Patent ID: 9560240
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus for executing a plurality of processing operations including processing operations related to image forming, comprising: an operating panel having a touch panel display; and a control unit, wherein the control unit is executed as: a user determination part which determines on the basis of identification information inputted by a user whether the user is a first authorized user having at least first authority or a second authorized user having second authority; an attribute setting part which sets, with respect to each of the plurality of processing operations, a first attribute which permits execution without password input being set as a condition, a second attribute which permits execution with password input being set as a condition, or a third attribute which does not permit execution; a selection button forming part which displays button images in a screen of the touch panel display to thereby form a selection button corresponding to any of the plurality of processing operations and switches whether or not the button image is displayed to thereby control whether or not the selection button is formed with respect to each of the plurality of processing operations, wherein the selection button forming part forms a plurality of the selection buttons respectively corresponding to all of the plurality of processing operations, in a case where the user determination part determines that the user is the first authorized user, and forms a plurality of the selection buttons respectively corresponding to the processing operations to which the first attribute or the second attribute has been set and does not forms the selection buttons corresponding to the processing operations to which the third attribute has been set, in a case where the user determination part determines that the user is the second authorized user; and a processing operation executing part which executes, when the user having been determined as the first authorized user by the user determination part has selected any one of the plurality of the selection buttons that are formed by the selection button forming part, the processing operation corresponding to the selected selection button; executes, when the user having been determined as the second authorized user by the user determination part has selected the selection button corresponding to the processing operation to which the first attribute has been set, among the plurality of the selection buttons that are formed by the selection button forming part, the processing operation corresponding to the selected selection button; and requests a password input, when the user having been determined as the second authorized user by the user determination part has selected the selection button corresponding to the processing operation to which the second attribute has been set, among the plurality of the selection buttons that are formed by the selection button forming part, and executes, when a valid password has been inputted, the processing operation corresponding to the selected selection button.