摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus, a method and a system for image forming which prevents leakage of secret information without lowering operation efficiency by simple operation. <P>SOLUTION: In a communication system 100, a PC 2A transmits image data, image data ID, a password and data of a telephone number to a printer 1, which transmits the received data to a server 4, which transmits the image data ID and the password to the portable telephone set 3 of the received telephone number to register password print. The printer 1 receives the image data ID, the password and the telephone number of the portable telephone set 3 from the portable telephone set 3 during password printing processing, and collates the received data with registered data to carry out password printing when all the pieces of data are coincident and to avoid password printing when even one piece of data is not coincident. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO |