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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2006
Nobuya Fukano, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Yano, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Chikada, Tokyo, JP;
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There are provided a printing device, a printing system, a program, and a printing method capable of improving security and user-friendliness. The printing system () includes a PC (-) and printer devices (-to-N) connected via a LAN (). The PC (-) has a printing data forming unit () for forming print data according to a user instruction, a print data transmission unit () for transmitting the formed print data to the printer devices (-to-N), a communication unit (), and the like. The printer devices (-to-N) have an external storage device () for storing received print data, an input unit () for inputting a user print instruction and a user identifier, a card reader (), a print data management unit () for reading out print data corresponding to the user identifier from the external storage device (), a printer engine () for performing printing according to the print data which has been read out, and the like.