CN1848073A - Image output apparatus and printer driver - Google Patents
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an image output apparatus is configured such that an equipment control portion sets the process of output as an image according to the protection status of received direct print data. When the received direct print data is only simple data in a predetermined file format, the equipment control portion sets a processing method that unconditionally prints out the data, and when the data is encrypted, the equipment control portion sets a processing method that temporarily holds the data, and prints out the data in response to a user's output instruction, and when a password has been added to the data, the equipment control portion sets a processing method that temporarily holds the data, and prints out the data in response to password input from the user.
Description
The application requires in the patented claim No.2005-118499 of submission on April 15th, 2005 and the right of priority of patented claim No.2005-118500, and its full content is hereby expressly incorporated by reference.
Technical field
The present invention relates to come the image output device and the printer driver of printout image based on the data that receive internally or the data that receive from the outside, more particularly, the present invention relates to be provided with according to the state that is used for the direct data of printing that is received the image output device and the printer driver of printout disposal route.
Background technology
In traditional Method of printing, the user starts essential application software on personal computer, open to be used for typescripts, and by for example sequentially select " file ", " printing " and " execution " to begin to print from the screen of the file data opened.
On the other hand, direct printing function has been proposed recently, in this function, need not to open this application software, but in statu quo send (throwing) to give printer data, make data decompressed thus at the printer place, and by printout immediately (for example, referring to JP 2002-351637A).
In this case, the data that printout immediately receives are the standards in directly printing, but when data that receive during by Print All output unconditionally, such problem may appear, for example the third party has seen that the user does not wish descried data, perhaps when the third party reached the document of their printout, user's typescripts was also taken away mistakenly.
Therefore, printing preservation (hold) function that a kind of and this direct printing function is separated has also been proposed, in printing hold function, the data that receive are saved, the user goes to printer, the tabulation of the data that are saved is shown, and carries out printout by the data of being selected to print from this tabulation by the user.
In addition, a kind of secure printing function has also been proposed, in this function, at the password of user setup data and after sending print command, the user goes to printer, and begins printout (for example, JP H2-268321) by the password that is provided with from inputs such as unshowned guidance panels there.
Like this, multiple Method of printing has been proposed recently, such as, directly print, print and preserve and secure printing.
Incidentally, there are the various forms of data that send via network path, such as the data of data that after encrypted, send and transmission after by cryptoguard.In this case, when data have been sent (thrown to) to give printer, for having encryption or not password-protected data, printout immediately do not have specific obstacle.
On the other hand, for instance, for the data that after encrypted, send, even when data are fed to printer, attempt to print immediately, when this encryption is not when adopting the encryption format of regulation, has also that encrypt can not be by the possibility of decipher, thereby might be able to not print.And loss that consider recent spam, is caused by eletronic virus or the like does not at first know whether have problems in the data that encrypted back sends.Consider these situations, when ciphered data is sent out so that when directly printing, unconditionally these data of printout immediately are problematic.
On the other hand; the data that are sent out as password-protected data can be opened by importing password by the user who receives these data on personal computer; but when utilizing above-mentioned secure printing to print these data that are opened, must have and to re-enter the trouble that the password that is used for secure printing sends the data to printer then.
Summary of the invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of image output device and printer driver, it can come the method for printout automatically to be set to best method according to the Data Protection state that is received.
Image output device of the present invention is based on the data output image that receives from the outside, and it comprises: guard mode is confirmed part (guard mode affirmation parts), the Data Protection state that its affirmation is received; And control section (control assembly), it is controlled according to the described Data Protection state of being confirmed by described guard mode affirmation part the output of image is handled.Here, the meaning of " Data Protection state " is " about the state of data protection ", and specifically, and its meaning is the encrypted state of data itself and the data state that has been added password for example.
And, in this image output device, can be equipped with part is set, it is provided with according to the Data Protection state that is received and is output as treatment of picture.And, can adopt such structure, wherein, control section is equipped with: the encrypted acknowledgment part, it confirms to exist the encryption that does not still exist the data that received; And part is set, it is according to the existence of partly having been confirmed by described encrypted acknowledgment or do not exist to encrypt to be provided with and be output as treatment of picture.Perhaps, can adopt such structure, wherein, control section is equipped with: the password confirming part, and it confirm to exist and still not to have the password that is used for the data that received; And part is set, it is according to the existence of partly having been confirmed by described password confirming or do not exist password setting to be output as treatment of picture.Here, the concrete meaning that " processing of output is set " is any disposal route that for example is provided with in direct printing, printing preservation and the secure printing.
And, in this image output device, can adopt such structure, wherein, when described control section has been confirmed that the data that received are encrypted or has been added password, when execution is output as image (when printout), the process according to printing preservation or secure printing starts printout by the instruction from the user.
Perhaps, image output device can be based on the image output device that the data that receive from the outside are come the printout image, and it comprises: disposal route is provided with part (disposal route is provided with parts), and it sets in advance the method for the print processing when receiving direct print data.
And, can adopt such structure, wherein, described disposal route is provided with part: when the direct print data that is received only is the simple data of predetermined file form, the disposal route of printout unconditionally is set; When the data that received are encrypted, the described data of temporary transient preservation are set and come this processing method of data of printout in response to user's output order; And when the data that received have been added password, the described data of temporary transient preservation are set and come this processing method of data of printout in response to password from user's input.
And this image output device can be equipped with output that part (output is provided with parts) is set, and is used to be provided with and whether prints the direct print data that is received.In addition, the user can use this output that part is set and carry out setting according to expectation.Therefore, can the printout disposal route be set for every kind of data protection state.
And, in this image output device, processed with the data that are used for directly printing with by from the print command of generic drive and processed data are classified, and be shown as the job list (for example, preserve the job list, output fulfil assignment tabulation etc.).
And, can adopt such structure, wherein, this image output device also comprises deletion (deletion parts), it was after past preservation period that sets in advance, in installing, delete the print data that output is delayed, and, can be set the different preservation periods for being saved to be used for data of directly printing and the data that are saved by the print command that comes from generic drive.That is to say, can distinguish being saved the processing of the data that are saved with the processing of the data that are used for directly printing with by the instruction that comes from driver.And, can adopt such structure, wherein, in the time of in being displayed on tabulation, data can be separated to show, thereby allow the user to select which shows.Here, for preserving the period, in the situation of directly printing, owing to noticing data need some times before when being sent out, segment length when therefore preferably making preservation period of being used for directly printing than the preservation that is used for from the print command of generic drive.But,, make that preferably the preservation period that is used for directly printing is shorter from the angle of safety.
Utilize the image output device that constitutes in the above described manner, can the printout disposal route be set according to the Data Protection state that is used for directly printing that is received.That is to say; can be to create and in statu quo sent according to the data that received with the file layout of regulation; still these data are sent out after encryption, or these data are that the next print-out method automatically that sends after by cryptoguard is set to direct printing, prints in preservation and the secure printing.
Perhaps, this image output device can be a kind of based on the image output device that comes output image from the data of outside reception, and it comprises: judgment part (decision means), and it judges whether the data that received have been added the use restricted information; Export-restriction part (export-restriction parts), it is being judged by described judgment part when having added the use restricted information, and the data that receive by making are in the output that store status limits received data; Preserve part (preservation parts), its described use restricted information that will append to described data saves as output condition information, is output the data that restricted part has limited its output so that make to export; And importation (input block), input/output condition information when it is used in request output that it exports confined data.At this, the meaning of " use restricted information " is a for example so-called password (password).The meaning of " output condition information " is for example so-called secure printing security code.
Utilize the image output device of configuration in the above described manner, when the data that receive from the outside have been added password, by with this password secure printing security code when the printout again in statu quo, when the user who receives these data attempts to utilize the secure printing printout, can eliminate the trouble of importing the secure printing security code at that time once more.That is to say that the password-protected data that can allow to receive from the outside automatically link to traditional secure printing function.
And,, might the user will can not notice when data are sent out when the data that received are for example directly during print data.Therefore, in image output device of the present invention, can also be equipped with notification section (notice parts), the data that its notice receives from the outside are stored as the printing preservation state of these data of restriction output.Like this, the user can know reliably that the data that are used as direct printing transmission are in the printing preservation state.
Perhaps, printer driver of the present invention is a kind of printer driver that generates print data to the image recording structure with secure printing function, it comprises: judgment part (decision means), its generate as print data be saved data the time, judge whether these data have been added password; And operation generating portion (operation generation parts), it is being judged when having added password by described judgment part, generates password, and in described print data, described password is taken as the secure printing security code.
Utilization has the printer driver of this structure; when data have been added password; by with this password secure printing security code when the printout again in statu quo, password-protected data can be handled as secure printing when printout automatically.That is to say, can eliminate the trouble that the user who receives these data imports the secure printing security code once more.That is to say that the password-protected data that can allow to receive are linked to traditional secure printing function automatically.
And this printer driver can also be equipped with notification section (notice parts), and it notifies user's print data to be handled to print to preserve, and when carrying out this processing, is the additional code of giving described data as the security code of preserving code.Like this, because the user can know that password-protected data are used as secure printing and are kept in the printer, and knows that the secure printing security code of these data is passwords, so the user can go to printer and this secure printing of printout reliably.
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Fig. 1 be illustrate digital multifunction apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention whole electric structure and with the overall construction drawing of the annexation of peripherals.
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram that the structure of operation part is shown.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram that is illustrated in the process that the printout disposal route is set in the equipment.
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram that is illustrated in the process that the printout disposal route is set in the equipment.
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram that is illustrated in the process that the printout disposal route is set in the equipment.
Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram that is illustrated in the process that the printout disposal route is set in the equipment.
Fig. 7 is the schematic diagram that is illustrated in the process that the printout disposal route is set in the equipment.
Fig. 8 is the schematic diagram that is illustrated in the process that the printout disposal route is set in the equipment.
Fig. 9 is the schematic diagram that is illustrated in the process that the printout disposal route is set in the equipment.
Figure 10 is the process flow diagram that is illustrated in the processing operation of equipment when receiving direct print data.
Figure 11 is the process flow diagram that illustrates the print processing that is kept at the data in the hard disk.
Figure 12 is the schematic diagram that illustrates the process that is kept at the data execution print processing in the hard disk.
Figure 13 is the schematic diagram that illustrates the process that is kept at the data execution print processing in the hard disk.
Figure 14 is the schematic diagram that illustrates the process that is kept at the data execution print processing in the hard disk.
Figure 15 is illustrated in to carry out the schematic diagram of printing an example of the demonstration of preserving tabulation after the print processing.
Figure 16 is the process flow diagram that the processing operation that the printing of the printer driver that utilizes end device preserves is shown.
Figure 17 is the schematic diagram that the example of the display screen when utilizing end device that setting of printing is set is shown.
Figure 18 is the schematic diagram that the example of the display screen when utilizing end device that setting of printing is set is shown.
Figure 19 is the schematic diagram that the example of the display screen when utilizing end device that setting of printing is set is shown.
Figure 20 is the schematic diagram that the example of the display screen when utilizing end device that setting of printing is set is shown.
Figure 21 is the schematic diagram that illustrates the process that is kept at the data execution print processing in the hard disk.
Figure 22 is the schematic diagram that illustrates the process that is kept at the data execution print processing in the hard disk.
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Embodiments of the invention are described below with reference to accompanying drawings.
In the present embodiment, illustrate that image output device of the present invention is applied in the situation in the digital multifunction apparatus.Fig. 1 show this digital multifunction apparatus whole electric structure and with the annexation of peripherals.
The electric structure of this digital multifunction apparatus 1 at first is described.
As shown in Figure 1, digital multifunction apparatus 1 comprises image reading section 2, operation part 4, imaging moiety 6, device control part 8, fax modem 9, communications portion 10, administrative section 11, deletion parts 12 and hard disk (HD) 13.That is to say that the digital multifunction apparatus 1 of present embodiment is the multifunctional equipment of the facsimile recorder and the network printer.
Image reading section 2 comprises CCD 2a and original detection sensor 2b.
Operation part 4 comprises importation 4a and display part 4b, and importation 4a is made of various function buttons, and described function button comprises mechanical keys and the touch panel with explanation below, and display part 4b is made of the display panel of liquid crystal etc.Fig. 2 shows the structure of operation part 4.Display part 4b has the structure that transparent touch panel 44 is disposed in the top (top face) of display panel 41, and various function button 42 and numerical key 43 are disposed in the next door (right side among the figure) of display part 4b.In addition, start button, full scale clearance (CA) button and removing (C) button are disposed in the right side of numerical key 43.
Imaging moiety 6 comprises: image processing section 6a, and it has the decompressed working storage 6b of print data therein; Encrypt/decrypt part 6c, it is to temporarily leaving with (storage) in hard disk 13 from the data encryption of outside and with it, so that data are retained in the equipment, and it is decrypted and sends it to image processing section 6a to the data of leaving with in hard disk 13; Printing portion 6d, it has laser scan unit (LSU) etc.
The operation control of device control part 8 management entire equipment is made of CPU, ROM, RAM etc.Administrative section 11 bookkeeping equipment information necessary, and for example sending and managing during received communication addresses of items of mail and facsimile telephone number.In addition, administrative section 11 centralized management operating equipment information necessary, for example management is temporarily left with the positional information (address information) of the data in hard disk 13 and is managed the positional information that is used for data are outputed to printer under printer mode when operating.
After past preservation period that deletion parts 12 will illustrate in the back, carry out the processing that deletion is stored in the data in the hard disk 13 temporarily by the control of device control part 8.
In digital multifunction apparatus 1 with said structure, for example the facsimile recorder device 31 by the Admin Administration can be connected to fax modem 9 via telephone network 22, end devices (personal computer) 32,33 etc. can be connected to communications portion 10 via the network 21 of LAN etc., and the Internet facsimile recorder 34 and external personal computer 35 etc. can be connected to communications portion 10 via the Internet 23.The digital multifunction apparatus of present embodiment is disposed in this class network environment.
Present embodiment has such structure, that is, therefore the data that will can handle via the data decompression forming apparatus that network receives from the outside in communications portion 10 can confirm the guard mode of data in communications portion 10 that receives.That is to say to confirm whether data are in the file layout of regulation and do not need any processing or interpolation, perhaps further, confirm whether data are encrypted, whether password-protected etc.Therefore, in the present embodiment, device control part 8 is provided with the printout disposal route of the data that received subsequently automatically according to the affirmation result of communications portion 10.
＜to the explanation of printout disposal route is set in equipment 〉
Here, specify the process that the user is provided with the printout disposal route in the equipment, promptly in order to utilize device control part 8 that the pre-service of printout disposal route is set automatically with reference to Fig. 3 to 9.
When the printout disposal route was set in equipment, at first, the user pressed the function button 42a of being labeled as among the importation 4a shown in Fig. 2 " user's setting ".Like this, the user shown in the displayed map 3 is provided with screen in the 4b of display part.It is the operation that is used to the equipment that is provided with that this user is provided with screen, and it provides the various keys that are provided with: " total ", " demonstration contrast ", " data list printing ", " date setting ", " paper disc setting " and " address control ".But the content of these keys is not a necessary condition of the present invention, and therefore the explanation to them will be omitted.And being provided with this user also provides the membrane keyboard that is labeled as " key operation person's program " in the screen, is provided with to be used for carrying out more specifically.Therefore, by touching the membrane keyboard 41a that is labeled as " key operation person's program ", in the 4b of display part, will show the screen that is provided with of user setting/key operation person program shown in Figure 4 by the user.This is provided with screen request and for example imports 5 codes, so that as shown in Figure 5, when code is input to code input window 41b continuously, at the screen that is provided with of the key operation person's program shown in the display part 4b displayed map 6.But this is provided with screen mainly by operations such as equipment manager, attendants, and can not handled by domestic consumer.
Being provided with at this provides the various keys that are provided with on screen: " division management ", " energy-conservation ", " operation setting ", " equipment setting ", " system management ", " duplicate and be provided with ", " fax/image setting ", " tabulation/reporting printing ", " change of key operation person's code " and " product key input ".But, in the present embodiment, the cryptoguard of explanation is handled in order to be provided with below, have only " equipment setting " to be used, therefore will omit the explanation that other is provided with the operation of key.Here, when user's touch is labeled as the membrane keyboard 41c of " equipment setting ", show that the equipment of key operation person's program shown in Figure 7 is provided with screen.
Being provided with at this equipment provides the various keys that are provided with on the screen: " setting of original copy detecting device ", " forbidding face in pairs ", " forbidding Mail Receiver output stacker (MAIL BIN STACKER) ", " forbidding original copy feeder ", " forbidding paper feed tray " and " directly setting of printing ", wherein " directly setting of printing " is a feature of the present invention.Here, in being labeled as check box (sidecheck box) 41d on next door of " directly setting of printing ", the user makes marks and during touch display screen top-right " affirmation " button 41e the direct print setting screen of the key operation person's program shown in the displayed map 8.
On this direct print setting screen, provide and be used to select whether to allow directly choice box (check box) 41f of printing.Therefore, when making marks in this indicia framing, following shown, inter-process is set up, so that device control part 8 allows enciphered data with good conditionsi (that is, producing preservation condition), and preserves directly and prints.
And, after the user makes marks,, in the 4b of display part, show the direct print setting screen of key operation person's program shown in Figure 9 by the cursor button 41g of operation directed downwards in indicia framing 41f.
For instance, when receiving direct print data,, this direct print setting screen is set in this case if the notified direct print data of hope such as equipment manager has been received.In this case, because the digital multifunction apparatus 1 of present embodiment has the Internet facsimile function, therefore use mail function to carry out this notice.Therefore, the personnel's of user expectation addresses of items of mail is set to this notification receiver on screen is set.Subsequently, finish all settings by touch screen top-right " determining " button 41h.That is to say that screen is transformed into state shown in Figure 2 once more.
＜the explanation of processing when receiving direct print data 〉
Next, describe with reference to process flow diagram shown in Figure 10 operational processes the equipment when receiving direct print data under the situation that is provided with equipment as described above.But this explanation is to carry out at providing three types of data as the example of the direct print data that receives: data, enciphered data and the password-protected data created with the regulation file layout.
When receiving direct print data, in order to stay the reception history such as the date and time that receives, device control part 8 is stored the reception daily record (step S101) of received data in administrative section 11.Subsequently, the data that received are decompressed, and carry out the affirmation (for example, data are PDF or FIFF file layout) (step S102) that can data processed.
When device control part 8 judge draw that data can not be processed as a result the time (when in step S102, being judged as not), device control part 8 advances to step S114 with operation, flow data is abandoned immediately and processing finishes.On the other hand, when device control part 8 is judged data can be processed time the (when being judged as when being) in step S102, next it be provided with affirmation and whether allow direct printing (step S103) based on above-mentioned.As a result of, when not allowing directly to print (, when Fig. 8 be provided with that mark is by the place to go in the screen time), device control part 8 advances to step S114 with operation, data are abandoned immediately and processing finishes.
On the other hand, in this example, when allowing directly printing, so next whether device control part 8 be provided with affirmation and want announcement apparatus keeper etc. to receive direct print data (step S104) based on above-mentioned.As a result of, when announcement apparatus keeper wait when being set up (when Fig. 9 the addresses of items of mail that is provided with notification receiver in the screen is set the time), received direct print data (step S105) to this addresses of items of mail notice.On the other hand, when announcement apparatus keeper etc. is not set up, do not notify.
Next, device control part 8 is confirmed the data that receive whether encrypted (step S106).When the result is data when encrypted (when being judged as at step S106 when being); decrypted and these data (data A) have been decompressed under the state of working storage 6b of image processing section 6a (step S107) in the data that receive, and device control part 8 confirms whether data A are password-protected (step S108).When the result is data when not password-protected (when being judged as not at step S108), with the data A storage (leaving with) that decompresses presumptive area to hard disk 13, and with its preservation (step S109).On the other hand, when the result is the data A that decompresses when password-protected (when being judged as at step S108 when being), the presumptive area that stores the data A that decompresses and password thereof into hard disk 13 is together also preserved (step S110).
On the other hand, when the data of judging reception in step S106 do not have (when being judged as not) when encrypted, next device control part 8 confirms whether the data of reception are password-protected (step S111).When the result is that the data that receive are not when password-protected (when being judged as not at step S111); because it be do not have encrypted or (for example by the general data of cryptoguard; the general data of PDF); the data that then received are by printout immediately, and need not to be saved (step S113) according to the mode of the direct printing function of standard.On the other hand, (when being judged as at step S108 when being) stores the data that receive the presumptive area of hard disk 13 into and preserves (step S112) with its password when the data that receive are password-protected.
That is to say, in the present embodiment, when receiving direct print data, be under the situation of simple data of predetermined file form, unconditionally with its printout immediately in the data that receive.In the data that received is that it is temporarily preserved, and under the password-protected situation of the data that received, data is temporarily stored with its password under the situation of encrypting.
＜preserve the explanation of handling to printing 〉
Next, with reference to the example of the display screen of the process flow diagram of Figure 11 and the display part 4b shown in Figure 12 to 15, to when receiving direct print data, describing by carrying out the print processing operation that above-mentioned processing is stored in the data in the hard disk 13.
When print data was saved, the user pressed the function button 42b that mark among the importation 4a shown in Fig. 2 has " printing ".Like this, the list screen of the preservation tabulation of the printing shown in Figure 12 (the job list) is shown (step S201).The user selects the data (step S202) that will be printed from this list screen.At this, when not from this list screen, not selecting (when in step S202, being judged as not), carry out the user and whether cancel and print the affirmation (step S203) of preserving, and when the user has selected cancellation, handle end at this point the data that are printed.On the other hand, when the user only is maloperation etc., rather than when wanting to cancel, operation turns back to step S202, and the user selects the data that will be printed once more.
On the other hand, when having selected desired data in step S202 (when being judged as when being), device control part 8 is confirmed data whether password-protected (step S204).
At this, on printing shown in Figure 12 keeps the list screen of tabulation, show be received with the data " directly document 123 " that are used for directly printing, in LAN (Local Area Network) 21 scopes end device (for example, end device 32) user's who sends by name " user DEF " document " document 456 " and (for example from another terminal, end device 33) user's who sends " user GHI " by name list data " form 123 " is to preserve tabulation as printing.Wherein, the data of supposing " directly document 123 " are password-protected.When not being printed when also having other data to be saved, by touch the right side on/following cursor key (cursor key of directed downwards among Figure 12), can sequentially change in the mode that is similar to page turning and print the demonstration of preserving tabulation.
When the affirmation result in step S204 be the data selected when password-protected (; when having selected " directly document 123 "); as shown in figure 13, preserve on the list screen display password entr screen 41i (step S205) overlappingly in the printing of display part 4b.Thereby the user imports five passwords in the input window 41j of password entr screen 41i.
The user is provided with in this output condition output condition (step S208) is set in the screen.Specifically, in this output condition the number that the output copy is set in the screen is set.And, carry out after printing the how setting of deal with data.
Here, when selecting " printing the back deletion ", printout should " directly document 123 " data (step S209) afterwards, will from hard disk 13, delete the data of " direct document 123 ".That is to say, in this case, after turning back to printing preservation list screen, as shown in figure 15, deletion " directly document 123 ", and only explicit user is called the document " document 456 " of " user DEF " and user's " user GHI " by name list data " form 123 ".
On the other hand, when selecting " printing the back storage ", after printout should the data (step S209) of " directly document 123 ", data storage that will " directly document 123 " was in hard disk 13.That is to say, in this case, after turning back to printing preservation list screen, show printing preservation list screen as shown in figure 12.
Here, in the superincumbent explanation, preserve shown in the list screen as the printing of Figure 12, in tabulation indistinction ground show the data (" direct document 123 ") that receive from the outside and be saved via the Internet 23 and via network 21 from reception such as end device 32,33 and the data (" user DEF document 456 " and " user GHI form 123 ") that are saved.But tabulation is preserved in this printing also can be shown as distinguishes data.That is to say that the printing that screen can be shown as the data that receive and be saved from the outside via the Internet 23 is preserved tabulation and preserved tabulation via network 21 from the printing of receptions such as end device 32,33 and the data that are saved and distinguish mutually.In this case, can by on the screen right side shown in Figure 12/touch operation of following cursor key comes the handoff list screen.And, in the superincumbent explanation, such structure has been described, that is,, shows the list screen that printing preservation shown in Figure 12 is tabulated when in importation 4a shown in Figure 2, pressing mark when the function button 42b of " printings " is arranged.But, also can adopt another kind of structure, promptly, when being labeled as the function button 42b of " printing " when supressing, show that in the 4b of display part the inquiry user wants to show that prints the affirmation screen (not shown) of preserving tabulation, and by utilize this affirmations screen to select any one tabulation to come to show that with as shown in figure 12 form selecteed printing preservation tabulates in the 4b of display part by the user.
And, in the present embodiment, provide deletion parts 12, its preservation period of setting in advance in the past after, will export the data that (printout) be delayed and from hard disk 13, delete.That is to say, when preservation period of setting in advance in the past after, device control part 8 control deletion parts 12 are so that over and done with data of the preservation period in hard disk 13 are deleted.In this case, permission is provided with the different reservation periods to being saved with the data (" directly document 123 ") that are used for directly printing with the data (" user GHI form ") that are saved by the instruction from end device 32 and 33 printer driver, that is, for being saved to be used for the direct data of printing and to carry out differentiated treatment by the data of preserving from the printer driver of end device 32 and 33.Specifically, in the situation of directly printing, owing to notice data are when to be sent out to need some times, can expect making being used for preservation period of directly printing than being used to segment length from the instruction preservation of the printer driver of end device 32 and 33 time.For instance, utilize the example of Figure 12, for example can expect making that the preservation period that is saved with the data (" directly document 123 ") that are used for directly printing is five days, and make that the preservation period of the data (" user DEF document 456 " and " user GHI form 123 ") that the print command of the printer driver by terminal 32 and 33 is saved is three days.But,, it will also be appreciated that to make that the preservation period that is used for directly printing is shorter from the angle of safety.Therefore, preferably can be provided with and print the period according to the personnel's of management equipments such as keeper expectation.
The explanation of above＜processing when receiving direct print data〉and＜preserve the explanation of handling to printing〉mainly be explanation to the processing when receiving the data that are used for directly printing from the outside; but will illustrate below that the printing of being carried out by the printer driver of end device is preserved handles, and this processings also is included in and opens the also situation of these data of printout subsequently of the password-protected data that send by privacy enhanced mail in the application software.
＜explanation of handling is preserved in the printing of the printer driver that utilizes end device 〉
The printing that the printer driver that utilizes end device will be described with reference to the example display curtain of process flow diagram shown in Figure 16 and display part 4b shown in Figure 17 is preserved and is handled.
For instance; when utilizing end device 32 to open to send to the password-protected data of end device 32 by privacy enhanced mail; when for example in application software, opening the file of these data; at first, to whether existing the user to limit in the file confirm, promptly; whether need to confirm password (step S301); and, when the needs password (when being judged as at step S301 when being), request input password (step S302).Because expectation uses the user of end device 32 to know this password (for example, " abcd ") basically, so the user is according to this request input password " abcd ".When confirming the password coupling, the data in the file be opened (step S303).
Next, when the user provide print command in case when printing these data of opening (for example, from the screen of the file data opened, select " file ", " printings " continuously) (step S304), whether the print driver affirmation that receives this print command has added password (step S305) to this print data.When the result is (when being judged as in step S305 when being) when having added password, the password that is added " abcd " is by in statu quo as the print pin (security code) of maintaining secrecy.And the printer driver that receives above-mentioned print command shows the print setting screen shown in Figure 17 on the screen of terminal device 32.When user for example selects single face to print (1 face) from this screen, and when clicking screen bottom-right " operation processings " button, operation processing screen shown in Figure 180 is shown.In this screen, indicated this print data to be stored in the digital multifunction apparatus 1 and be not printed, and the setting that above-mentioned password " abcd " is set to security code has been shown.When the user clicked this operation processing screen bottom-right " determining " button, print screen shown in Figure 19 was shown.As shown in figure 19, in the print screen at this moment, the superimposed demonstration of message screen, the password " abcd " that is added in the privacy enhanced mail with notice will in statu quo be used as secure printing security code (step S306).When clicking screen bottom-right " determining " button after the user has confirmed the content of this message, print data is sent to digital multifunction apparatus 1 (step S307) with this security code " abcd ".
On the other hand; utilize digital multifunction apparatus 1, with the explanation of superincumbent＜processing when receiving direct print data〉in the part processing of explanation the same, password-protected data are stored in hard disk 13; with as print preserving, and be not printed (step S308).
And, at step S305, (be judged as not) when judging when not adding password, next, confirm data whether encrypted (S309).When the result is that data do not have (when being judged as not) when encrypted in step S309, print data is sent to digital multifunction apparatus 1 (step S310) by former state.Therefore, utilize digital multifunction apparatus 1, and in above-mentioned＜explanation to print to keep handling〉in the part processing of explanation the same, the print data of reception is by printout immediately (step S322).
On the other hand, at step S309, when judging print data when encrypted (be judged as and be), ciphered data is in statu quo sent to digital multifunction apparatus 1 (step S311).At this moment, as shown in figure 20, display message on the screen of end device 32, because mail is encrypted, so it will be used as and print preservation and handle (step S312) with notice.
On the other hand, utilize digital multifunction apparatus 1, with superincumbent＜explanation to print to preserve handling〉in the part processing of explanation the same, store the enciphered data that receives into hard disk 13, with as printing preservation data (step S313).
Subsequently, the user comes the position of digital multifunction apparatus 1, and presses the function button 42b (step S314) that mark has " printing " in importation 4a shown in Figure 2.Therefore, for instance, in the 4b of display part, show printing preservation list screen (step S315) shown in Figure 21.Here, suppose that " user DEF document 789 " is with the stored data of above-mentioned security code " abcd ", then the user selects " user DEF document 789 " with as the data that will be printed (step S316) from this list screen.Device control part 8 confirms whether added password (security code) (step S317) to these selecteed data.In this case, owing to added password (security code " abcd ") (in step S317, be judged as and be), therefore preserve on the list screen display password entr screen (seeing Figure 13) (step S318) overlappingly in the printing of display part 4b to selecteed data.Thereby the user imports above-mentioned " abcd " in the input window of this password entr screen.
The user is provided with in this output condition output condition (step S321) is set in the screen.Specifically, in this output condition the number that the output copy is set in the screen is set.And, carry out about the how setting of deal with data after printing.
Here, when selecting " printing the back deletion ", after the data of " user DEF document 789 " are printed output, from hard disk 13 with the data deletion of " user DEF document 789 ".
On the other hand, when selecting " printing the back storage ", be printed output (step S322) afterwards in the data of " user DEF document 789 ", with the data storage of " user DEF document 789 " in hard disk 13.
Under the situation that does not break away from spirit of the present invention and essential characteristic, can implement the present invention with various other forms.Should with in disclosed embodiment should all be counted as illustrative rather than restrictive in all fields.Scope of the present invention is indicated by appending claims, rather than by aforesaid explanation indication, and all modifications within the scope of the equivalent of these claims or change and all be included in this
Within the scope of invention.
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1, a kind of based on the image output device that comes output image from the data of outside reception, comprising:
Guard mode is confirmed part, the Data Protection state that its affirmation is received, and
Control section, it is controlled according to the described Data Protection state of being confirmed by described guard mode affirmation part the output of image is handled.
2, image output device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described control section comprises part is set that it is provided with according to the Data Protection state that is received and is output as treatment of picture.
3, image output device as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described control section comprises: the encrypted acknowledgment part, it confirms to exist the encryption that does not still exist the data that received; And part is set, it is according to the existence of partly being confirmed by described encrypted acknowledgment or do not exist to encrypt to be provided with and be output as treatment of picture.
4, image output device as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described control section comprises: the password confirming part, it confirm to exist and still not to have the password that is used for the data that received; And part is set, it is according to the existence of partly being confirmed by described password confirming or do not exist password setting to be output as treatment of picture.
5,, wherein, when described control section has been confirmed that the data that received are encrypted or has been added password, when execution is output as image, carry out output by instruction from the user as claim 3 or 4 described image output devices.
6, a kind of based on the image output device that comes the printout image from the data of outside reception, comprising:
Disposal route is provided with part, and it sets in advance the method for the print processing when receiving direct print data.
7, the image output device shown in claim 6, wherein, described disposal route is provided with part:
When the direct print data that is received only is the simple data of predetermined file form, the disposal route of printout unconditionally is set,
When the data that received are encrypted, the described data of temporary transient preservation are set and come this processing method of data of printout in response to user's output order, and
When the data that received have been added password, the described data of temporary transient preservation are set and come this processing method of data of printout in response to password from user's input.
8, image output device as claimed in claim 6 comprises that also output is provided with part, and whether it is provided with prints the direct print data that is received.
9, image output device as claimed in claim 6, wherein processed with the data that are used for directly printing with by from the print command of generic drive and processed data are classified, and be shown as the job list.
10, image output device as claimed in claim 6 also comprises deletion, and it deleted the print data that output is delayed in installing after past preservation period that sets in advance,
Wherein, for being saved, can be set the different preservation periods to be used for data of directly printing and the data that are saved by the print command that comes from generic drive.
11, a kind of based on the image output device that comes output image from the data of outside reception, comprising:
The judgment part, it judges whether the data that received have been added the use restricted information,
The export-restriction part, it is being judged by described judgment part when having added the use restricted information, and the data that receive by making are in the output that store status limits received data,
Preserve part, its described use restricted information that will append to described data saves as output condition information, so that make and can export the data that partly limit its output by described export-restriction, and
The importation, input/output condition information when it is used in request output that it exports confined data.
12, image output device as claimed in claim 11 also comprises notification section, and the data that its notice receives from the outside are stored as the printing preservation state of these data of restriction output.
13, a kind of printer driver to the image recording structure generation print data with secure printing function comprises:
The judgment part, its generate as print data be saved data the time, judge whether these data have been added the use restricted information, and
The operation generating portion, it is being judged when having added the use restricted information by described judgment part, generates print data, and in described print data, described use restricted information is taken as the secure printing security code.
14, printer driver as claimed in claim 13, also comprise notification section, it notifies user's print data to be handled to print to preserve, and when carrying out this processing, is the use restricted information that appends to described data as the security code of preserving code.
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