| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To limit a function to be used by an image forming apparatus according to authorization information while maintaining security and causing one log-in process to be needed in executing a job on the image forming apparatus via a network from a host terminal device. <P>SOLUTION: After a logged-in user to a host terminal device 5 succeeds in user authentication via a directory server device, a user-manager server device 3 transmits a job ticket and authorization information to be applied to the logged-in user to the host terminal device 5. The host terminal device 5 acquires the job ticket and the authorization information, generates only job execution instructions adaptive to the authorization information, and transmits the generated job execution instructions to a multifunction peripheral 1A together with the job ticket. When the job execution instructions is received from the host terminal device 5, the multifunction peripheral 1A executes a job specified by the job execution instructions only when the job ticket received together with the job execution instructions is determined to be valid. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT |
