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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2010
Takao Shudo, Kobe, JP;
Takao Shudo, Kobe, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to prevent leakage of confidential information, MFP includes a communication I/F to receive print data, an image forming portion to perform image formation on print data, and a CPU to prohibit the image forming portion from performing image formation on the print data before the print data is subjected to image formation by the image forming portion, when a prescribed time has passed since the print data was received or when an input of an instruction to protect the print data is accepted, and to store the print data in a storage device, and to allow the image forming portion to perform image formation on the print data in response to accepting a log-in instruction.