Image processing device and method for controlling the image processing device

Abstract

To provide an image processing device that executes report printing in a display language associated with a login user, and a control method and a program for the image processing device.SOLUTION: In an image processing system including a multifunction peripheral (MFP) communicably connected by a LAN and a file server, an MFP101 has a printer unit 221, an HDD214 that stores information on the MFP101, an operation unit 220 having a display device that displays an operation screen in a display language associated with a login user who has logged in to the MFP101, and a CPU211 that controls the printer unit 221 so as to execute manual report printing that prints information stored in the HDD214 as a report on the basis of an instruction input using the operation screen displayed in the display language associated with the login user. The CPU211 controls to execute manual report printing in the display language associated with the login user.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention , painting Image Processing Device and Image processing device control method law Regarding. [Background technology]

[0002] Some image processing devices are known to have a report printing function for printing setting information, history information, and the like of the image processing device. This report printing function includes manual report printing, which prints a report at the user's instruction, and automatic report printing, which prints when conditions set in the image processing device are met. The output (printed material) of manual report printing is primarily used by the user who issued the print instruction. On the other hand, the output of automatic report printing is primarily used by the administrator of the image processing device to manage the device status, check the usage status, and the like.

[0003] Incidentally, there are known image processing devices equipped with a personalization function that optimizes functions according to the user who uses the image processing device. For example, in such an image processing device, the user can change the language displayed on the operation unit screen (see Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] JP 2013-7958 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] However, normally, the output by the report printing function is printed in a language preset in the image processing device. Therefore, when a user performs manual report printing, the language displayed on the operation screen by the personalization function of the image processing device may differ from the language set for the report printing function. In this case, there is a risk that the output will be created in a language that the user who performed manual report printing cannot understand or does not want.

[0006] One possible solution to this problem is to set the report printing language to match the language displayed on the operation screen, but in this case, if a language that the administrator does not understand or does not want is set on the operation screen when automatic report printing is executed, the output will be created in a language that the administrator does not understand or want, which is inconvenient.

[0007] An object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism that enables report printing to be performed in a display language associated with a logged-in user. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] The image processing device according to the present invention includes a printing means and History of actions taken by a storage means for storing information, and associating the information with a login user who has logged in to the image processing device; It is set a display means for displaying an operation screen in a display language associated with the login user; and The printing means The above history Information Reports containing Print manual Report printing and instructions and executing automatic report printing in which the printing means prints a report including the history information without the need for input of a command. do execution and a means for detecting the presence of the execution The means associates the logged-in user with It is set The above display language manual Execute report printing and executing the automatic report printing in a display language that is set independently of the display language associated with the logged-in user. vinegar Ruko It is characterized by: Effect of the Invention

[0009] According to the present invention, report printing can be performed in the display language associated with the logged-in user. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an image processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of an MFP constituting the image processing system of FIG. 1. [Diagram 3] 3 is a diagram showing an example of an operation screen displayed on a touch panel of an operation unit of the MFP in FIG. 2. [Figure 4] 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display language management table of the MFP in FIG. 2. [Diagram 5] 3A and 3B are diagrams showing an example of an operation screen displayed on a touch panel of an operation unit when performing manual report printing on the MFP of FIG. 2, and an example of an output of the manual report printing. [Figure 6] 13A and 13B are diagrams showing an example of an operation screen displayed on the touch panel of the operation unit when setting up automatic printing of a communication management report, which is one of the automatic report printing options, on the MFP of FIG. 2, and an example of the output of the communication management report. [Figure 7] 3A to 3C are diagrams showing an example of an operation screen displayed on a touch panel of an operation unit when making print settings for a transmission result report, which is one of the automatic report prints, in the MFP of FIG. 2, and an example of a printout of the transmission result report. [Figure 8] 3 is a diagram showing a report management table of the MFP in FIG. 2. [Figure 9] 3 is a flowchart of a process for determining, for each user, a language to be displayed on a touch panel of an operation unit of the MFP in FIG. [Figure 10] 3 is a flowchart of a report printing process according to the first embodiment in the MFP of FIG. 2. [Figure 11] 3 is a diagram showing an example of an operation screen displayed on a touch panel of an operation unit when a user explicitly performs a setting for printing a transmission result report in the MFP of FIG. 2. FIG. [Figure 12] 10 is a flowchart of a report printing process according to a second embodiment in the MFP of FIG. 2. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0011] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0012] First Embodiment 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of an image processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. This image processing system includes a multifunction peripheral (hereinafter referred to as "MFP") 101, which is communicatively connected via a LAN 100, and a file server 102. The MFP 101 is connected to a public telephone line network 110.

[0013] The MFP 101 is an example of an image processing device, and the file server 102 is an example of a file management device. Regardless of whether the LAN 100 is a wired LAN or a wireless LAN, other devices, such as a client computer (not shown) that instructs the MFP 101 to print or the like, are also connected to the LAN 100.

[0014] The MFP 101 can transmit image data (file transmission) using SMB or FTP with a folder in the file server 102 as the destination. Note that, in addition to the file server 102, a folder in the above-mentioned client PC (not shown) can also be the destination. The MFP 101 can also transmit image data by e-mail (mail transmission) via a mail server (not shown). The MFP 101 is connected to the public telephone line network 110, and can therefore communicate (send and receive image data) with a facsimile (not shown).

[0015] 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the MFP 101. The MFP 101 has a control unit 210, an operation unit 220, a printer unit 221, a scanner unit 222, and a modem unit 223. The control unit 210 has a CPU 211, a ROM 212, a RAM 213, a HDD 214, an operation unit I / F 215, a printer I / F 216, a scanner I / F 217, a modem I / F 218, and a network I / F 219.

[0016] The control unit 210 controls the overall operation of the MFP 101. The CPU 211 reads out a control program stored in the ROM 212, expands it in a work area of ​​the RAM 213, and executes it to perform various types of control such as print control, read control, and transmission control. The RAM 213 is used as a temporary storage area such as the main memory and work area of ​​the CPU 211. The HDD 214 stores image data, various programs, various setting information of the MFP 101, history information, and result information.

[0017] Specifically, the setting information of MFP 101 is setting information for the display language on a touch panel (described later) that can be set for each user, language information when performing automatic report printing, etc. Furthermore, the history information of MFP 101 is history information of facsimile transmission / reception, result information when a specific job such as transmission (file transmission and email transmission) or printing is performed, etc.

[0018] The operation unit I / F 215 connects the operation unit 220 and the CPU 211 (control unit 210). The operation unit 220 includes, for example, a touch panel that is a liquid crystal display device having a touch panel function, a keyboard (hard buttons), and the like. The printer I / F 216 connects the printer unit 221 and the CPU 211 (control unit 210). Image data to be printed by the printer unit 221 is transferred from the control unit 210 to the printer unit 221 via the printer I / F 216, and is printed by the printer unit 221 on a recording medium such as paper (sheet).

[0019] The scanner I / F 217 connects the scanner unit 222 and the control unit 210. The scanner unit 222 reads an image on a document, generates image data (image file), and inputs the image data to the control unit 210 via the scanner I / F 217. The MFP 101 can transmit the image data (image file) generated by the scanner unit 222.

[0020] The modem I / F 218 connects the modem unit 223 and the control unit 210. The modem unit 223 connects the MFP 101 (control unit 210) to the public telephone line network 110. The modem unit 223 transmits and receives image data to and from a facsimile (not shown) on the public telephone line network 110. The network I / F 219 connects the MFP 101 (control unit 210) to the LAN 100. The network I / F 219 transmits image data and information to external devices (such as the file server 102 and a client PC) on the LAN 100, and conversely receives various information from external devices on the LAN 100.

[0021] Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an operation screen displayed on a touch panel of operation unit 220. When a display language used by a system administrator of MFP 101 (hereinafter referred to as "display language for the administrator") is registered, the system administrator logs in to MFP 101 with his / her authority and operates operation unit 220 to display operation screen 300 on the touch panel.

[0022] 3 is displayed on the touch panel of operation unit 220 in a default display language preset in MFP 101, regardless of the logged-in user, before the administrator display language is set. The default display language is also used when a personalization function that changes the display language on the touch panel depending on the user is turned off, as described below, when the logged-in user has not registered his / her own display language, when a guest user logs in to the device, etc.

[0023] The operation screen 300 displays a language information field 301 in which a plurality of languages ​​are listed in a list format, and the languages ​​displayed in the language information field 301 are settable display languages. The system administrator can select a desired language from the language list displayed in the language information field 301 as the display language for the administrator (device language). The desired language is selected by touching from the languages ​​displayed in the language information field 301, and the setting of the display language for the administrator is completed by pressing an OK button, and the setting information of the display language for the administrator set in this manner is saved in the HDD 214. After the display language for the administrator is set, when the system administrator logs in to the MFP 101, various displays are displayed on the touch panel of the operation screen 300 in the display language for the administrator that has been set.

[0024] Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display language management table of MFP 101. The display language management table 400 shown in Fig. 4 is composed of a combination of user names 401 and display languages ​​402, and is stored in HDD 214. The user names 401 are user information managed in the display language management table 400, and are, for example, the user's surname, given name or nickname, ID number, etc. The display language 402 is display language information associated with each user in the user names 401.

[0025] For example, when user A uses MFP 101, the display on the touch panel is in Japanese, and when user B uses MFP 101, the display on the touch panel is in English. The details will be described later with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

[0026] 5A is a diagram showing an example of an operation screen displayed on the touch panel of the operation unit 220 when performing manual report printing. Here, in manual report printing, a count result of the number of printed sheets is printed, but this is not limited to this, and a configuration may be adopted in which other reports (for example, a communication management report or a transmission result report, which will be described later) can be printed and output manually.

[0027] The touch panel displays information 501 to be printed on the output report and a report print button 502 for instructing execution of report printing. Here, the information 501 consists of process details such as copy (black and white) and print (black and white) and the number of sheets processed for each process detail, but is not limited to these and may include other information. The user issues an instruction to manually print a report by checking the contents of the information 501 and pressing (touching) the report print button 502. FIG. 5(b) shows an example of an output (count report) obtained when the user presses the report print button 502.

[0028] 6A is a diagram showing an example of an operation screen displayed on the touch panel of the operation unit 220 when setting up automatic printing of a communication management report, which is one of the automatic report printing methods. The MFP 101 manages communication histories with external devices (such as the file server 102, client PCs, and facsimiles), and the communication histories are stored in the HDD 214. The CPU 211 increments the total number of communication histories by 1 each time it updates the communication history, and when the total number reaches 100, it executes automatic report printing and resets the total number to 0 (zero).

[0029] "Auto print at 100 communications" displayed in FIG. 6(a) represents the condition for when to automatically output a communication management report that manages the communication history, and when the total number of communication histories matches this condition (100 communications), automatic report printing is executed. A switch 601 for switching between executing / not executing automatic report printing (ON / OFF) is displayed on the touch panel. If switch 601 is set to ON, when the communication history reaches 100 items, a communication management report that prints the communication history managed by MFP 101 is automatically output. An example of the output of a communication management report is shown in FIG. 6(b).

[0030] Fig. 7(a) is a diagram showing an example of an operation screen displayed on the touch panel of the operation unit 220 when making print settings for a transmission result report, which is one of the automatic report printings. An error only button 701 shown on the operation screen in Fig. 7(a) is a switch for setting to perform automatic report printing when an error occurs in the transmission result. Therefore, when the error only button 701 is selected, a transmission result report indicating the result is automatically printed only when transmission of image data to an external device (file server 102, client PC, facsimile, etc.) has failed. Fig. 7(b) shows an example of the output of the transmission result report when an error has occurred.

[0031] The ON button 702 is a switch for setting the automatic report printing to always be performed regardless of the transmission result. When the ON button 702 is selected, a transmission result report indicating the result is always automatically printed regardless of whether the transmission of image data to an external device was successful. Fig. 7(c) shows an example of a transmission result report output when the transmission is completed normally. The OFF button 703 is a switch for setting the automatic printing of a transmission result report not to be performed.

[0032] 8 is a diagram showing a report management table 800 of the MFP 101. The report management table 800 is made up of a report name column 801, an automatic report column 802, and a result report column 803, and is stored in the HDD 214.

[0033] The report name field 801 stores the names of various reports, such as the count report, communication management report, and transmission result report described with reference to Figs. 5 to 7. The automatic report field 802 stores an ON / OFF setting for an automatic report printing function. The result report field 803 stores a setting (ON / OFF) for whether or not a report with a corresponding report name is a result report, that is, whether or not a report showing the results of each process, such as an image data transmission job, is printed and output when such a process is performed. In the case of a transmission result report, the selection result of "Only in case of error", "ON" or "OFF" shown in Fig. 7(a) is further stored, and "ON" to the right of "ON-ON" in Fig. 8 indicates this setting.

[0034] When the CPU 211 of the MFP 101 receives a report printing instruction either manually or automatically, it references the information in the report management table 800 and determines whether the received report printing instruction is for automatic report printing or not, and whether it is for a result report or not.

[0035] Fig. 9 is a flowchart of a process for determining, for each user, the language to be displayed on the touch panel of the operation unit 220. Each process shown in the flowchart of Fig. 9 is realized by the CPU 211 expanding a control program stored in the HDD 214 into a work area of ​​the RAM 213 and executing it.

[0036] In step S901, CPU 211 accepts input of authentication information from a user. In the following step S902, CPU 211 authenticates and identifies the user who uses MFP 101 based on the authentication information input in step S901. For example, when using MFP 101, each user has his / her ID card read by an ID card reader (not shown in FIGS. 1 and 2) provided in MFP 101. CPU 211 of MFP 101 identifies the user by comparing the information on the ID card read by the ID card reader with display language management table 400. However, the method of user authentication is not limited to this, and any method capable of identifying a user may be used.

[0037] Next, in step S903, CPU 211 acquires the language (display language) set for the user authenticated in step S902 from display language management table 400 (see FIG. 4). For example, if authenticated as user A, Japanese is acquired, and if authenticated as user B, English is acquired. Note that when a system administrator logs in, the display language for the administrator set on operation screen 300 described with reference to FIG. 3 is acquired.

[0038] Next, in step S904, CPU 211 sets the language acquired in step S903 as the display language for information to be displayed on the touch panel of operation unit 220. This setting is stored in HDD 214. After that, in step S905, CPU 211 displays a main screen (main menu) on the touch panel of operation unit 220 in the language set in step S904, and then this process ends.

[0039] Fig. 10 is a flowchart of a report printing process according to the first embodiment in the MFP 101. Each process shown in the flowchart in Fig. 10 is realized by the CPU 211 loading a control program stored in the HDD 214 into a work area of ​​the RAM 213 and executing it.

[0040] 10 is started in response to MFP 101 receiving an instruction to print a report, and first in step S1001, CPU 211 determines whether the report instructed to print is an automatic report based on report management table 800 (see FIG. 8). If it is an automatic report print (YES in S1001), that is, if the automatic report field 802 corresponding to the report name instructed to print is ON, CPU 211 proceeds to step S1002. On the other hand, if it is not an automatic report print (NO in S1001), that is, if the automatic report field 802 corresponding to the report name instructed to print is OFF, CPU 211 proceeds to step S1005.

[0041] In step S1002, CPU 211 determines whether the report instructed to be printed is a result report based on report management table 800. If it is a result report (YES in S1002), that is, if the result report column 803 corresponding to the report name instructed to be printed is ON, CPU 211 proceeds to step 1003. On the other hand, if it is not a result report (NO in S1002), that is, if the result report column 803 corresponding to the report name instructed to be printed is OFF, CPU 211 proceeds to step 1006.

[0042] In step S1003, CPU 211 branches the process according to the print setting of the transmission result report in Fig. 7(a) with reference to Fig. 8. If the transmission result report is set to "ON", CPU 211 proceeds to step S1005. If the transmission result report is set to "Error only", CPU 211 proceeds to step S1004. If the transmission result report is set to "OFF", CPU 211 ends the process without printing the transmission result report.

[0043] In step S1004, CPU 211 determines whether a transmission error has occurred. If a transmission error has actually occurred (YES in S1004), CPU 211 proceeds to step S1005, and if a transmission error has not occurred (NO in S1004), CPU 211 ends the process without printing a transmission result report.

[0044] In step S1005, the CPU 211 acquires the report printing language from the display language of the operation unit 220 stored in the HDD 214 in step S904 of Fig. 9. For example, Japanese is acquired as the report printing language for user A, and English is acquired as the report printing language for user B. In step S1006, the CPU 211 acquires the display language for the administrator set on the operation screen 300 in Fig. 3 from the HDD 214 as the report printing language.

[0045] When steps S1005 and S1006 are completed, the process proceeds to step S1007, where CPU 211 creates the print content of the report instructed to be printed in the language acquired in steps S1005 and S1006. In the following step S1008, CPU 211 prints and outputs the report created in step S1007 by printer unit 221. This ends the process.

[0046] In the transmission result report in the report management table 800 in Fig. 8, the automatic report column 802 is ON, the result report column 803 is ON, and the print setting for the transmission result report in Fig. 7(a) is ON. In this case, according to the flowchart in Fig. 10, the transmission result report will be printed in the display language of the operation unit 220. This is in consideration of the fact that the transmission result report is often made available to the user who performed the transmission job.

[0047] However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and it is also possible to print and output the transmission result report in the display language for the administrator set on the operation screen 300 of Fig. 3. In this case, if it is determined in step S1003 that the print setting for the transmission result report in Fig. 7(a) is ON, the process may proceed to step S1006 instead of step S1003.

[0048] As described above, according to this embodiment, the user of the MFP 101 can print a desired report in a language desired by the user or system administrator in either case of manual report printing or automatic report printing.

[0049] <Second embodiment> In the following description of the second embodiment, detailed description of configurations similar to those of the first embodiment, such as the hardware configuration of the image processing system, will be omitted.

[0050] In the second embodiment, even if OFF (OFF button 703) or Only when an error occurs (Only when an error occurs button 701) is selected in Fig. 7(a), if the user explicitly selects to print a transmission result report before executing a transmission job, the result report is printed and output in the display language of the operation unit 220. Also, if ON (ON button 702) is selected in Fig. 7(a) and the user explicitly selects to print a transmission result report before executing a transmission job, the transmission result report is printed in both the display language of the operation unit 220 and the display language for the administrator.

[0051] Fig. 11 is a diagram showing an example of an operation screen displayed on the touch panel of the operation unit 220 when the user explicitly performs settings to print a transmission result report. The operation screen shown in Fig. 11 can be displayed on the touch panel by, for example, pressing an option button (not shown) displayed on a menu screen (not shown) of the touch panel of the operation unit 220 when the user explicitly instructs printing of a result report.

[0052] A transmission result report button 1101 is a button that allows the user to explicitly specify printing of a transmission result report when a transmission job (file transmission or email transmission) is executed. When the transmission result report button 1101 is pressed (selected), a transmission result report is printed in the display language of the operation unit 220, even if OFF or only when an error is selected in the print settings in Fig. 7(a). Also, when ON is selected in Fig. 7(a), a transmission result report is printed in the display language of the operation unit 220 as usual (when ON is selected in S1003 in Fig. 10), and a transmission result report is also printed in the display language for the administrator.

[0053] Fig. 12 is a flowchart of a report printing process according to the second embodiment in the MFP 101. Each process shown in the flowchart in Fig. 12 is realized by the CPU 211 loading a control program stored in the HDD 214 into a work area of ​​the RAM 213 and executing it.

[0054] 12 is started in response to MFP 101 receiving an instruction to print a report, and first in step S1201, CPU 211 determines whether the report instructed to print is an automatic report based on report management table 800 (see FIG. 8). If it is an automatic report print (YES in S1201), that is, if the automatic report field 802 corresponding to the report name instructed to print is ON, CPU 211 proceeds to step S1202. On the other hand, if it is not an automatic report print (NO in S1201), that is, if the automatic report field 802 corresponding to the report name instructed to print is OFF, CPU 211 proceeds to step S1208.

[0055] In step S1202, CPU 211 determines whether the report instructed to be printed is a result report based on report management table 800. If it is a result report (YES in S1202), that is, if the result report column 803 corresponding to the report name instructed to be printed is ON, CPU 211 proceeds to step 1203. On the other hand, if it is not a result report (NO in S1202), that is, if the result report column 803 corresponding to the report name instructed to be printed is OFF, CPU 211 proceeds to step 1210.

[0056] 11 is selected (whether the optional transmission result report is enabled). If the transmission result report button 1101 is selected (YES in S1203), the CPU 211 advances the process to step 1204. If the transmission result report button 1101 is not selected (NO in S1203), the CPU 211 advances the process to step 1205.

[0057] In step S1204, the CPU 211 acquires the transmission setting of Fig. 7(a) from the report management table of Fig. 8, and branches the process according to the acquired information. If the transmission setting of Fig. 7(a) is "error only" or "OFF", the CPU 211 advances the process to step S1208, and if the transmission setting of Fig. 7(a) is "ON", the CPU 211 advances the process to step S1209.

[0058] In step S1205, the CPU 211 judges whether or not the transmission setting in FIG. 7(a) is set to "ON". If the transmission setting in FIG. 7(a) is "ON" (YES in S1205), the CPU 211 advances the process to step S1208, and if the transmission setting in FIG. 7(a) is not "ON" (NO in S1205), the CPU 211 advances the process to step S1206. In step S1206, the CPU 211 judges whether or not the transmission setting in FIG. 7(a) is set to "OFF". If the transmission setting in FIG. 7(a) is "OFF" (YES in S1206), the CPU 211 ends the process, and if the transmission setting in FIG. 7(a) is not "OFF", that is, if it is set to "only when there is an error" (NO in S1206), the CPU 211 advances the process to step S1207. In step S1207, the CPU 211 judges whether or not a transmission error has occurred. If a transmission error has actually occurred (YES in S1207), CPU 211 advances the process to step S1208, and if a transmission error has not occurred (NO in S1207), CPU 211 ends the process.

[0059] In step S1208, the CPU 211 acquires the report printing language from the display language of the operation unit 220 stored in the HDD 214 in step S904 of Fig. 9. For example, Japanese is acquired as the report printing language for user A, and English is acquired as the report printing language for user B. In step S1209, the CPU 211 acquires the display language of the operation unit 220 stored in the HDD 214 in step S904 of Fig. 9 as the report printing language, and also acquires the display language for the administrator set on the operation screen 300 of Fig. 3 from the HDD 214. In step S1210, the CPU 211 acquires the display language for the administrator set on the operation screen 300 of Fig. 3 from the HDD 214 as the report printing language.

[0060] When steps S1208, S1209, and S1210 are completed, the process proceeds to step S1211, where CPU 211 creates the print content of the report instructed to be printed in the language acquired in each of steps S1208, S1209, and S1210. In the following step S1212, CPU 211 prints and outputs the report created in step S1211 by printer unit 221. This ends the process.

[0061] When the display language of the operation unit 220 and the display language for the administrator are acquired in step S1209, a transmission result report written in the display language of the operation unit 220 and a transmission result report written in the display language for the administrator are printed and output. At this time, the transmission result reports in each language may be printed on separate sheets of paper and two sheets of paper may be output, or the transmission result reports in each language may be printed together on one sheet of paper and one sheet of paper may be output.

[0062] As described above, according to this embodiment, the user can explicitly select to print a transmission result report before executing a transmission job and print the transmission result report in the display language of the operation unit 220, thereby improving convenience for the user who performs the transmission job. Also, a transmission result report written in both the display language of the operation unit 220 and the display language for the administrator can be printed, thereby improving convenience for the user who performs the transmission job and the system administrator.

[0063] Although the present invention has been described in detail above based on the preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to these specific embodiments, and various forms within the scope of the gist of the present invention are also included in the present invention. Furthermore, each of the above-mentioned embodiments merely shows one embodiment of the present invention, and each embodiment can be appropriately combined.

[0064] In the above embodiment, the MFP 101 executes each process shown in the flowcharts of Fig. 9 and Fig. 10 using one CPU 211 and one memory (RAM 213 or HDD 214). However, this is not limited to the above, and for example, each of the processes shown in the flowcharts of Fig. 9 and Fig. 10 may be executed by a plurality of CPUs operating in cooperation using one or a plurality of memories.

[0065] The present invention can also be realized by executing the following process. That is, software (programs) that realize the functions of the above-mentioned embodiments are supplied to a system or device via a network or various storage media, and the computer (or CPU, MPU, etc.) of the system or device reads and executes the program code. In this case, the program and the storage medium on which the program is stored constitute the present invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0066] 101 MFP 211 CPU 213 RAM 214 HDD 220 Operation section 221 Printer section

Claims

1. An image processing device, A printing means; a storage means for storing history information of processing executed by the image processing device; a display means for displaying an operation screen in a display language set in association with a login user who has logged in to the image processing device; an execution unit that executes manual report printing, in which the printing unit prints a report including the history information based on an instruction input using an operation screen displayed in a display language associated with the logged-in user, and automatic report printing, in which the printing unit prints a report including the history information without inputting the instruction, The image processing device is characterized in that the execution means executes the manual report printing in a display language set in association with the logged-in user, and executes the automatic report printing in a display language set independently of the display language set in association with the logged-in user.

2. 2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information stored in the storage means includes a history of communications executed by the image processing apparatus.

3. An image processing device as described in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the execution means executes the automatic report printing when a condition set based on an instruction by the logged-in user is satisfied.

4. the storage means stores a history of transmission jobs executed by the image processing device; 4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the execution unit executes the automatic report printing when the number of transmission job histories reaches a predetermined number.

5. An image processing device as described in any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the display language set independently of the display language set in association with the logged-in user is set by an administrator user of the image processing device.

6. The image processing device as described in Claim 5, characterized in that the display language set independently of the display language set in association with the logged-in user is the display language set in association with the administrator user.

7. An image processing device as described in any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the history information is history information of fax communication performed by the image processing device.

8. The image processing device according to claim 7, characterized in that the history information includes the results of the fax communication performed by the image processing device.

9. An image processing device as described in any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the display language set independently of the display language set in association with the logged-in user is a display language set as a setting item separate from the display language set in association with the logged-in user.

10. An image processing device as described in any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the display language set independently of the display language set in association with the login user is a display language set without being associated with a login user who has logged in to the image processing device.

11. A method for controlling an image processing device having a printing means and a storage means for storing history information of processes executed by the image processing device, comprising: a display step of displaying an operation screen in a display language set in association with a login user who has logged in to the image processing device; an execution step of executing manual report printing in which the printing means prints a report including the history information based on an instruction input using an operation screen displayed in a display language associated with the logged-in user, and automatic report printing in which the printing means prints a report including the history information without inputting the instruction, A control method for an image processing device, characterized in that, in the execution step, the manual report printing is executed in a display language set in association with the logged-in user, and the automatic report printing is executed in a display language set independently of the display language set in association with the logged-in user.

12. The method for controlling an image processing device according to claim 11, characterized in that the information stored in the memory means includes a history of communications executed by the image processing device.

13. The control method for an image processing device described in Claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the execution step executes the automatic report printing in response to a condition set based on an instruction by the logged-in user being satisfied.

14. The storage means stores a history of transmission jobs executed by the image processing device, 14. The method according to claim 13, wherein in the execution step, the automatic report printing is executed when the number of history transmission jobs reaches a predetermined number.

15. A control method for an image processing device described in any one of claims 10 to 14, characterized in that the display language set independently of the display language set in association with the logged-in user is set by an administrator user of the image processing device.

16. A control method for an image processing device as described in Claim 15, characterized in that the display language set independently of the display language set in association with the login user is the display language set in association with the administrator user.

17. The method for controlling an image processing device according to claim 10, wherein the history information is history information of a fax communication executed by the image processing device.

18. The method for controlling an image processing device according to claim 17, wherein the history information includes a result of the fax communication executed by the image processing device.

19. A control method for an image processing device described in any one of claims 10 to 18, characterized in that the display language set independently of the display language set in association with the logged-in user is a display language set as a setting item separate from the display language set in association with the logged-in user.

20. A control method for an image processing device described in any one of claims 10 to 19, characterized in that the display language set independently of the display language set in association with the login user is a display language set without being associated with a login user who has logged in to the image processing device.

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