Information processing apparatus, information processing system and computer-readable storage medium
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorHironori HAKOZAKI
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus receives from a client apparatus a print request including authentication information of a user, and a judging part judges whether a printing related to the print request is enabled using the authentication information, and a sending part sends to the client apparatus information indicating that printing is prohibited when the judging part judges that the printing is not enabled. A recording part records print data and print attribute information received from the client apparatus in a related manner with respect to the print request if the judging part judges that the printing is enabled, and a sending part sends the print data to an image forming apparatus in response to a request therefrom.
Claims15
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a print request receiving part configured to receive from a client apparatus a print request including authentication information of a user;
- a judging part configured to judge whether a printing related to the print request is enabled using the authentication information;
- a prohibit sending part configured to send to the client apparatus information indicating that printing is prohibited when the judging part judges that the printing is not enabled;
- a print information recording part configured to record print data and print attribute information received from the client apparatus in a related manner in a storage part with respect to the print request, if the judging part judges that the printing is enabled;
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- a sending part configured to send the print data to an image forming apparatus coupled to the information processing apparatus via a network, in response to a request from the image forming apparatus.
An information processing system comprising:
- an information processing apparatus;
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- an image forming apparatus,
- said information processing apparatus comprising:
- a print request receiving part configured to receive from a client apparatus a print request including authentication information of a user;
- a judging part configured to judge whether a printing related to the print request is enabled using the authentication information;
- a prohibit sending part configured to send to the client apparatus information indicating that printing is prohibited when the judging part judges that the printing is not enabled;
- a print information recording part configured to record print data and print attribute information received from the client apparatus in a related manner in a storage part with respect to the print request, if the judging part judges that the printing is enabled;
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- a sending part configured to send the print data to an image forming apparatus coupled to the information processing apparatus via a network, in response to a request from the image forming apparatus,
- said image forming apparatus comprising:
- a print control part configured to print the print data received from the information processing apparatus.
A computer-readable storage medium on which a program which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a process comprising:
- a print request receiving procedure causing the computer to receive from a client apparatus a print request including authentication information of a user;
- a judging procedure causing the computer to judge whether a printing related to the print request is enabled using the authentication information;
- a prohibit sending procedure causing the computer to send to the client apparatus information indicating that printing is prohibited when the judging procedure judges that the printing is not enabled;
- a print information recording procedure causing the computer to record print data and print attribute information received from the client apparatus in a related manner in a storage part with respect to the print request, if the judging procedure judges that the printing is enabled;
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- a sending procedure causing the computer to send the print data to an image forming apparatus coupled to the information processing apparatus via a network, in response to a request from the image forming apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.