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US 7,609,412 B2Granted
Printing system, printing apparatus and terminal apparatus employed in printing system, and printing method
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorYoshiko Maruyama
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Abstract
A printing system includes a printing apparatus, a terminal apparatus for transmitting and receiving information, a notification part notifying a user of the printing apparatus of information on authority of the user to use the printing apparatus, and a network connecting the printing apparatus, the terminal apparatus, and the notification means so that information transmission and reception in the system is performed through an electrical signal via the network.
Claims119
A printing system, comprising:
- a printing apparatus;
- a terminal apparatus configured to transmit information including a request to execute a specific print job and for receiving information, the terminal apparatus including inquiry means for transmitting, to the printing apparatus, an inquiry regarding authority of a registered user to use the printing apparatus, automatically upon activation of the terminal apparatus or automatically upon activation of a printing application by the registered user;
- notification means for notifying, in response to the inquiry, the registered user of said printing apparatus of information on the authority of the registered user to use said printing apparatus to execute any print job prior to the transmission of the request to execute the specific print job to be printed by the printing apparatus, but after the registered user has established access to use of said printing apparatus, wherein the notification means is unaware of the specific print job when notifying the registered user, and wherein the registered user is unable to set the authority of the registered user to use said printing apparatus;
- and
- a network connecting said printing apparatus, said terminal apparatus, and said notification means so that information transmission and reception in the system is performed through an electrical signal via said network.
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A printing apparatus, comprising:
- a central processing unit controlling an operation of the entire printing apparatus;
- a usage authority management part storing information on authority of a registered user to use the printing apparatus to execute any print job;
- notification means for notifying, using a mail address of the registered user, the registered user of the information on authority of the registered user to use the printing apparatus to execute any print job, automatically in response to detecting that the information on authority of a registered user to use the printing apparatus has been input or changed by a printer manager, prior to transmission of a request to execute a specific print job to be printed by the printing apparatus, but after the registered user has established access to use of said printing apparatus, wherein the notification means is unaware of the specific print job when notifying the registered user, and wherein the registered user is unable to set the authority of the registered user to use said printing apparatus.
A terminal apparatus, comprising:
- a central processing unit controlling an operation of the entire terminal apparatus;
- inquiry means for transmitting, to a printing apparatus, an inquiry as to whether a registered user of the printing apparatus has authority to use the printing apparatus to execute any print job, automatically upon activation of the terminal apparatus or automatically upon activation of a printing application by the registered user;
- and
- presentation means for presenting the registered user with a result of the inquiry,
- wherein the terminal apparatus is configured to receive information as to the authority of the registered user to use the printing apparatus to execute any print job, prior to transmission of a request to execute a specific print job to be printed by the printing apparatus, but after the registered user has established access to use of said printing apparatus such that the information as to the authority of the registered user to use the printing apparatus is determined without knowledge of the specific print job, and wherein the registered user is unable to set the authority of the registered user to use said printing apparatus.
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A printing method, comprising:
- (a) setting authority of a registered user of a printing apparatus to use the printing apparatus to execute any print job;
- and
- (b) notifying, using a mail address of the registered user, the registered user of information on the authority of the registered user to use the printing apparatus to execute any print job, automatically in response to detecting that the information on authority of a registered user to use the printing apparatus has been input or changed by a printer manager, through an electrical signal via a network, prior to transmission of a request to execute a specific print job to be printed by the printing apparatus, but after the registered user has established access to use of said printing apparatus, wherein the setting step is performed without knowledge of the specific print job, and wherein the registered user is unable to set the authority of the registered user to use said printing apparatus.
A computer-readable storage medium having encoded therein a program for printing, said program causing a computer to execute the steps of:
- (a) setting authority of a registered user of a printing apparatus to use the printing apparatus to execute any print job;
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- (b) notifying, using a mail address of the registered user, the registered user of information on the authority of the registered user to use the printing apparatus to execute any print job, automatically in response to detecting that the information on authority of a registered user to use the printing apparatus has been input or changed by a printer manager, through an electrical signal via a network, prior to transmission of a request to execute a specific print job to be printed by the printing apparatus, but after the registered user has established access to use of said printing apparatus, wherein the setting step is performed without knowledge of the specific print job, and wherein the registered user is unable to set the authority of the registered user to use said printing apparatus.
A printing system, comprising:
- a printing apparatus;
- a terminal apparatus configured to transmit information including a request to execute a specific print job and receiving information, the terminal apparatus including inquiry means for transmitting, to the printing apparatus, an inquiry regarding authority of a registered user to use the printing apparatus, automatically upon activation of the terminal apparatus or automatically upon activation of a printing application by the registered user;
- a notification part notifying, in response to the inquiry, the registered user of said printing apparatus of information on the authority of the registered user to use said printing apparatus to execute any print job prior to the transmission of the request to execute the specific print job to be printed by the printing apparatus, but after the registered user has established access to use of said printing apparatus;
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- a network connecting said printing apparatus, said terminal apparatus, and said notification part so that information transmission and reception in the system is performed through an electrical signal via said network, wherein the notification part is unaware of the specific print job when notifying the registered user, and wherein the registered user is unable to set the authority of the registered user to use said printing apparatus.
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A printing apparatus, comprising:
- a central processing unit controlling an operation of the entire printing apparatus;
- a usage authority management part storing information on authority of a registered user to use the printing apparatus to execute any print job;
- a notification part notifying, using a mail address of the registered user, the registered user of the information on authority of the registered user to use the printing apparatus to execute any print job, automatically in response to detecting that the information on authority of a registered user to use the printing apparatus has been input or changed by a printer manager, prior to transmission of a request to execute a specific print job to be printed by the printing apparatus, but after the registered user has established access to use of said printing apparatus, wherein the notification part is unaware of the specific print job when notifying the registered user, and wherein the registered user is unable to set the authority of the registered user to use said printing apparatus.
A terminal apparatus, comprising:
- a central processing unit controlling an operation of the entire terminal apparatus;
- an inquiry part transmitting, to a printing apparatus, an inquiry as to whether a registered user of the printing apparatus has authority to use the printing apparatus to execute any print job, automatically upon activation of the terminal apparatus or automatically upon activation of a printing application by the registered user;
- and
- a presentation part presenting the registered user with a result of the inquiry,
- wherein the terminal apparatus is configured to receive information as to the authority of the registered user to use the printing apparatus to execute any print job, prior to transmission of a request to execute a specific print job to be printed by the printing apparatus, but after the registered user has established access to use of said printing apparatus such that the information as to the authority of the registered user to use the printing apparatus is determined without knowledge of the specific print job, and wherein the registered user is unable to set the authority of the registered user to use said printing apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.