Image forming apparatus and image forming method for selectively outputting images with additional information
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYuhsuke Nagai
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a controller, a storage, and a display, and upon output of an image for printing based on print data, the controller stores the print data in the storage and selectively outputs an image for printing, and if the print data includes identification information for identifying the image for printing, the controller outputs the identification information together with the image for printing. In the image forming apparatus, when an image for printing based on print data selected by a user is displayed on the display, the controller restricts an output process so that the image for printing is displayed only if the identification information is not included in the print data.
Claims5
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a controller, a storage, and a display,
- upon output of an image for printing based on print data, the controller storing the print data in the storage and selectively outputting an image for printing, and if the print data includes identification information for identifying the image for printing, the controller outputting the identification information together with the image for printing, wherein:
- when an image for printing based on print data selected by a user is displayed on the display, the controller restricts an output process so that the image for printing based on the print data is displayed only if the identification information is not included in the print data selected by the user,
- wherein the image forming apparatus further comprising an operation processor for a user to operate the image forming apparatus, wherein:
- if a password is not set for the print data including the identification information, the controller restricts an output operation for the operation processor, and the controller requests the transmission source of the print data including the identification information to cancel the restriction on the output operation.
An image forming method, comprising, in outputting of an image for printing based on print data:
- storing the print data in a storage,
- outputting the image for printing based on the print data selected by a user;
- and
- if the print data includes identification information for identifying the image for printing, outputting the identification information together with the image for printing, wherein
- the image forming method further includes, when the image for printing based on the print data selected by the user is displayed on a display, restricting output so that the image for printing based on the print data is displayed only if the identification information is not included in the print data selected by the user, wherein
- if a password is not set for the print data including the identification information, the controller restricts an output operation for the operation processor, the controller requests the transmission source of the print data including the identification information, to cancel the restriction on the output operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.