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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2009
Ken Achiwa, Kawasaki, JP;
Ken Achiwa, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method is provided for controlling an image forming apparatus provided in a room managed by a management apparatus capable of managing an entry or exit state of a participant who attends a conference and configured to process a print job received from a client computer. The method includes determining whether the room is used by a participant of a conference relating to the print job transmitted from the client computer, outputting the print job in a case where it is determined that the room is used by the participant of the conference relating to the print job, and restricting an output of the print job in a case where it is determined that the room is not used by the participant of the conference relating to the print job.