JP2009137186A - Image forming system and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a possibility of leaking the contents of printed matter to others. <P>SOLUTION: In a system with three stackers connected to an image forming apparatus body, selection buttons 71-73 corresponding to the three stackers are displayed on a display device 34 together with an outline drawing of the image forming apparatus body and three stackers. When a user touches the selection button, corresponding to the stacker on which the user wants delivery result information to be displayed, out of the selection buttons 71-73 and inputs a password issued when transmitting a print job, a delivery destination job list which is a list of print jobs delivered to the stacker corresponding to the touched button is displayed on the display device 34. When a security mode is set, rear face paper delivery of reversing the front and rear of paper to deliver the paper, or slip sheet insertion of inserting a slip sheet between the printed matter of different print jobs, is performed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming system and a program.

  In recent image forming apparatuses, in order to meet various customer needs, an increasing number of apparatuses are configured to expand functions by preparing various peripheral devices and connecting them to the image forming apparatus. In particular, by connecting multiple input / output peripheral devices in cascade (multiple connection) as an optional device for high-speed equipment, it is possible to expand the number of sheets accommodated and the number of discharged sheets (number of stacks) to meet high productivity. It is possible. For example, in order to increase the number of sheets accommodated in a high-speed image forming apparatus, a plurality of large-capacity paper feeders can be connected, or a corresponding number of sheets can be output. Therefore, a plurality of high-capacity stackers (HCS) are provided. It is possible to connect.

  In such an image forming apparatus to which a plurality of discharge destinations are connected, it is impossible to recognize to which discharge destination the output image is discharged and where the discharged image is stacked. In some cases, an output sheet is accidentally taken out from another discharge destination, or another output sheet that is stacked is accidentally taken out.

  For this reason, various methods have been proposed for facilitating the retrieval of the discharged printed results in an image forming apparatus having a plurality of such discharge destinations (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). ).

  In Patent Document 1, a discharge destination is determined in advance for each function such as a difference in image input methods (for example, copy, printer, facsimile), and control is performed by changing the discharge destination for each input method. A method is disclosed in which the user can easily recognize the take-out destination by displaying (when paper is being discharged, finished) and the state of the tray (whether there is output paper).

  In Patent Document 2, additional information (shooting date, title, customer name) added to image information is associated with a plurality of discharge destinations in advance, and a discharge destination is determined according to the additional information. A method is disclosed in which it is possible to identify which discharge destination is discharged so that the user can easily recognize the discharge destination.

  However, in these prior arts, since a specific printed matter is discharged to a predetermined discharge destination, it is easy for a malicious third party to take out the printed matter loaded on the discharge destination. Further, it cannot be denied that a non-malicious user may see the contents of another person's printed material when taking out his / her printed material from the discharge destination.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-336481 JP 2002-37520 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming system and a program that can reduce the possibility of the content of a printed matter leaking to others.

[Image forming system]
The present invention according to claim 1 is an issuing means for issuing authentication information to a client device when a print request is received from the client device;
A selection result receiving means for receiving a selection result of a discharge destination from which a discharge result should be displayed among a plurality of discharge destinations;
Creating means for creating discharge result information indicating the discharge result of the discharge destination;
An authentication information input means for inputting authentication information;
Authentication information determination means for determining whether or not the authentication information input by the authentication information input means matches the authentication information issued by the issuing means;
When the authentication information determination unit determines that the authentication information matches, the display unit displays the discharge result information generated by the generation unit for the discharge destination selected in the selection result received by the selection result reception unit. An image forming system having display control means for controlling the apparatus.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided issuing means for issuing authentication information to the client device when a print request is received from the client device;
A designation means for designating a condition of a print request for displaying the discharge result;
Creating means for creating discharge result information indicating a discharge result of a print request that matches the condition specified by the specifying means;
An authentication information input means for inputting authentication information;
Authentication information determination means for determining whether the authentication information input by the authentication information input means matches the authentication information issued by the issuing means;
An image forming system comprising: a display control unit that controls a display device to display discharge result information created by the creating unit when the authentication information judging unit determines that the authentication information matches.

  The present invention according to claim 3 has unlocking means for unlocking a key provided at each discharge destination when the authentication information determining means determines that the authentication information matches. An image forming system.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a setting means for setting the operation mode at the time of image formation to a security mode for improving the confidentiality of the printed matter;
4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a reversing unit configured to reverse the front and back of the sheet after the image is formed when the operation mode is set to the security mode by the setting unit and the printing mode is the single-sided printing mode. An image forming system according to claim 1.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a setting means for setting an operation mode at the time of image formation to a security mode for improving confidentiality of a printed matter;
When the operation mode is set to the security mode by the setting unit, a slip sheet inserting unit that inserts a slip sheet for hiding print contents on the upper side of the sheet bundle on which an image is formed based on one print request; An image forming system according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

  The present invention according to claim 6 is the image forming system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the plurality of discharge destinations are a plurality of post-processing devices connected to the image forming system main body.

[program]
The present invention according to claim 7 is a step of issuing authentication information to the client device when a print request is received from the client device;
Receiving a selection result of a destination to display the discharge result from a plurality of destinations;
Creating discharge result information indicating the discharge result of the discharge destination;
Entering authentication information;
Determining whether the entered authentication information matches the issued authentication information;
When the authentication information determination unit determines that the authentication information matches, the computer executes a step of controlling the display device to display the generated discharge result information for the discharge destination selected in the received selection result. It is a program to make it.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an effect that it is possible to reduce the possibility that the content of the printed matter is leaked to others.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image forming system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the image processing system 1 according to the present exemplary embodiment includes an image forming apparatus 10 connected via a network 50, a terminal apparatus 40 that functions as a client apparatus, and sheets for the image forming apparatus 10. A sheet feeding device 20 that feeds paper and stackers 31 to 33 for storing sheets on which images are formed by the image forming apparatus 10 are configured.

  The terminal device 40 generates print data such as a print job (print request) and transmits it to the image forming apparatus 10. The image forming apparatus 10 receives the print data transmitted from the terminal device 40 and outputs an image corresponding to the print data on a sheet.

  These stackers 31 to 33 are connected in cascade to the image forming apparatus 10. For this reason, the sheets discharged by the image forming apparatus 10 are first transported in the stacker 31 and then sequentially transported to the stacker 32 and the stacker 33.

  In some cases, the stackers 31, 32, and 33 are expressed as discharge destination 1 (# 1), discharge destination 2 (# 2), and discharge destination 3 (# 3) in the following description. In addition, the stackers 31 to 33 are provided with sensors 61 to 63, respectively, that can detect the presence or absence of the stored paper. Further, each of the stackers 31 to 33 has an offset unit that can shift the discharge position of the printed material for each print job so that the printed material can be distinguished for each print job.

  In addition, the stackers 31 to 33 are provided with interposers 91 to 93 on which sheets can be set, respectively. By setting paper in the interposers 91 to 93, it becomes possible to insert a slip sheet in the middle of the paper discharged from the image forming apparatus 10. Further, each of the stackers 31 to 33 is provided with lock mechanisms 81 to 83 that function as keys for preventing the doors of the stacker from being opened. The lock mechanisms 81 to 83 are provided inside unless the lock mechanisms 81 to 83 are unlocked. The structure is such that the stored printed matter cannot be taken out.

  The image forming apparatus 10 is provided with a touch panel type display device 34 for inputting various information based on user operations.

  Next, FIG. 2 shows a hardware configuration of the image forming apparatus 10 and the stackers 31 to 33 in the image forming system 1 of the present embodiment. Note that the hardware configuration of the stackers 32 and 33 is the same as that of the stacker 31, and therefore the description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the image forming apparatus 10 includes a system control unit 11, an operation unit 12 including a touch panel or a liquid crystal display and a keyboard, an image input unit 13, an image processing unit 14, and an image storage. A unit 15, an image output unit 16, a post-processing device control unit 17, and a paper transport unit 18.

  The image input unit 13 inputs image data to be printed from the terminal device 40 or the like via the network 50. The image processing unit 14 performs various types of image processing such as color conversion on the image data input by the image input unit 13. The image storage unit 15 stores the image data after the image processing is performed by the image processing unit 14. The image output unit 16 outputs the image data stored in the image storage unit 15 on a sheet based on the control by the system control unit 11. The post-processing device control unit 17 controls the stackers 31 to 33 that are cascade-connected to the image forming device 10. The paper transport unit 18 transports paper on which image data is output by the image output unit 16.

  In the present embodiment, since the display device 34 is a touch panel type device, the operation unit 12 is configured integrally with the display device 34.

  The system control unit 11 includes a CPU 21, ROM 22, RAM 23, and HDD (hard disk drive) 24.

  The CPU 21 executes predetermined processing based on a control program stored in the RAM 23 or the HDD 24 and controls the operation of the image forming apparatus 10.

  In the present embodiment, the CPU 21 has been described as reading and executing a control program stored in the RAM 23 or the HDD 24. However, the control program is stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM and provided to the CPU 21. It is also possible.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the stacker 31 includes a CPU 41, a ROM 42, a RAM 43, an HDD 44, a paper transport unit 45, and a storage unit 46.

  Also in the stacker 31, the CPU 41 executes predetermined processing based on a control program stored in the RAM 43 or the HDD 44 to control the operation of the stacker 31.

  The paper transport unit 45 transports the paper on which an image has been formed by the image forming apparatus 10 to a designated discharge destination. If the designated discharge destination is not the discharge destination in the apparatus, the paper transport unit 45 transports the paper to the subsequent stackers 32 and 33. The accommodation unit 46 sequentially accommodates the sheets conveyed by the sheet conveyance unit 45.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the system control unit 11 of the image forming apparatus 10 realized by executing the control program.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the system control unit 11 includes a discharge result information storage unit 51, a selection result reception unit 52, a discharge destination job list creation unit 53, a display control unit 54, and a search condition designation unit 55. The discharge result updating unit 56, the reversing unit 57, the security mode setting unit 58, the slip sheet inserting unit 59, the password issuing unit 64, the password determining unit 65, and the unlocking unit 66.

  The discharge result information storage unit 51 stores discharge result information that indicates in which order the sheets printed on the basis of a print job from the terminal device 40 are discharged in which order and in which order. To do.

  The selection result receiving unit 52 receives a selection result of a stacker to display a discharge result from the three stackers 31 to 33 that are discharge destinations based on the operation of the operation unit 12 by the user.

  The search condition designating unit 55 designates the condition of the print job for which the discharge result such as the name of the user who has transmitted the print job is to be displayed.

  The discharge destination job list creation unit 53 creates a discharge destination job list (discharge result information) indicating the discharge results of the stackers 31 to 33. Further, the discharge destination job list creation unit 53 creates a discharge destination job list indicating the discharge results of the print jobs that match the conditions specified by the search condition specification unit 55. Here, the discharge destination job list is a list indicating what print jobs are discharged to the selected stacker in what order. The discharge destination job list includes information such as a document name, a job end time, a user name that has transmitted a print job, the number of discharged sheets, a discharge state, the number of discharged sheets, and a job ID.

  When a print job is received from the terminal device 40 that is a client device, the password issuing unit 64 issues a password (authentication information) to the terminal device 40 that has transmitted the print job. This password may have an expiration date, such as valid only on the date of issue, valid until what date of issue. In this way, it is possible to minimize the danger when the password is leaked to a third party.

  When a password is input from the operation unit 12 that functions as a password input unit for inputting a password, the password determination unit 65 receives the password input by the operation unit 12 and the password issued by the password issuing unit 64. It is determined whether or not they match.

  When the password determination unit 65 determines that the compared passwords match, the display control unit 54 receives the discharge destination job list created by the discharge destination job list creation unit 53 by the selection result reception unit 52. The display device 34 is controlled so as to display the stacker selected in step. Further, when the conditions of the print job for which the discharge result is to be displayed are specified by the search condition specifying unit 55, the display control unit 54 displays the discharge destination job list created by the discharge destination job list creating unit 53. The display device 34 is controlled.

  When the password determining unit 65 determines that the compared passwords match, the unlocking unit 66 unlocks the lock mechanisms 81 to 83 provided in each of the stackers 31 to 33.

  The security mode setting unit 58 sets the operation mode at the time of image formation to a security mode that improves the confidentiality of the printed matter.

  When the operation mode is set to the security mode by the security mode setting unit 58 and the printing mode is the single-sided printing mode, the reversing unit 57 reverses the front and back of the paper after the image is formed.

  FIG. 4 shows a specific configuration example of the inversion unit 57. In the specific example of the reversing unit 57 shown in FIG. 4, the case where the front and back of the paper are reversed by switching back the paper is shown, but the front and back of the paper may be reversed by other methods. Is possible.

  FIG. 4A shows a state in which a printed sheet conveyed on the main conveyance path is conveyed to a branch portion of the conveyance path, and FIG. 4B illustrates a sheet from this branch portion. When the paper returns to the main conveyance path again, the front and back of the paper are reversed. In this way, it is possible to reverse the front and back of the paper by switching back the paper using the transport path branched from the main transport path.

  FIG. 5 shows a state in which the sheets after the front and back sides are reversed by the reversing unit 57 are accommodated in the stackers 31 to 33. In the example shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of sheets are stacked with the printing surface on the lower side and the back surface on the upper side. For this reason, even when a part of the printed material is taken out from the stacked printed materials, the contents of the other printed materials are difficult to notice. Further, since the uppermost sheet is always on the back side, the possibility of leakage of the contents of the printed matter is also reduced.

  When the operation mode is set to the security mode by the security mode setting unit 58, the slip sheet inserting unit 59 is configured to hide the print contents on the upper side of the sheet bundle on which the image is formed based on one print job. Insert paper. As a method of inserting slip sheets, a method of inserting sheets set as slip sheets by operating interposers 91 to 93 provided in the stackers 31 to 33, It is possible to use a method of discharging blank paper or the like as a slip sheet after the print processing of the print job is completed.

  FIG. 6 shows a specific example in which a slip sheet is inserted for each printed matter of one print job by the slip sheet insertion unit 59. In the example illustrated in FIG. 6, a case where the slip sheets 74 to 76 are inserted between the printed materials 84 to 86 is illustrated. By inserting the slip sheet for each bundle of printed materials in this way, it is possible to reduce the possibility of seeing the contents of other printed materials even when a certain printed material is taken out. This interleaving paper may be a white paper, a color paper of a specific color, or a printed matter.

  Note that there are two methods for preventing leakage of the contents of the printed matter: reverse sheet discharge that reverses the front and back of the paper and discharges the reverse side up, and insert slip that inserts slip sheets for each print job print result. As described above, this leakage prevention method may not be used depending on whether the printing mode is single-sided printing or double-sided printing. That is, when the printing mode is double-sided printing, it is meaningless to perform backside paper discharge. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 7, when the printing mode is single-sided printing, it is possible to use back-side paper ejection or slip sheet insertion as a leakage prevention method, but when the printing mode is double-sided printing, It cannot be used as a leakage prevention method with paper inserted.

  When the printing mode is single-sided printing, the user may be able to set whether to use back-side paper ejection or slip-sheet insertion as a method for preventing leakage of the contents of printed matter, or automatically. May be selected.

  The discharge result update unit 56 updates the discharge destination job list based on the detection results of the sensors 61 to 63 provided in the stackers 31 to 33 and the operation of the operation unit 12 by the user.

  Next, the operation of the image forming system of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  First, when a certain user transmits a print job from the terminal device 40 to the image forming apparatus 10, the password issued by the password issuing unit 64 is transmitted to the terminal device 40. The user holds the password by storing the issued password or copying it on a memo paper. When the printed matter discharged to the stackers 31 to 33 is taken out, the password held is taken.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of contents displayed on the display device 34 when the user tries to take out the print result of the desired print job from the stackers 31 to 33.

  The display device 34 includes external views of the image forming apparatus 10 and the stackers 31 to 33 and selection buttons 71 to 73 for selecting one stacker for displaying the discharge job list from the stackers 31 to 33. ing. The selection buttons 71 to 73 correspond to the stackers 31 to 33, respectively.

  When the display content as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the display device 34, when the user touches the selection button 72 corresponding to the stacker 32 as a stacker to check the discharge result of the stacker 32, it is shown in FIG. Such a password input screen is displayed on the display device 34.

  When the user inputs a password received in advance on such a password input screen, the password determination unit 65 determines whether the input password matches the password issued by the password issuing unit 64. . Here, when the compared passwords match, the password determination unit 65 notifies the display control unit 54 and the unlocking unit 66 that the authentication is successful.

  Then, the unlocking unit 66 unlocks the lock mechanisms 81 to 83 provided in the stackers 31 to 33 so that the sheets stored in the stackers 31 to 33 can be taken out.

  In addition, since the display control unit 54 controls the display device 34 to display the discharge destination job list created by the discharge destination job list creation unit 53, the discharge destination job list as shown in FIG. It is displayed on the display device 34.

  In FIG. 10A, as the discharge result of the stacker 32 (# 2), the document name, discharge time, user name, number of discharged sheets, discharge state, and the like of the stored print job are displayed for each print job. This discharge destination job list is displayed corresponding to the state of being loaded in the storage unit in the stacker 32. Therefore, the user can easily grasp the state and position where the print results of a desired print job are stacked by referring to the discharge destination job list.

  When the user who refers to this discharge destination job list opens the door of the stacker 32 and takes out the stored paper, the actual stacking state matches the print result information stored in the discharge result information storage unit 51. Disappear. Therefore, the user who has taken out the stored paper needs to delete information corresponding to the paper taken out from the discharge result information.

  In this case, the user selects a list corresponding to the extracted print job on the screen as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 10B, the screen color of the selected list is inverted. In such a state, when the “delete” button is touched, the selected print job list is deleted from the discharge destination job list as shown in FIG.

  When all the sheets stored in the stacker 32 are taken out, it is detected by the sensor 62 provided in the stacker 32 that there is no sheet, and in the discharge destination job list corresponding to the stacker 32. All the print job lists are deleted, and the state shown in FIG.

  Next, a case where a certain user designates a user name and searches for a print result of a desired print job will be described.

  In this case, when the user touches the button “user name” in the display example illustrated in FIG. 8, the display content illustrated in FIG. 11 is displayed on the display device 34.

  Then, on the screen as shown in FIG. 11, the user name of the print job to be searched for the discharge destination, for example, the user name “Kenichi Miyazaki” is input, and the “OK” button is touched.

Then, the password input screen as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the display device, and when the password entered by the user matches the previously issued password, the discharge destination job list as shown in FIG. Is displayed on the display device 34.

  In FIG. 12A, the document name, discharge time, user name, number of discharged sheets, discharge state, discharge destination, etc. of the print job are displayed for each print job as the discharge result of the print job with the user name “Kenichi Miyazaki”. ing.

  Here, a case where the user tries to extract the print result of the print job having the document name “fffffff.doc” will be described. Here, the print job having the document name “fffffff.doc” is discharged into the stacker 31 (# 1) and the stacker 33 (# 3) by referring to the discharge destination information.

  Therefore, when the user selects this print job list, the screen color of the selected list is reversed as shown in FIG. When the user touches the “detail” button in this state, a discharge destination job list as shown in FIG. 13A is displayed.

  FIG. 13A shows a discharge destination job list of the stacker 31 (# 1) in which the first half of the selected print job is discharged. When the user touches the “next discharge destination” button in the display state shown in FIG. 13A, a discharge destination job list of the stacker 33 (# 3) as shown in FIG. 13B is displayed.

  When the user who has acquired the discharge result information of the desired print job opens the doors of the stackers 31 and 33 and takes out the printed paper, it is necessary to delete the list of the extracted print jobs from the discharge result information. is there.

  Therefore, when the user selects a list of print jobs corresponding to the removed paper in the display state shown in FIG. 13B, the screen color of the selected list is inverted as shown in FIG. When the user touches the “delete” button in this state, the list of print jobs selected as shown in FIG. 14A is deleted from the discharge destination job list.

  When the user touches the “Return” button, the display returns to the discharge destination job list screen of the stacker 31 as shown in FIG. Similarly, when the user selects a list of print jobs corresponding to the taken out paper in the display state shown in FIG. 14B, the screen color of the selected list as shown in FIG. Is reversed. When the user touches the “delete” button in this state, the list of print jobs selected as shown in FIG. 14D is deleted from the discharge destination job list.

  When the user touches the “return” button, the user name as shown in FIG. 15A returns to the discharge destination job list screen with “Kenichi Miyazaki”. The print result of the print job with the document name “fffffff.doc” has already been deleted from the discharge destination job list by the processing described above.

  Also, in the discharge destination job list of FIG. 15A, when a print job whose discharge destination is divided into a plurality of stackers and is not discharged is deleted as shown in FIG. 15B. By selecting the document name of the print job to be selected and touching the “delete” button, the print job can be deleted as shown in FIG.

  Further, when the “collective” button is touched on the display screen as shown in FIG. 16A, a list of all print jobs included in the discharge destination job list is selected as shown in FIG. By touching the “delete” button in this state, all the print jobs are deleted from the discharge destination job list as shown in FIG.

  According to the image forming system of the present embodiment, when a discharge destination is specified, discharge result information of the specified discharge destination is displayed on the display device 34. Therefore, even when there are a plurality of discharge destinations, a desired printed matter can be obtained. It is possible to easily grasp the discharged place. Further, when a document name, a user name, a user ID, or the like is specified, a discharge destination job list that is a discharge destination list of print jobs that match the specified conditions is displayed on the display device 34, so there are a plurality of discharge destinations. Even in this case, it is possible to easily grasp the place where the desired printed matter is discharged.

  The stackers 31 to 33 are provided with indicator lights such as lamps and LEDs that can specify the discharge destination, and discharge of print jobs that match predetermined conditions such as the user name and job ID specified by the search condition specifying unit 55. If the indicator lamp provided in the previous stacker is operated by blinking or the like, it becomes easier for the user to grasp the discharge destination where the desired print job is discharged. If the color or blinking pattern of the indicator light is set for each client device, it becomes easier to search for a desired print result.

  Note that the discharge destination job list generation unit 53 may notify the generated discharge destination job list to the terminal device 40 that has transmitted the print job. With this configuration, it is possible to execute a process similar to the process performed in the display device 34 on the screen on the terminal device 40.

  In the above embodiment, it is assumed that the discharge destination job list includes information such as a document name, a job end time, a user name that has transmitted a print job, a discharge number, a discharge state, a discharge number, and a job ID. However, if the output destination job list includes at least the name of the user who sent the print job and the document name or job ID, which is information that can identify the print job, the user can output the desired print job. It is possible to easily grasp the destination.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the three stackers 31 to 33 connected to the main body of the image forming system are discharge destinations is used. However, the present invention is similarly applied to an image forming system having a plurality of discharge destinations. It is possible to apply to.

  In the above-described embodiment, a stacker for storing paper on which an image is formed is described as a discharge destination. However, a staple (staple), punching (punching), cutting, folding processing, bookbinding (booklet) The present invention can be similarly applied even when a post-processing apparatus having a post-processing function for performing various paper post-processing such as) is a discharge destination.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration of an image forming system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of an image forming system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a system control unit 11 in the image forming apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. A specific configuration example of the reversing unit 57 is shown. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a state in which sheets after the front and back sides are reversed by a reversing unit 57 are stored in stackers 31 to 33. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a specific example when a slip sheet is inserted for each printed matter of one print job by a slip sheet insertion unit 59; It is a figure which shows the relationship between the printing mode and the leakage prevention method which can be used. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of contents displayed on a display device when a user tries to take out a print result of a desired print job from the stackers 31 to 33. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the input screen of a password. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a discharge destination job list displayed on a display device. FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a discharge destination job list when a user name is specified. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a discharge destination job list when a user name is specified. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a discharge destination job list when a user name is specified. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a discharge destination job list when a user name is specified. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a discharge destination job list when a user name is specified. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a discharge destination job list when a user name is specified.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image forming system 10 Image forming apparatus 11 System control part 12 Operation part 13 Image input part 14 Image processing part 15 Image memory | storage part 16 Image output part 17 Post-processing apparatus control part 18 Paper conveyance part 20 Paper feeder 21 CPU
22 ROM
23 RAM
24 HDD
31-33 Stacker 34 Display device 40 Terminal device 41 CPU
42 ROM
43 RAM
44 HDD
45 Paper transport unit 46 Storage unit 50 Network 51 Ejection result information storage unit 52 Selection result reception unit 53 Ejection destination job list creation unit 54 Display control unit 55 Search condition designation unit 56 Ejection result update unit 57 Inversion unit 58 Security mode setting unit 59 Interleaf Inserting Unit 61-63 Sensor 64 Password Issuing Unit 65 Password Determination Unit 66 Unlocking Unit 71-73 Selection Buttons 74-76 Interleaf 81-83 Lock Mechanism 84-86 Printed Material 91-93 Interposer

Claims (7)

Issuing means for issuing authentication information to the client device when a print request is received from the client device;
A selection result receiving means for receiving a selection result of a discharge destination from which a discharge result should be displayed among a plurality of discharge destinations;
Creating means for creating discharge result information indicating the discharge result of the discharge destination;
An authentication information input means for inputting authentication information;
Authentication information determination means for determining whether or not the authentication information input by the authentication information input means matches the authentication information issued by the issuing means;
When the authentication information determination unit determines that the authentication information matches, the display unit displays the discharge result information generated by the generation unit for the discharge destination selected in the selection result received by the selection result reception unit. Display control means for controlling the device;
An image forming system. Issuing means for issuing authentication information to the client device when a print request is received from the client device;
A designation means for designating a condition of a print request for displaying the discharge result;
Creating means for creating discharge result information indicating a discharge result of a print request that matches the condition specified by the specifying means;
An authentication information input means for inputting authentication information;
Authentication information determination means for determining whether the authentication information input by the authentication information input means matches the authentication information issued by the issuing means;
Display control means for controlling the display device to display the discharge result information created by the creation means when the authentication information judgment means determines that the authentication information matches,
An image forming system.   The image forming system according to claim 1, further comprising: an unlocking unit that unlocks a key provided at each discharge destination when the authentication information determination unit determines that the authentication information matches. Setting means for setting the operation mode at the time of image formation to a security mode for improving the confidentiality of printed matter;
4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a reversing unit configured to reverse the front and back of the sheet after the image is formed when the operation mode is set to the security mode by the setting unit and the printing mode is the single-sided printing mode. The image forming system according to claim 1. Setting means for setting the operation mode at the time of image formation to a security mode for improving the confidentiality of printed matter;
When the operation mode is set to the security mode by the setting unit, a slip sheet inserting unit that inserts a slip sheet for hiding print contents on the upper side of the sheet bundle on which an image is formed based on one print request; An image forming system according to any one of claims 1 to 3.   6. The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of discharge destinations are a plurality of post-processing apparatuses connected to the image forming system main body. Issuing authentication information to the client device when a print request is received from the client device;
Receiving a selection result of a destination to display the discharge result from a plurality of destinations;
Creating discharge result information indicating the discharge result of the discharge destination;
Entering authentication information;
Determining whether the entered authentication information matches the issued authentication information;
When the authentication information determination unit determines that the authentication information matches, the computer executes a step of controlling the display device to display the generated discharge result information for the discharge destination selected in the received selection result. Program to let you.

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