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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2006
Toru Yasui, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Araki, Osaka, JP;
Keiko Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system according to one embodiment of the present invention has a user authentication mode for granting only authorized users a setting change for an image forming apparatus. This image forming apparatusincludes a user authentication sectionto perform authentication on receiving user information from a host computer. The image forming apparatusalso issues an authentication key for an authorized user and sends the key to the host computer. The host computersends a changed setting and the authentication key to the image forming apparatus, whereby making the setting change swiftly. This structure makes it possible to address a problem with related art systems that send user information every time a setting is changed and send a changed setting only when a user is deemed to have authority where authentication is redundant and time consuming.
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