Printing management system using correspondence between user identification information of an information system and user identification information of a printing system

摘要

A printing system includes at least one image forming apparatus and a management apparatus, each of the image forming apparatus and the management apparatus connected to an information system. The management system includes a receiving unit, an association relationship registration unit, and a user setting unit. The image forming apparatus includes a print data retrieval unit, a converter unit, and a control unit.

主权项

1. A printing system comprising at least one image forming apparatus and a management apparatus, each of the image forming apparatus and the management apparatus connected to an information system that performs a first authentication,
wherein the management system includes: a receiving unit configured to receive an input of user setting information relating to a user as a registration, the user setting information including first identification information that is user identification information in the information system, second identification information that is user identification information in a print service system that performs a second authentication, and identification information of a logical printer serving as a registration destination of the user; an association relationship registration unit configured to register in a predetermined association relationship storage device an association relationship between the first identification information and the second identification information included in the user setting information; and a user setting unit configured to set in the print service system the second identification information, included in the user setting information, as identification information of the user who is authorized to use the logical printer corresponding to the identification information of the logical printer included in the user setting information; and wherein the image forming apparatus includes: a print data retrieval unit configured to retrieve print data including the second identification information from the logical printer in the print service system; a converter unit configured to convert the second identification information included in the retrieved print data into the first identification information by referencing the association relationship storage device; and a control unit configured to control a process of the retrieved pint data using the first identification information as a conversion result.