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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2016
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hirochika Shionoiri, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihisa Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoya Konita, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Akahira, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an image forming apparatus. A storage unit stores a second table tabulating a usage amount when a user uses an apparatus for each identifier for tabulation separately from a first table in which user information is registered for each identifier for authentication of the user. A reception unit receives a user identifier. A registration unit registers the user identifier in the second table as an identifier for tabulation, when the received user identifier establishes an authentication by a verification in the identifier for authentication registered in the first table, and is not registered in the second table.