Patent ID: 8744298
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image output device for executing jobs stored in a storage medium, when a plurality of authentication media are read by an authentication device, on the basis of a result of the authentication, the image output device comprising: a processing unit configured to retrieve, from among the jobs stored in said storage medium, a plurality of jobs associated with the plurality of authentication media read by said authentication device, and combine said plurality of jobs into a smaller number of jobs; an image output unit configured to output images by executing the job combined by said processing unit; said plurality of authentication media are a plurality of authentication cards; and said processing unit identifies the stacked order of said plurality of authentication cards, determines, on the basis of the identified stacked order, the order in which said plurality of jobs are to be output by said image output unit, and combines said plurality of jobs such that the jobs are output in the determined order.