Patent ID: 9298406
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a print job from an external apparatus via a network; a determination unit configured to determine whether a job password is set to the print job; an input unit configured to input a print instruction for the print job into the printing apparatus from a first user who logs in to the printing apparatus; and a job execution unit configured to, if the job password is set to the print job and the first user is different from a second user who has instructed to transmit the print job at the external apparatus, execute the print job on the basis of input of the job password from the first user into the printing apparatus via the input unit after input of the print instruction for the print job, wherein the job execution unit is configured to, if the job password is set to the print job and the first user is the same as the second user, execute the print job on the basis of input of the print instruction for the print job from the first user into the printing apparatus via the input unit without inputting the job password for the print job from the first user into the printing apparatus via the input unit, and wherein the job execution unit is configured to, if the job password is not set to the print job, execute the print job without inputting the print instruction for the print job from the first user into the printing apparatus via the input unit.