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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2008
Tetsuya Hosoi, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Hosoi, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is supplied enabling print request user to identify whether the requested print data needs an approval or not so as to judge how to treat the corresponding print matter. In the image forming apparatus, an approval request portion sends an approval request electronic mail for requesting an approval of print allowance about an input image to an approval person terminal; an approval allowance/disallowance judging portion judges whether the print allowance is approved or not on the basis of a reply electronic mail output from the approval person terminal; if the print allowance is approved, an image compounding portion compounds an approval image onto the input image.