Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Yohei Ono

Koji Sasaki

Atsushi Sakagami

Daiya Miyasaka

Naoto Sakurai

Tomoko Nishizawa

Yasuhiko Tsugawa

Yoshinori Fujita

Kazuhiro Kawakami

Noriko Kota

A disclosed managing apparatus and image forming apparatus management system ensure confidentiality of information in an image forming apparatus while usability is maintained. An image forming apparatus acquires IC card identifying information with an IC card reader. A management server acquires a user ID associated with the acquired IC card identifying information and use limit information concerning use of the image forming apparatus. A process is performed in the image forming apparatus in accordance with the use limit information.

Image forming apparatus management system, image forming apparatus, managing apparatus, terminal apparatus, image forming apparatus managing method, and image forming program

A printing device includes a print data management unit that is capable of storing and managing print data so as to be associated with corresponding identification information used in user identification; an identification information storing unit that stores the identification information; a receiving unit that receives the print data; an identification information obtaining unit that obtains the identification information included in the print data; a registration determining unit that determines whether the obtained identification information is already registered in the identification information stored in the identification information storing unit; an identification information registering unit that registers in the identification information storing unit the obtained identification information when the registration determining unit determines that the obtained identification information is unregistered; and a print data storing unit that stores the received print data in the print data management unit so as to be associated with the obtained identification information.

Printing device, printing method, computer program product, and recording medium

A method for processing data with a terminal and a system connected to the terminal via a network, which includes the steps of executing a process according to a request transmitted from the terminal via the network, performing a first user authentication with respect to the terminal by using the terminal or an authentication apparatus connected to the terminal via the network, storing first authentication data used for the first user authentication in association with second authentication data used for a second user authentication in a storage unit, and performing the second user authentication with respect to the system. In a case where at least a portion of the first authentication data is authenticated by the first user authentication, the second user authentication is performed by using the first and second authentication data stored in the storage unit and the portion of the first authentication data.

Network system, data processing apparatus, and method for multi-factor authentication

An information processing apparatus includes an analysis part that analyzes a set of output data that has been input to obtain an attribute value of an output attribute; a determination part that determines whether to generate a preview image of the set of output data, based on the attribute value of the output attribute of the set of output data and history information that associates attribute values of the output attribute of sets of output data with information concerning preview displays of the sets of output data; and a preview image generation part that generates, based on the determination result of the determination part to generate the preview image of the set of output data, the preview image of the set of output data, and stores the generated preview image in a storage part.

Information processing apparatus, output system and non-transitory computer readable information recording medium

An image processing apparatus includes a storing unit configured to store comparison data; an analysis unit configured to analyze a print job sent by a requesting user from an information processing apparatus to obtain user information of the requesting user; a comparison unit configured to compare the obtained user information with the comparison data to determine whether registered user information corresponding to the obtained user information is present in the comparison data; and a registration unit configured to register the obtained user information as the comparison data of an authorized user if the registered user information corresponding to the obtained user information is not present in the comparison data. The comparison unit is configured to control execution of a printing process and/or an error process if the registered user information corresponding to the obtained user information is present in the comparison data.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yohei Ono