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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2007
Masaaki Saka, Toyohashi, JP;
Kazuhiro Ishiguro, Toyohashi, JP;
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Toyokawa, JP;
Hideyuki Toriyama, Toyokawa, JP;
Masaaki Saka, Toyohashi, JP;
Kazuhiro Ishiguro, Toyohashi, JP;
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Toyokawa, JP;
Hideyuki Toriyama, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus, comprises: a document reader that reads images printed in a plurality of areas in a document; a printer that prints on a sheet image data read out from the document by said document reader; a security code detector that detects a security code given to each of the plurality of areas in said document; a password detector that detects a password given at least to one of the plurality of areas in said document; an entry requestor that requests a password to be entered; a password judgment part that judges whether or not said entered password is an appropriate one that corresponds to the password detected by the password detector; and a controller that decides an operation performed by said printer, to print image data from the area having the given password, depending on the judgment result drew by said password judgment part.