Patent ID: 8578475
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a reading section configured to read a document as image data; an extracting section configured to extract, from the image data, authentication data by which a plurality of users are identified; a communication section configured to send the authentication data to an image forming apparatus control terminal that recognizes a function available to the plurality of users identified by the authentication data, and to receive, from the image forming apparatus control terminal, available-function data indicative of a result of the recognition; and an available-function choosing section configured to choose, in accordance with the available-function data thus received, a function that is available in the image forming apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus control terminal identifies, by the authentication data, a plurality of users arranged in order of priority, the available-function choosing section chooses an available function in accordance with the order of priority of the users identified by the authentication data, and the authentication data is seal image data put to the document.