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US 2020/0225891 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus and method of operating the same
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorJong Seob KWAK
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus may determine whether encrypted data may be transmitted or received between the image forming apparatus and one or more external devices, and determine a defect in security set to the image forming apparatus based on the determination.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a communicator to perform communication with one or more external devices;
- a controller to:
- obtain security setting information of the one or more external devices,
- compare the obtained security setting information of the one or more external devices with security setting information set to the image forming apparatus to determine whether it is possible to transmit or receive encrypted data between the image forming apparatus and the one or more external devices, and
- determine a defect in security set to the image forming apparatus based on the determination;
- and
- a user interface device to output defect information of the security set to the image forming apparatus.
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A method of operating an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- obtaining security setting information of one or more external devices that is to perform communication with the image forming apparatus;
- determining whether it is possible to transmit or receive encrypted data between the image forming apparatus and the one or more external devices by comparing the obtained security setting information of the one or more external devices with security setting information set to the image forming apparatus;
- determining a defect in security set to the image forming apparatus based on the determination;
- and
- outputting defect information of the security set to the image forming apparatus.
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A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon instructions for operating an image forming apparatus, the non-transitory computer readable recording medium comprising:
- instructions for obtaining security setting information of one or more external devices that is to perform communication with the image forming apparatus;
- instructions for determining whether it is possible to transmit or receive encrypted data between the image forming apparatus and the one or more external devices by comparing the obtained security setting information of the one or more external devices with security setting information set to the image forming apparatus;
- instructions for determining a defect in security set to the image forming apparatus based on the determination;
- and
- instructions for outputting defect information of the security set to the image forming apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.