Patent ID: 8184328
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus for printing an image on a print sheet in accordance with image data with a print unit, the apparatus comprising: an authentication unit configured to authenticate a user for operating the printing apparatus; an input unit configured to input a print instruction for operating the printing apparatus based on an operation by a user; a memory connection unit configured to removably connect an external memory; a control unit configured to control the print unit to execute a print process based on the image data stored in the external memory, in a case where a print instruction is inputted using the input unit by the user authenticated by the authentication unit to execute the print process based on the image data stored in the external memory; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a user of the printing apparatus is authenticated by the authentication unit in a case where the print instruction is not inputted by the input unit within a predetermined time period while the external memory is connected to the memory connection unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a notification indicating that the external memory has been connected to the memory connection unit to a destination corresponding to the user authenticated by the authentication unit in a case that the determination unit determined that the user is authenticated by the authentication unit, and to transmit the notification indicating that the external memory has been connected to the memory connection unit to a predetermined destination in a case that the determination unit determined that the user is not authenticated by the authentication unit.