IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

In a case where a plurality of users share the use of one mobile terminal, an image forming apparatus has performed authentication printing also on image data to which the previous owner of the mobile terminal has sent a printing instruction. According to the present embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a data reception unit configured to receive data having a device ID of a mobile terminal and user information for identifying a user of the mobile terminal, and includes an authentication information reception unit configured to receive authentication information including the device ID and the user information from the mobile terminal. The image forming apparatus also includes a print control unit configured to control, in response to the reception of the authentication information, a printer to print the data received by the data reception unit.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a data reception unit configured to receive data which has transmitted from a mobile terminal over a wired or wireless communication network, the data having a device ID of the mobile terminal and user information for identifying a user of the mobile terminal; an authentication information reception unit configured to receive authentication information including the device ID and the user information from the mobile terminal through a short-range wireless communication; and a print control unit configured to control, in response to the reception of the authentication information, a printer to print the data received by the data reception unit.