IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

摘要

An image processing apparatus includes a providing unit, a transfer unit, a reception history record recording unit, a printing history record recording unit, and a deletion unit. The providing unit provides document data accumulated in the image processing apparatus in response to a request from another image processing apparatus within the same group. The transfer unit transfers a duplicate of a document to another image processing apparatus within the same group. Upon receiving a duplicate of a document from another image processing apparatus within the same group, the reception history record recording unit accumulates the duplicate, and records a reception history. In response to printing of a document, the printing history record recording unit records a printing history for the document. Upon obtaining a reception history and a printing history for a document accumulated in the image processing apparatus, the deletion unit deletes the document from the image processing apparatus.

主权项

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a providing unit that provides document data accumulated in the image processing apparatus in response to a request from another image processing apparatus within an apparatus group that is identical to an apparatus group to which the image processing apparatus is included; a transfer unit that transfers a duplicate of a document accumulated in the image processing apparatus to another image processing apparatus in an in-operation state within the apparatus group when the image processing apparatus transitions to an inaccessible state; a reception history record recording unit that, upon receiving a duplicate of a document from another image processing apparatus within the apparatus group, accumulates the received duplicate and records a reception history record indicating receipt of the duplicate; a printing history record recording unit that, in response to printing of a document in the image processing apparatus or a document obtained from another image processing apparatus within the apparatus group, records a printing history record indicating printing of the document; and a deletion unit that, upon obtaining a reception history record and a printing history record for a document accumulated in the image processing apparatus from another image processing apparatus within the apparatus group after the image processing apparatus has transitioned from the inaccessible state to the in-operation state, deletes the document from the image processing apparatus.