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AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTsutomu Ohishi
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An image forming apparatus provided with an interface for a portable information recording medium, has an access control part carrying out access control, for respective ones of a plurality of resources which the image forming apparatus has, based on access control information defining whether or not usage thereof by a user is allowed, wherein the access control part carries out access control based on the access control information stored in the portable information recording medium.
An apparatus having an interface for a recording medium, the apparatus comprising:
An access control method to be executed by an apparatus having an interface for a recording medium, the access control method comprising:
A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer-readable program comprising instructions for causing an apparatus having an interface for a portable information recording medium to execute an access control method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus, an access control method, an access control program and a computer readable information recording medium and, in particular, to an image forming apparatus provided with an interface for a potable information recording medium, an access control method therefor, an access control program for causing a computer to execute the access control method, and a computer readable information recording medium storing the access control program.
2. Description of the Related Art
FIG. 1 shows an example of a static configuration of a multi-function peripheral in one embodiment of the present invention for when software is executed;
FIG. 2 shows an example of a hardware configuration of the multi-function peripheral in the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 shows an operation panel;
Embodiments of the present invention will now be described.
FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of software in a multi-function peripheral in an embodiment of the present invention
The multi-function peripheral 101 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 includes various hardware 111 and various software 112.
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Output means: indicating an illegal or impossible operation or selection to the user
By securing the transmission between two devices or processes: secure printing
Circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device, e.g.…
Indexing scheme relating to G06F21/00 and subgroups addressing additional information or applications relating to security arrangements for…:…
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