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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2018
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Ozawa, Tama, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing system includes: an information processing terminal; a print server; a printing device; and an authentication server, wherein the information processing terminal uses a server printer driver for issuing a printing instruction, the printing device transmits authentication information to the print server, the print server requests the authentication server to perform user authentication, and the printing device performs printing, the information processing terminal including: a hardware processor that creates a second print job; and a second print job transmitter that transmits the second print job to the printing device, the printing device including: a second print job receiver that receives the second print job from the information processing terminal; the hardware processor that: recognizes that the printing system is in a non-server transit state; and instructs directly the authentication server to perform the user authentication; and a printer that performs printing based on the second print job.