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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2005
Yoshio Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yushi Matsukubo, Yokohama, JP;
Fumio Mikami, Chigasaki, JP;
Yoshinobu Umeda, Ohta-ku, JP;
Tadashi Kawaguchi, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Hiroshi Uchikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiko Hirano, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoshi Imai, Machida, JP;
Hiroyasu Morita, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshio Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yushi Matsukubo, Yokohama, JP;
Fumio Mikami, Chigasaki, JP;
Yoshinobu Umeda, Ohta-ku, JP;
Tadashi Kawaguchi, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Hiroshi Uchikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiko Hirano, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoshi Imai, Machida, JP;
Hiroyasu Morita, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus connected to a printing apparatus via a network encrypts print data if identification information is input, and does not encrypt print data if identification information is not input. If identification information is input and the print data has been encrypted, the information processing apparatus sends a print job including the encrypted print data to the printing apparatus via the network; otherwise, the information processing apparatus sends unencrypted print data to the printing apparatus via the network.