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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Iwashima, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus that is able to prevent a security environment from being changed due to maintenance work without an administrator user noticing. The image forming apparatus is an image forming apparatus that performs image formation, and includes a setting receiving unit that receives settings such as settings related to maintenance of the image formation, settings related to security, and an administrator user setting. The setting receiving unit receives all of the settings by a maintenance worker when the administrator user setting is unset, and prohibits receiving settings related to security by the maintenance worker when the administrator user setting is set.