Patent ID: 7889366
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An image forming device, comprising: a receiving unit for receiving a first confidential printing job; a first judging unit for judging whether a second confidential printing job by the user related to said first confidential printing job has been received before or not; an establishing unit for establishing by automatically generating a first password for said first confidential printing job after said first confidential printing job is received by the receiving unit, the first password being the same as a second password that has been established for said second confidential printing job, when said second confidential printing job has been received; a second judging unit for judging whether an input password matches with the first password established for said first confidential printing job; and an approving unit for approving the execution of said first confidential printing job if said input password matches with the first password established for said first confidential printing job.