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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2023
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Tetsuya Okuno, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes: a communication interface configured to communicate with a printing device via a network; and a controller configured to manage the printing device on the basis of user information of a corresponding user. The printing device is configured to perform image formation on a printing medium. The controller is further configured to perform: (a) acquiring individual information identifying the printing device; (b) outputting an initialization command to the printing device identified by the individual information acquired in the (a) acquiring, and (c) prohibiting, in response to outputting the initialization command to the identified printing device in the (b) outputting, access to the user information of the first user from a second user different from the first user. The initialization command is a command instructing the identified printing device to perform information initialization for terminating use of the identified printing device by a first user.