Image forming apparatus, method of controlling the image forming apparatus, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNobuyuki Hirai
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus which is capable of performing more appropriate control of access to files which grant different access rights on a versions basis. The image forming apparatus is communicably connected to a file server. In a system controller of the image forming apparatus, a reading control section reads an original to thereby generate image data. The reading control section extracts version information on the original from the generated image data. Then, the system controller identifies, out of at least one version of an original file stored in the file server as electronic data corresponding to the original, a version that permits the image forming apparatus to perform image formation, based on the extracted version information on the original.
Claims10
An image processing apparatus configured to communicate with a file server, comprising:
- an extraction unit configured to extract version information from an image data;
- an identification unit configured to identify, out of at least one version of an original file which is electronic data corresponding to the image data and is stored in the file server, a version of the original file that permits the image processing apparatus to perform image processing, based on the version information on the image data extracted by said extraction unit;
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- a display unit configured to operate when said identification unit identifies a plurality of versions of the original file, to display the plurality of versions of the original file, wherein the display unit displays versions of the original file that are a newer version than the image data, but does not display versions of the original file that are an older versions than the image data.
A method of controlling an image processing apparatus configured to communicate with a file server, comprising:
- extracting version information from an image data;
- identifying, out of at least one version of an original file which is electronic data corresponding to the image data and is stored in the file server, a version of the original file that permits the image processing apparatus to perform image processing, based on the version information on the image data extracted by said extraction;
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- displaying, when a plurality of versions on the original file are identified, the plurality of versions of the original file;
- wherein versions of the original file that are a newer version than the image data are displayed, but versions of the original file that are an older version than the image data are not displayed.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a control program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling an image processing apparatus configured to communicate with a file server, wherein the method comprises:
- extracting version information from an image data;
- identifying, out of at least one version of an original file which is electronic data corresponding to the image data and is stored in the file server, a version of the original file that permits the image processing apparatus to perform image processing, based on the version information on the image data extracted by said extraction;
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- displaying, when a plurality of versions on the original file are identified, the plurality of versions of the original file;
- wherein versions of the original file that are a newer version than the image data are displayed, but versions of the original file that are an older version than the image data are not displayed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.