IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RESERVATION METHOD

摘要

This image forming apparatus accepts a reservation for itself from a terminal device communicably connected to the image forming apparatus via a network. Upon receiving a reservation containing a reservation time from the terminal device of a user, who is a reserving user, a reservation unit determines whether the current time is the reservation time. If it is determined that the current time is the reservation time, a prohibiting unit prohibits other users from using the image forming apparatus with the satisfaction of predetermined conditions, including a condition that the terminal device of the reserving user has approached the image forming apparatus. A prohibition removing unit determines whether a user approaching the image forming apparatus is the reserving user after the use of the image forming apparatus is prohibited, and removes the prohibition on the use of the image forming apparatus if the user is the reserving user.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus that accepts a reservation for itself from a terminal device communicably connected to the image forming apparatus via a network, comprising:
a reservation unit that, upon receiving a reservation containing a reservation time from the terminal device of a user, who is a reserving user, determines whether or not the current time is the reservation time; a prohibiting unit that prohibits other users from using the image forming apparatus with the satisfaction of predetermined conditions including a condition that the terminal device of the reserving user has approached the image forming apparatus when it is determined that the current time is the reservation time; and a prohibition removing unit that determines whether or not a user approaching the image forming apparatus is the reserving user after the use of the image forming apparatus is prohibited, and removes the prohibition on the use of the image forming apparatus if the user is the reserving user.