Image processing apparatus

Abstract

Image processing apparatus, appropriate administration of the depletion load of the apparatus and confidential data can be facilitated without victimizing the convenience by combining use restriction of the job processing functions and causing another image processing apparatus as a substitute to execute the job processing without victimizing the convenience. The main controlling unit judges whether the use of each of the job processing functions in the apparatus that includes this main controlling unit is permitted or prohibited for a user (S 303 ) and controls according to the judgment result. The main controlling unit further judges whether another image processing apparatus permits, as a substitute, the execution of the job processing of a portion of a setting job for which the execution is prohibited (S 309 ) and causes another image processing apparatus that has judged to permit the execution of the processing as a substitute to execute the job processing.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an image processing device including a communication unit for communicating with an external device. Background technique [0002] Generally, an image processing device such as a printer, a facsimile device, a copier, or a multifunction machine having these functions includes a communication unit (NIC (NIC) for communicating with external devices (computers, other image processing devices, etc.) Network Interface Card (network interface card), modem (Modulator-Demodulator, etc.), using a scanner that realizes an image reading function, a printing engine (printing engine) that realizes a printing function, etc. (an example of a job processing unit), through this communication The job (print job, etc.) received by the unit and the job (copy job, etc.) designated by a predetermined operation input unit such as a liquid crystal touch panel are processed. A recent image processing device has a data filing function, an e-mai...

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[0010] However, in the image processing apparatus, there is a problem that the use of the above-mentioned user authentication function or power-on schedule management function expands the scope of the use restriction of the job processing function (increase function and time period for use restriction), the more convenience will be sacrificed

[0011] On the other hand, in the image processing apparatus, there is a problem that when the usage restriction is relaxed by canceling the usage restriction at the time of printing instead, as shown in JP-A-2003-076521, for example, in order to improve convenience, the above-mentioned consumption is violated. Proper management of burden and proper management of confidential data

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