Patent ID: 8042174

Claim:
An image processing device to which an external storage is detachably connectable, comprising: an inputting unit configured to allow a user to input user information; a processing unit; memory that stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, provide: a registration unit configured to register ID information intrinsic to the external storage and the user information input through the inputting unit with registration data in a related manner; and a permission unit configured to retrieve the ID information from the external storage and permit access to the external storage connected to the image processing device only if-in a case that the retrieved ID information is included in the registered ID information which is registered with the registration data; an image forming unit configured to read print data stored in the external storage in a case that access to the external storage is permitted by the permission unit, print images represented by the print data read from the external storage, and create a print log including user information related to the ID information of the external storage; and storage for storing the print log, wherein the computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, further provide a recording unit configured to record the print log in the storage in association with the ID information and the user information for each print job.