摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a productivity of such an image forming processing as printing by improving operability to an image forming apparatus of a user while ensuring an information security related to a document printed article printed and discharged at a high level. <P>SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus which can execute an authentication print printing, has a communication interface part for receiving job data, a job data characteristics introducing part for referring such data that are except data clearly representing executing/not executing the authentication print printing among the data included in the job data, introducing the characteristics of the job, and outputting them as job characteristics data, an authentication print setting and deciding part for judging and deciding whether or not the job is executed as the authentication print printing, an authenticating unit, a user authenticating part for outputting a result of user authentication, and a job executing part for executing the job related to the job data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |