Patent ID: 7545414
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a recording medium divided into multiple partitions, each of the multiple partitions stores a password file describing a password for allocating each of the multiple partitions to a user; a first selection section for selecting a partition from the multiple partitions as a partition to be used; a first determination section for determining whether a user intending to use the partition is the user to whom the partition selected by the first selection section is allocated; and a setting section for setting the partition selected by the first selection section as the partition to be used when the first determination section determines that the user intending to use the partition is the user to whom the partition selected by the first selection section is allocated, wherein the first determination section makes the above-mentioned determination based on an entered password and the password described in the password file recorded on the partition selected by the first selection section.