Patent ID: 7773243
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: G03G,G06F,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a housing unit configured to have a key unit to lock not to be taken out from the main body together with printed confidential documents; a paper eject unit configured to eject printed paper sheets; a reference number memory unit configured to store a reference number to judge whether number of pages to be printed out exceeds predetermined print out pages; a detecting unit configured to detect whether the number of pages to print exceeds the reference number stored in the reference number memory based on the setting of a confidential document print job, if receiving the print job through an interface configured to connect a network; and a first print processing unit configured to eject printed paper sheets to the housing unit if the detecting unit detects that the number of pages to print of the received print job exceeds the reference number stored in the reference number memory.