Patent ID: 11899994
Assignee: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A printer system, comprising:
a server that acquires position information of a printer and identifies a printer's role set for the position of the printer based on the acquired position information; and
a printer that acquires information associated with a printer's role identified by the server and operates based on the acquired information, wherein
the printer transmits, to the server, user information used to identify a user who operates the printer, and
the server judges whether or not the user can use the identified printer's role, based on the user information acquired from the printer and authentication information that defines, for each printer's role, a user who can use the printer's role, and the server transmits an instruction based on the judgment to the printer.