# US 2014/0153032 A1 · Printing device, printing system, program and printing method

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- Number: US 2014/0153032 A1
- Document ID: US20140153032A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/094,139
- Filed: 2013-12-02
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2005-06-07
- Assignees: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Nobuya Fukano; Yoshihiro Yano; Takayuki Chikada
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153032A1

## CPC

- G06K 15/1806: {Receiving job control commands}
- G06F 3/1204: {resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data}
- G06F 3/1222: {Increasing security of the print job}
- G06F 3/1238: {Secure printing, e.g. user identification, user rights for device usage, unallowed content, blanking portions or fields of a page, releasing held jobs}
- G06F 3/1286: {via local network}
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A printing device, a printing system, a program, and a printing method for improving security and user-friendliness are disclosed. The printing system (1) includes PC (10-1) and printer devices (20-1 to 20-N) connected via LAN (50). The PC (10-1) has a printing data forming unit (111) for forming print data according to a user instruction, a print data transmission unit (113) for transmitting the formed print data to the printer devices (20-1 to 20-N), a communication unit (17). The printer devices (20-1 to 20-N) have an external storage device (23) for storing received print data, an input unit (26) for inputting a user print instruction and a user identifier, a card reader (24), a print data management unit (212) for reading out print data corresponding to the user identifier from the external storage device (23), a printer engine (28) for performing printing according to the print read out data.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-22. (canceled)

### Claim 23

A printing system comprising: a printer apparatus connected through a network to another printer apparatus storing print data; and a print data forming device connected to the other printer apparatus through a network, the printing system further comprising:
an object print data identification information inputting means for inputting object print data identification information for identifying print data to be an object of a print instruction;
a print data acquiring means for acquiring print data from the other printer apparatus in response to a print instruction inputted by the object print data identification information inputting means upon receipt of the print instruction, the print data acquiring means acquiring one or more print data associated with the object print data identification information inputted by the object print data identification information inputting means from the other printer apparatus; and
a printing means for carrying out printing based on the print data acquired by the print data acquiring means,
wherein the print data acquiring means includes:
an object print data identification information transmitting means for transmitting the object print data identification information inputted by the object print data identification information inputting means into the other printer apparatus; and
an object print data receiving means for receiving the print data associated with the object print data identification information transmitted by the object print data identification information transmitting means from the other printer apparatus, and
wherein the print data forming device includes:
a print data forming means for forming print data in accordance with a print instruction from a user;
a print instruction-capable user setting means for setting users who can issue a print instruction for the print data formed by the print data forming means to a user who has been instructed to form the print data and to users other than the user; and
a print data providing means for providing the other printer apparatus with the print data formed by the print data forming device in association with instruction-capable user identification information for identifying the users set by the print instruction-capable user setting means.

### Claim 24 (depends on 23)

The printing system according to claim 23, wherein the other printer apparatus includes:
a print data storing means for storing print data;
an object print data identification information receiving means for receiving the object print data identification information transmitted by the object print data identification information transmitting means;
a determining means for determining whether or not the print data associated with the object print data identification information received by the object print data identification information receiving means are stored in the print data storing means; and
an object print data transmitting means for transmitting the print data associated with the object print data identification information to the printer apparatus when the determining means determines that the print data are stored.

### Claim 25 (depends on 24)

The printing system according to claim 24, wherein
the print data storing means in the other printer apparatus stores the print data provided by the print data providing means in association with the instruction-capable user identification information,
the printer apparatus includes an instructing user identification information inputting means for inputting instructing user identification information for identifying the user or an attribute of the user who issues the print instruction,
the other printer apparatus includes a print data reading means for reading out print data from the print data storing means on the basis of the instructing user identification information inputted by the instructing user identification information inputting means and the instruction-capable user identification information stored in the print data storing means, and
the object print data transmitting means in the other printer apparatus transmits the print data read out by the print data reading means to the printer apparatus.

### Claim 26 (depends on 24)

The printing system according to claim 24, wherein the other printer apparatus further includes a print data erasing means for erasing print data that were printed and/or print data remaining for more than a predetermined time period.

### Claim 27 (depends on 23)

The printing system according to claim 23, wherein
the printer apparatus further includes:
an authentication information inputting means for inputting authentication information for authenticating the user who issues the print instruction; and
an authentication determining means for determining whether or not the user who issues the print instruction is authenticated on the basis of the authentication information inputted by the authentication information inputting means, and
the printing means in the printer apparatus carries out printing when the authentication determining means determines that the user is authenticated.

### Claim 28 (depends on 27)

The printing system according to claim 27, further comprising a portable information storage medium carried by the user, wherein
the authentication information inputting means in the printer apparatus inputs the authentication information for authenticating the user who issues the print instruction through the portable information storage medium.

### Claim 29 (depends on 23)

The printing system according to claim 23, further comprising a portable information storage medium carried by the user, wherein
the print data forming device further includes:
a formation-instructing user authentication information inputting means for inputting authentication information for authenticating the user who issues the instruction to form the print data through the portable information storage medium, and
a formation-instructing user authenticating means for authenticating the user who issues the instruction to form the print data based on the authentication information inputted by the formation-instructing user authentication information inputting means.

### Claim 30

A printing method for a printing system including a printer apparatus, another printer apparatus different from the printer apparatus, and a print data forming device that are connected through a network, comprising:
a print data forming step for forming print data by the print data forming device in accordance with an instruction from a user;
a print instruction-capable user setting step for setting users who can issue a print instruction for the print data to a user who has been instructed to form the print data and users other than the user with the print data forming device;
a print data providing step for providing the other printer apparatus with the print data formed in the print data forming step by the print data forming device in association with instruction-capable user identification information for identifying the user set in the print instruction-capable user setting step;
a print data storing step for storing the print data provided in the print data providing step by the other printer apparatus;
a print instruction inputting step for inputting the print instruction from the user by the printer apparatus; and
a printing step for acquiring the print data stored in the print data storing step from the other printer apparatus and carrying out printing with the printer apparatus when the printer apparatus has inputted the print instruction in the print instruction inputting step.