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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
May. 26, 2011
Atsushi Ito, Itami, JP;
Atsushi Ito, Itami, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A printer () for printing based on a print job signal sent from a data processing device () registers print job signal sending sources and a message corresponding to each sending source in memory (). A controller () detects whether the sending source of a received print job signal is registered in memory. If the sending source is registered, a messaging unit () outputs a corresponding message. Sending sources that are permitted to print can also be registered in memory (). In this case, the controller () detects whether the sending source of a received print job signal is registered in memory, and instructs the printer () to print only when the sending source is registered as permitted to print.