Information processing apparatus, printing system, and printing method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTakumi YOSHIDA, Akinobu MIKOSHIBA
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes an authenticator configured to perform user authentication; an authorizer configured to present, to an authenticated user, one or more printing apparatuses associated with the authenticated user, and to, when the authenticated user authorizes printing to be performed by the presented printing apparatus, acquire authorization information corresponding to the printing apparatus; and a print controller configured to request the printing apparatus corresponding to the authorization information to perform printing requested using the authorization information, and not to request the printing apparatus to perform printing requested without using the authorization information.
Claims8
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- an authenticator configured to perform user authentication;
- an authorizer configured to present, to an authenticated user, one or more printing apparatuses associated with the authenticated user, and to, when the authenticated user authorizes printing to be performed by the presented printing apparatus, acquire authorization information corresponding to the printing apparatus;
- and
- a print controller configured to request the printing apparatus corresponding to the authorization information to perform printing requested using the authorization information, and not to request the printing apparatus to perform printing requested without using the authorization information.
A printing system comprising an information processing apparatus and a printing apparatus, wherein
- the information processing apparatus includes
- an authenticator configured to perform user authentication,
- an authorizer configured to present, to an authenticated user, the printing apparatus associated with the authenticated user, and to, when the authenticated user authorizes printing using the presented printing apparatus, acquire authorization information corresponding to the printing apparatus, and
- a print controller configured to request the printing apparatus corresponding to the authorization information to perform printing requested using the authorization information, and not to request the printing apparatus to perform printing requested without using the authorization information, and
- the printing apparatus performs printing requested by the information processing apparatus.
A printing method comprising:
- performing user authentication;
- presenting, to an authenticated user, a printing apparatus associated with the authenticated user, and, when the authenticated user authorizes printing using the presented printing apparatus, acquiring authorization information corresponding to the printing apparatus;
- and
- requesting the printing apparatus corresponding to the authorization information to perform printing requested using the authorization information and not requesting the printing apparatus to perform printing requested without using the authorization information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.