Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Yuuichi Yoshida

Hiroaki Kobayashi

Tomoyuki Takahira

Takahiro Hirakawa

Saori Iura

Nobuyuki Iwata

Isamu Mitsuke

An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive, from an information processing apparatus, request information including unique identification information acquired by the information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus including an acquiring unit configured to acquire the unique identification information from a device including the unique identification information that is unique to the device; a storage unit configured to store identification information that is allowed to execute image processing; and an image processing unit configured to execute predetermined image processing based on an image processing request, when the received request information is the image processing request for requesting the predetermined image processing, and the received request information includes the identification information that is allowed to execute image processing.

Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and image processing method for suppressing fradulent usage of an image processing appartus by a third party

An information processing apparatus includes circuitry that reads, from a first memory, a model common function file defining one or more common functions that are common to a majority of a plurality of models of an image forming apparatus and one or more setting items corresponding to the common function, and one or more model specific function file defining a function specific to one of the plurality of models of the image forming apparatus and setting items corresponding to the model specific function; and combines the model common function file with the model specific function file to generate a combined function file.

Information processing apparatus having combined model common function file and model specific function file, information processing system, information processing method, and recording medium

An image forming apparatus includes a printer engine, a storage unit, a print data interpreting unit, and a print control unit. The print data interpreting unit interprets print data and identifies both a first job type and a second job type. The first job type specifies any one of a special print job using special toner and a normal job using normal toner, and the second job type specifies a print function to be used. The print control unit makes a decision to permit or prohibit accumulation of print data in view of security based on the first job type and the second job type, accumulates the print data in the storage unit when the decision to permit the accumulation of the print data is made, and prohibits the accumulation of the print data when the decision to prohibits the accumulation of the print data is made.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yuuichi Yoshida