Image formation apparatus and method with password acquisition
US7230731B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 14, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/608
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an image formation apparatus that prints out print data to a sheet, a print data storage unit stores the print data, a printing unit conducts print processing to the print data stored in the print data storage unit, a password acquisition unit acquires a password for the print data from an outside of the apparatus, and a printing control unit allows the printing unit to start the print processing of the print data under condition that the password acquisition unit acquires the password for the print data.
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