Image forming apparatus, multifunction peripheral and terminal, exclusive usage mode control method, and computer readable storage medium

An exclusive usage mode control method comprising:

• displaying, on a display portion, at least one home screen and an exclusive usage mode permit/prohibit switch, the at least one home screen including a plurality of function buttons for executing functions designated by a user, and the exclusive usage mode permit/prohibit switch being provided for setting permission/prohibition of an exclusive usage mode in which the image forming apparatus executes a printing function only in response to a job execution request, related to the printing function, sent from a registered terminal among at least one terminal registered with image forming apparatus, and in which execution of a function related to a scanning function is not prohibited, wherein the plurality of function buttons include at least one function button for executing a function including the printing function and at least one function button for executing a function including the scanning function;
• receiving an enabling request for enabling the exclusive usage mode;
• and
• enabling the exclusive usage mode,
• wherein, in enabling the exclusive usage mode, in a case where the enabling request is received from a registered terminal in a state where the exclusive usage mode is enabled by the exclusive usage mode permit/prohibit switch, the exclusive usage mode is enabled for the registered terminal which has sent the enabling request, and in a case where the enabling request is received from any of other terminals than the at least one registered terminal in the state where the exclusive usage mode is enabled by the exclusive usage mode permit/prohibit switch, the exclusive usage mode is not enabled for the any of other terminals which has sent the enabling request,
• wherein, in the state where the exclusive usage mode is enabled, in a case where the job execution request is received from the registered terminal which has sent the enabling request, a job related to the printing function is executed, while in a case where the job execution request is received from a terminal other than the registered terminal which has sent the enabling request, execution of a job related to the printing function is prohibited, and
• wherein, in the state where the exclusive usage mode is enabled, in a case where a button for causing an execution of a function related to the printing function is operated on the display portion, execution of the function related to the printing function is restricted and the display portion displays that the execution of the function related to the printing function is restricted in an identifiable manner, while in a case where a button for causing an execution of a function related to the scanning function is operated on the display portion, execution of the function related to the scanning function is allowed.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer having a display portion to function as an image forming apparatus comprising:

• a display control unit configured to display, on the display portion, at least one home screen and an exclusive usage mode permit/prohibit switch, the at least one home screen including a plurality of function buttons for executing functions designated by a user, and the exclusive usage mode permit/prohibit switch being provided for setting permission/prohibition of an exclusive usage mode in which the image forming apparatus executes a printing function only in response to a job execution request, related to the printing function, sent from a registered terminal among at least one terminal registered with image forming apparatus, and in which execution of a function related to a scanning function is not prohibited, wherein the plurality of function buttons include at least one function button for executing a function including the printing function and at least one function button for executing a function including the scanning function;
• a reception unit configured to receive an enabling request for enabling the exclusive usage mode;
• and
• an enabling unit configured to enable the exclusive usage mode,
• wherein the enabling unit, in a case where the enabling request is received from a registered terminal in a state where the exclusive usage mode is enabled by the exclusive usage mode permit/prohibit switch, enables the exclusive usage mode for the registered terminal which has sent the enabling request, and in a case where the enabling request is received from any of other terminals than the at least one registered terminal in the state where the exclusive usage mode is enabled by the exclusive usage mode permit/prohibit switch, does not enable the exclusive usage mode for the any of other terminals which has sent the enabling request,
• wherein, in a case where the job execution request is received from the registered terminal which has sent the enabling request, a job related to the printing function is executed, while in a case where the job execution request is received from a terminal other than the registered terminal which has sent the enabling request, execution of a job related to the printing function is prohibited, and
• wherein, in the state where the exclusive usage mode is enabled, in a case where a button for causing an execution of a function related to the printing function is operated on the display portion, execution of the function related to the printing function is restricted and the display portion displays that the execution of the function related to the printing function is restricted in an identifiable manner, while in a case where a button for causing an execution of a function related to the scanning function is operated on the display portion, execution of the function related to the scanning function is allowed.