Patent ID: 8040547
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus which can communicate with a user management apparatus configured to store user discrimination information for discriminating a user and printing authority information corresponding to the user discrimination information, by which print data specified by the user discrimination information is printable, and which has a reading unit configured to read, from a storage medium, information stored in the storage medium, the image forming apparatus comprising: a printing authority information obtaining unit configured to obtain, from the user management apparatus, the printing authority information corresponding to the user discrimination information for discriminating the user specified according to reading by the reading unit, in accordance with application of the storage medium by the user; a first judging unit configured to judge, based on the printing authority information corresponding to first user discrimination information for discriminating a first user obtained by the printing authority information obtaining unit, whether or not print data specified by the first user discrimination information is printable; a determining unit configured to determine, in a case where it is judged by the first judging unit that the print data specified by the first user discrimination information is unprintable based on the printing authority information corresponding to the first user discrimination information, the print data being printable based on the printing authority information corresponding to second user discrimination information for discriminating a second user obtained by the printing authority information obtaining unit, for the print data judged to be unprintable based on the printing authority information corresponding to the first user discrimination information; and a printing unit configured to print the printable print data determined by the determining unit.