Image processing apparatus

An image processing apparatus, comprising:

• a job-status report generating section to generate (i) a first job-status report, which indicates a current processing status of a job and which has an image attached thereto, wherein the image includes image information regarding the job, and wherein the first job status report contains information identifying an authorized user, or (ii) a second job-status report, which indicates the current processing status of the job and which does not have an image attached thereto;
• a determining section to determine whether the job-status report generating section has generated the first job-status report or the second job-status report;
• a storage section to store the first job-status report generated by the job-status report generating section when the determining section determines that the job-status report generating section has generated the first job-status report;
• an instruction-accepting section to accept an output instruction for implementing an operation for outputting the first job-status report stored in the storage section, only if the output instruction is inputted via the instruction-accepting section by the authorized user identified in the first job-status report;
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• an outputting section to print the first job-status report onto a paper sheet and to output the paper sheet on which the first job status report is printed, in response to the output instruction accepted by the instruction-accepting section from the authorized user identified in the first job-status report;
• wherein, with respect to a plurality of jobs inputted by a plurality of authorized users, the job-status report generating section generates respective first job-status reports for every one of the plurality of jobs, and each of the first job-status reports contains information identifying a respective authorized user who is authorized with respect to the job whose status is indicated by the first job status report, such that each of the first job status reports can only be outputted in response to an output instruction accepted by the instruction-accepting section from the respective authorized user identified in the first job-status report.

An image processing apparatus, comprising:

• a job-status report generating section to generate (i) a first job-status report, which indicates a current processing status of a job and which has an image attached thereto, wherein the image includes image information regarding the job, and wherein the first job status report contains information identifying an authorized user, or (ii) a second job-status report, which indicates the current processing status of the job and which does not have an image attached thereto;
• a determining section to determine whether the job-status report generating section has generated the first job-status report or the second job-status report;
• a message notification section to notify the authorized user that the first job-status report is generated by the job-status report generating section, when the determining section determines that the job-status report generating section has generated the first job-status report;
• an instruction-accepting section to accept an output instruction for implementing an operation for outputting the first job-status report, only if the output instruction is inputted via the instruction-accepting section by the authorized user identified in the first job-status report;
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• an outputting section to print the first job-status report onto a paper sheet and to output the paper sheet on which the first job status report is printed, in response to the output instruction accepted by the instruction-accepting section from the authorized user identified in the first job-status report;
• wherein, with respect to a plurality of jobs inputted by a plurality of authorized users, the job-status report generating section generates respective first job-status reports for every one of the plurality of jobs, and each of the first job-status reports contains information identifying a respective authorized user who is authorized with respect to the job whose status is indicated by the first job status report, such that each of the first job status reports can only be outputted in response to an output instruction accepted by the instruction-accepting section from the respective authorized user identified in the first job-status report.