Image forming apparatus, control method for the same, and storage medium

摘要

When attribute information for a user has been acquired by authentication using an authentication apparatus, a restriction on a useable function is imposed according to the attribute information. When a fee has been collected by a fee collection apparatus, a restriction is imposed on preset functions. In either of these cases, use of the image forming apparatus by another user is prohibited until use by the first user in the useable state is finished.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an authentication I/F unit configured to connect the image forming apparatus to an authentication apparatus that authenticates a user who uses the image forming apparatus; an charging I/F unit configured to connect the image forming apparatus to a charging apparatus that collects a fee charged to a user who uses the image forming apparatus; and a log-in processing unit configured to allow the user authenticated by the authentication apparatus to log in the image forming apparatus when in an authentication mode or to allow the user who inserted a fee into the charging apparatus to log in the image forming apparatus when in a fee collection mode, the authentication mode and the fee collection mode being switchable, wherein the log-in processing unit controls such that another user is not logged in the image forming apparatus while the user is logging in the image forming apparatus.