Patent ID: 7661589

Claim:
Security management software, embodied in a computer-readable medium, to be used in a print control device connectable via a network to an information processing device that sends an instruction and data thereto, the print control device having a security authentication system with a plurality of security functions with different security levels and having a plurality of applications, at least two of the applications having different security levels, the software comprising codes for performing the steps of: relating a fingerprint of a user of the print control device to a plurality of sets of information registered for the security authentication system on the print control device, wherein the information is to log into the print control device, and wherein different sets of information are related to different security levels, allowing the user to log into the print control device, in the case that a fingerprint of the user inputted for logging into the print control device is authenticated based on the related fingerprint, and allowing the user to access at least one of the plurality of applications in the case that the inputted fingerprint is authenticated based on the related fingerprint at the respective security level of the at least one of the plurality of applications.