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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Akihiro Yamada, Aichi, JP;
Inventor:
Akihiro Yamada, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/126 (2013.01); G06F 3/1229 (2013.01); G06F 3/1288 (2013.01); G06F 3/1232 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus including: a connecting unit connected to a management server through a network; a printing unit configured to print of print data received through the network; a receiving unit configured to receive input of a name indicating the printing apparatus; a determining unit configured to determine whether another printing apparatus having a same name as the name received by the receiving unit exists; and a prohibiting unit configured to prohibit the printing unit from performing printing if the other printing apparatus having the same name exists.