摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus that is superior in safety that can prevent image data from being taken out easily, and to prove a control method of the image forming apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: When a USB memory 10 is attached to a USB port 8a and identification data of a user are input on a control panel 3, it is determined whether the identification data input coincide with identification data registered, in advance. When a decision result of this determination is affirmative, a saving operation for saving, in the USB memory 10, image data in a hard disk drive 25 is permitted. However, when the determination result is negative, the saving operation is inhibited. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |