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US 2022/0413781 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus, control method for image forming apparatus, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuhiro Takahashi, Yurino Kojima
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus that prevents erroneous use of paper by enabling registration of user identification of a user who can use a paper feed deck in information about each paper feed deck of the image processing apparatus and controlling paper feeding so that just the user associated with the user identification can use a paper feed deck to which the user identification was added.
Claims7
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a reception unit configured to receive information for specifying a paper feed unit from a user whose log-in to the image forming apparatus has been authenticated;
- and
- a prohibition unit configured to prohibit a user, who is different from the user whose log-in has been authenticated from performing a print operation using the specified paper feed unit.
A method for an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving information for specifying a paper feed unit from a user whose log-in to the image forming apparatus has been authenticated;
- and
- prohibiting a user who is different from the user whose log-in has been authenticated from performing a print operation using the specified paper feed unit.
A storage medium storing a program for executing a method for an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving information for specifying a paper feed unit from a user whose log-in to the image forming apparatus has been authenticated;
- and
- prohibiting a user who is different from the user whose log-in has been authenticated from performing a print operation using the specified paper feed unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.