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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2007
Image forming apparatus capable of allowing easy operation of data while maintaining confidentiality
Hiroya Uruta, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Iwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Naruhiko Ogasawara, Chiba, JP;
Takahiro Hirakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiko Kubo, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroya Uruta, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Iwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Naruhiko Ogasawara, Chiba, JP;
Takahiro Hirakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiko Kubo, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus which requests authentication for login processing based on user information when a user requests specific processing includes a communication interface for receiving data, a print mechanism for performing printing processing on data, a registration mechanism for registering a plurality of user information, a storage mechanism for storing an access control list and an administration mechanism. The administration mechanism administers login processing of a plurality of users based on hierarchy information of the registered users and registered contents of the access control list, and to administer permission of the operation processing requested by the user. When the user instructs specific processing of data which is a guest job having no authentication information, the processing of the data is carried out.