Patent ID: 8994978
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a selecting section configured to select at least two files from a plurality of files stored in a storage medium; a password determining section configured to determine whether the selected files are protected by passwords; a file extracting section configured to extract the at least two selected files from the storage medium; a password verifying section configured to verify the passwords contained in the selected files if the password determining section determines that the at least two selected files are protected by passwords; a printing unit that prints the at least two selected files; and a printing controller configured to control the printing unit, the printing controller waiting for the password verifying section to successfully complete successive verification of all of the passwords contained in the at least two selected files before permitting the printing unit to initiate printing of any of the at least two selected files.