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US 2006/0188283 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus and method of controlling apparatus having control sections for permitting use of different functions
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshiharu Hirano
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Abstract
If a code input by an operation of a user is a permission code, use of a scanner function is permitted. When the enable key is set, an enable code stored in an enable key is read. In a case where the read enable code coincides with a preregistered enable code, use of a printer function is permitted. If use of the scanner function and use of the printer function are both permitted, use of a facsimile function is permitted.
Claims1
A composite image forming apparatus that has at least a first function, a second function and a third function, comprising:
- a first control section to permit use of the first function if a code input by an operation of a user coincides with a preregistered permission code;
- an enable key to store a code;
- a setting section to set the enable key;
- a reading section to read the code stored in the enable key when the enable key is set in the setting section;
- a second control section to permit use of the second function if the code read by the reading section coincides with a preregistered code;
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- a third control section to permit use of the third function if use of the first function and use of the second function are both permitted.
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