Information processing apparatus, image forming system, and computer-readable medium therefor

An image forming system comprising:

• an information processing apparatus;
• and
• an image forming apparatus,
• the information processing apparatus comprising:
• an operation unit;
• a storage;
• a communication unit configured to communicate with an image forming apparatus;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• accept, via the operation unit, image data identification information, an image forming instruction, and first user information, the image data identification information identifying image data to be image-formed, the image forming instruction being an instruction to cause the image forming apparatus to perform an image forming operation based on the image data;
• store, into the storage, the image data identification information, the image forming instruction, and the first user information;
• in response to acceptance of the image data identification information, the image forming instruction, and the first user information, transmit a reply request to the image forming apparatus via the communication unit, the reply request requesting the image forming apparatus to return second user information to the information processing apparatus, the second user information being returned to the information processing apparatus after a user identified by the second user information successfully logs in to the image forming apparatus;
• after transmission of the reply request, in response to receipt of the second user information returned by the image forming apparatus, determine whether the first user information stored in the storage is in a particular relationship with the second user information returned by the image forming apparatus;
• after receipt of the second user information returned by the image forming apparatus, when determining that the first user information is in the particular relationship with the second user information, transmit the image data identified by the image data identification information to the image forming apparatus via the communication unit;
• and
• when determining that the first user information is not in the particular relationship with the second user information, not transmit the image data identified by the image data identification information to the image forming apparatus via the communication unit,
• the image forming apparatus comprising:
• an image forming unit;
• an image-forming-apparatus-side communication unit;
• an image-forming-apparatus-side operation unit;
• and
• an image-forming-apparatus-side controller configured to:
• in response to receiving the reply request via the image-forming-apparatus-side communication unit, return the second user information accepted via the image-forming-apparatus-side operation unit, to the information processing apparatus via the image-forming-apparatus-side communication unit;
• when receiving the image data that corresponds to the second user information returned in response to the reply request, via the image-forming-apparatus-side communication unit, control the image forming unit to perform the image forming operation based on the received image data;
• and
• when receiving the image data that does not correspond to the second user information returned in response to the reply request, via the image-forming-apparatus-side communication unit, control the image forming unit not to perform the image forming operation based on the received image data.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that are executable by one or more processors coupled with an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising an operation unit, a storage, and a communication unit configured to communicate with an image forming apparatus, the instructions being configured to, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• accept, via the operation unit, image data identification information, an image forming instruction, and first user information, the image data identification information identifying image data to be image-formed, the image forming instruction being an instruction to cause the image forming apparatus to perform an image forming operation based on the image data;
• store, into the storage, the image data identification information, the image forming instruction, and the first user information;
• in response to acceptance of the image data identification information, the image forming instruction, and the first user information, transmit a reply request to the image forming apparatus via the communication unit, the reply request requesting the image forming apparatus to return second user information to the information processing apparatus, the second user information being returned to the information processing apparatus after a user identified by the second user information successfully logs in to the image forming apparatus;
• after transmission of the reply request, in response to receipt of the second user information returned by the image forming apparatus, determine whether the first user information stored in the storage is in a particular relationship with the second user information returned by the image forming apparatus;
• after receipt of the second user information returned by the image forming apparatus, when determining that the first user information is in the particular relationship with the second user information, transmit the image data identified by the image data identification information to the image forming apparatus via the communication unit;
• and
• when determining that the first user information is not in the particular relationship with the second user information, not transmit the image data identified by the image data identification information to the image forming apparatus via the communication unit.