Patent ID: 8139241
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus, comprising: an input unit that inputs a secure print job; a first authentication unit that performs authentication processing for the secure print job; a first print unit that, when the authentication processing succeeds, performs a print process based on the secure print job by a predetermined number of print copies less than a number of print copies set to the secure print job; a second authentication unit that performs the authentication processing after completing the print process by said first print unit; a first display unit that, when the authentication processing performed by said second authentication unit succeeds, displays a screen for accepting an instruction from a user, wherein the instruction is for instructing performing the print process based on the secure print job or is for instructing changing a print condition of the secure print job; a second print unit that, when accepting an instruction for instructing performing of the print process based on the secure print job from the user via the screen, performs print processing based on the secure print job by a number of print copies obtained by subtracting the predetermining number of print copies from the number of print copies set to the secure print job; a third authentication unit that, when accepting an instruction for instructing changing of the print condition of the secure print job from the user via the screen, performs the authentication processing; a second display unit that, when the authentication processing performed by said third authentication unit succeeds, displays a screen for accepting a changing operation for changing the print condition from the user; and a third print unit that performs the print process based on the secure print job by the number of print copies set to the secure print job, after accepting the changing operation from the user via the screen displayed by said second display unit.