Patent ID: 11954381
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A system that includes a printing apparatus and an information processing apparatus, wherein
the printing apparatus includes:
a first receiving unit configured to receive a first print job from a print server;
a second receiving unit configured to receive a second print job from the information processing apparatus within a local area network;
a print unit configured to perform printing that is based on the first print job and printing that is based on the second print job;
a storage unit configured to store a private key and a first digital certificate; and
a transmission unit configured to transmit the first digital certificate to the information processing apparatus within the local area network,
wherein the first digital certificate includes a public key paired with the private key and an electronic signature created by the print server, and

the information processing apparatus includes:
a third receiving unit configured to receive a second digital certificate associated with a logical printer that is provided by the print server;
a fourth receiving unit configured to receive the first digital certificate from the printing apparatus; and
a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the printing apparatus is associated with the logical printer, based on a result of comparing the first digital certificate with the second digital certificate.