the substitute recording medium based on the setting information stored in the storage means, when the size of the recording medium specified by the print instruction is not available.

Image forming apparatus, method, and computer-readable storage medium for forming images on recording media such as paper having different sizes

Image forming apparatus, and method for forming images on recording media such as paper having different sizes

Methods and apparatuses for forming images on recording media of different sizes are provided. The image forming procedure may include reading setting information which includes the size of a substitute recording medium for each user from a memory and, when the size of the recording medium specified by the print instruction is not available, executing a print instruction by automatically changing the size of a recording medium to be used to the size of the substitute recording medium based on the setting information. Additional computer-readable storage media storing image forming procedures are also provided.

Image forming apparatus with a substitute recording medium for an unavailable recording medium and method thereof

An image forming apparatus includes an input part to input authentication information for authenticating a predetermined operation with respect to a registered printing job, an input part to input log-in authentication information for authenticating the predetermined operation from an operation part, an image forming part to form an image of the printing job, and a control part to request input of the authentication information for authenticating the predetermined operation with respect to a printing job that is being executed by the image forming part when the predetermined operation is made from the operation part in a logged in state, and authenticating the predetermined operation with respect to the printing job when authentication of the authentication information input by the input part is successful.

Image forming apparatus, information processing apparatus, information processing system, authentication method and computer-readable storage medium

In a printer driver that transmits a print data to a printer connected via a network to make a print request, a document password processing unit prompts a user to input a document password for decrypting a PDF document data encrypted by a predetermined application. A print data creating unit creates a print data including the PDF document data encrypted and the document password. The created print data is transmitted to the printer via the network by a host I/F controller and a host I/F.

Printer driver program and printer

In an image formation apparatus that prints out print data to a sheet, a print data storage unit stores the print data, a printing unit conducts print processing to the print data stored in the print data storage unit, a password acquisition unit acquires a password for the print data from an outside of the apparatus, and a printing control unit allows the printing unit to start the print processing of the print data under condition that the password acquisition unit acquires the password for the print data.

Image formation apparatus and method with password acquisition

Methods and apparatuses for forming images on recording media of different sizes are provided. The image forming procedure may include reading setting information which includes the size of a substitute recording medium from a storage and, when the size of the recording medium specified by the print instruction is not available, executing a print instruction by automatically changing the size of a recording medium to be used to the size of the substitute recording medium based on the setting information. The image forming procedure may further include invalidating the setting information with respect to second and subsequent pages of the recording medium of identical size during one print job. Additional computer-readable storage media storing image forming procedures are also provided.

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Nozomi Sawada