JP2020114679A - Printing device, printing device control method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a mechanism that can determine a job owner of received printing data, even if user information is not added to the received printing data.SOLUTION: A printing device 100 memorizes user information on a user logging in the printing device when receiving an instruction to start operation in a direct radio communication mode (an access point mode); and when receiving the printing data through direct radio communication, processes the received printing data, while determining the user shown by the memorized user information as an owner (a job owner) of the printing data.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

The present invention relates to a printing apparatus, a printing apparatus control method, and a program.

It is known that a printer driver is installed in a PC (Personal Computer) and print data (print job) is transmitted from the PC to a printing apparatus using the printer driver. The owner of a print job is called a job owner, and the printer driver adds user information indicating the job owner to print data and sends the print data to the printing apparatus. The printer driver acquires the user information of the user who has logged in to the PC from the OS of the PC and adds the user information acquired from the OS to the print data as the job owner. The printing apparatus that has received the print data including the user information can determine the job owner based on the user information included in the print data.

On the other hand, not only a PC but also a mobile terminal such as a smartphone sends print data to the printing apparatus. The mobile terminal establishes wireless communication with the printing device by using a direct wireless function such as an access point mode or Wi-Fi Direct (registered trademark), and transmits print data to the printing device. Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration in which the printing apparatus stops the direct wireless function at the timing when printing is completed or when the printing apparatus shifts to the power saving state.

JP, 2014-179926, A

The print data transmitted by the PC often includes user information of the user who has logged in to the PC. Therefore, in the case of a printing apparatus, when print data is received from a PC, it is possible to determine who is the job owner of the print data based on the received print data. On the other hand, the print data transmitted by the mobile terminal does not include the user information of the user of the mobile terminal. Therefore, in the case of a printing apparatus, when print data is received from a mobile terminal, it is not possible to determine who is the job owner of the print data received from the mobile terminal.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a mechanism capable of determining a job owner of received print data even when user information is not added to the received print data.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a printing apparatus provided by the present invention includes a wireless communication unit operable in a direct wireless communication mode for performing wireless communication with a mobile terminal without an external relay apparatus, and the printing apparatus. In the operation displayed by the printing device, an instruction to start the operation of the direct wireless communication mode is issued from a user who is permitted to log in to the printing device based on the information input in Acceptance means for accepting via a screen, and control means for controlling the wireless communication means to start operation in the direct wireless communication mode when the operation start instruction is accepted from the user by the acceptance means A storage unit that stores user information of the user who is logged in to the printing device when the reception unit receives the operation start instruction; and the wireless communication unit that operates in the direct wireless communication mode. When print data is received from the mobile terminal, the storage is performed regardless of the user based on the information received from the mobile terminal and the user who is logged in to the printing device at the time of processing the received print data. The user indicated by the user information stored in the means is provided as an owner of the received print data, and a processing means for processing the received print data is provided.

According to the present invention, it is possible to determine the job owner of received print data even when user information is not added to the received print data.

It is a figure which shows the whole image of a printing apparatus system. 3 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of the printing apparatus 100. FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a screen displayed by the printing apparatus 100. 6 is a flowchart showing a process executed when the printing apparatus 100 starts an operation in an access point mode. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process executed when the printing apparatus 100 receives print data. It is a figure which shows a printing history screen. It is a figure which shows a print reservation screen. 6 is a flowchart showing a process executed when the printing apparatus 100 starts an operation in an access point mode. It is a figure which shows a SSID management table. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process executed when the printing apparatus 100 receives print data.

Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims, and all combinations of the features described in the embodiments are not necessarily essential to the solution means of the invention.

(Embodiment 1)
An overview of the printing system will be described with reference to FIG. The printing device 100 is connected to a wired LAN by a LAN cable. The PC 101 is connected to the wired LAN, and the PC 101 transmits print data to the printing apparatus 100. The printing apparatus 100 executes print processing based on the received print data.

The PC 101 adds user information to the print data to be transmitted. This user information indicates the job owner of print data (owner of print data). The PC 101 acquires the user information of the user who is logged in to the PC 101 from the OS of the PC 101, and adds the acquired user information to the print data. The printing apparatus 100 determines the job owner of the print data by referring to the user information added to the print data. The printing apparatus 100 can utilize the determined job owner information in various forms. For example, it is possible to determine whether to permit or prohibit the execution of print processing according to the authority of the job owner set in the printing apparatus 100 in advance. Further, as another example, when the printing apparatus 100 completes the printing process, the print history can be left using the name of the job owner.

The printing apparatus 100 also has a wireless LAN function. The wireless LAN function provided in the printing apparatus 100 has two types of wireless communication modes, an infrastructure mode and an access point mode. The infrastructure mode is a wireless communication mode in which the printing apparatus 100 wirelessly connects to an access point (not shown) and communicates with a device on the network such as the PC 101.

On the other hand, the access point mode is a wireless communication mode in which the printing apparatus 100 behaves as an access point by activating a software access point in the printing apparatus 100. A mobile terminal 102 such as a smartphone wirelessly connects to the printing apparatus 100 that operates in the access point mode, and transmits print data for printing an electronic file such as a photograph to the printing apparatus 100. The access point mode allows direct wireless communication to be established between the printing apparatus 100 and the mobile terminal 102 without using a relay device such as an access point. The access point mode is an example of a direct wireless communication mode in which the printing apparatus 100 and the mobile terminal 102 establish direct wireless communication. Instead of the access point mode, another wireless communication system such as Wi-Fi Direct (registered trademark) may be applied to this embodiment.

When the mobile terminal 102 transmits print data to the printing apparatus 100, the information added to the print data is model information of the mobile terminal 102 or a character string “Mobile”. Therefore, the printing apparatus 100 has a problem that when print data is received from the mobile terminal 102, it is not possible to determine who is the job owner of the print data. In order to solve this problem, in the present embodiment, a mechanism for determining the user who has instructed to start the operation in the access point mode as the job owner will be described.

The hardware configuration of the printing apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIG. The CPU 201 reads out the control program stored in the ROM 202 and executes various processes for controlling the operation of the printing apparatus 100. The ROM 202 stores a control program. The RAM 203 is used as a main memory of the CPU 201 and a temporary storage area such as a work area. The HDD 204 is a non-volatile storage medium that stores various data.

Note that in the case of the printing apparatus 100, one CPU 201 executes the processing shown in the flowchart described later, but other modes may be used. For example, a plurality of CPUs may cooperate with each other to execute the processing shown in the flowchart described later. In addition, a part of the processing of the flowchart described below may be executed by using a hardware circuit such as an ASIC.

The wireless LAN I/F 205 executes wireless LAN communication with external devices such as the mobile terminal 102 and an access point. The wireless LAN communication executed by the wireless LAN I/F 205 is wireless communication such as IEEE802.11a/b/g/n/ac. The wireless LAN I/F 205 can operate in the infrastructure mode and the access point mode. The wireless LAN I/F 205 operates by selecting either the infrastructure mode or the access point mode in accordance with the device settings preset by the user.

The network I/F 210 connects to a wired LAN via a LAN cable. The network I/F 210 can communicate with an external device (eg, PC) on the wired LAN.

The printer 206 executes print processing on the sheet based on the print data received by the wireless LAN I/F 205 or the network I/F 210. The scanner 207 reads a document placed on the user and generates a document image. The document image generated by the scanner 207 is printed by the printer 206 (so-called copy processing) or accumulated in the HDD 204.

The operation unit 208 includes a liquid crystal display unit having a touch panel function and a keyboard, and displays various operation screens. The user can input instructions and information to the printing apparatus 100 via the operation unit 208.

The IC card reader 209 reads user information (for example, user ID) from the IC card. Then, the printing apparatus 100 executes the authentication process based on the user information read by the IC card reader 209.

When the user of the mobile terminal 102 wants to print a photo stored in the mobile terminal 102, the user directly wirelessly connects the printing apparatus 100 and the mobile terminal 102 using the access point mode. This operation procedure will be described with reference to FIG.

The login screen 300 in FIG. 3A is a screen displayed by the operation unit 208 of the printing apparatus 100. When the activation of the printing apparatus 100 is completed, the operation unit 208 initially displays the login screen 300. The user holds his or her own IC card over the IC card reader 209. If the result of the authentication processing is authentication OK, the user is logged in to the printing apparatus 100, and the user can use the functions of the printing apparatus 100. The authentication process is also executed by the user inputting the user ID and the password in the input fields 301 and 302 and pressing the login button 303 without using the IC card reader 209. As a result of the authentication processing, if the authentication is OK, the operation unit 208 displays the menu screen 310 of FIG. On the other hand, if the authentication is NG, the operation unit 208 notifies the user of the authentication NG, and the menu screen 310 is not displayed.

On the menu screen 310, buttons for the user to use the functions provided by the printing apparatus 100 are displayed. The button 311 is a button for the user to use the copy function. When the user presses the button 311, the operation unit 208 displays a copy screen (not shown).

The button 312 is a button for the user to use the SEND function (the function of transmitting the document image generated by the scanner 207 to an external device). When the user presses the button 312, the operation unit 208 displays a SEND screen (not shown).

The button 314 is a button for the user to set the device of the printing apparatus 100. When the user presses the button 314, the operation unit 208 displays a setting screen (not shown).

The button 313 is a button for the user to use the access point mode. When the user uses the access point mode, the user first presses the button 313. When the user presses the button 313, the operation unit 208 displays the wireless connection screen 320 of FIG.

A start button 321 is displayed on the wireless connection screen 320. The start button 321 is a button for the user to instruct the printing apparatus 100 to start the operation in the access point mode. When the user presses the start button 211, the printing apparatus 100 starts the operation in the access point mode. Then, the operation unit 208 displays the wireless connection screen 330 of FIG.

When the printing apparatus 100 operates in the access point mode, the printing apparatus 100 generates an SSID (Service Set Identifier) and a connection key (for example, WEP key). In the area 331 of the wireless connection screen 330, the SSID generated by the printing apparatus 100 and the connection key are displayed. The SSID generated here may be a random SSID (one-time SSID) or the same SSID may be generated every time (fixed SSID).

The user who confirms the content displayed in the area 331 searches for surrounding access points using his/her mobile terminal 102 and selects the SSID displayed in the area 331 from the search result list. Then, when the user inputs the connection key displayed in the area 331 to the mobile terminal 102, a wireless connection based on the access point mode is established between the printing apparatus 100 and the mobile terminal 102.

After wirelessly connecting the mobile terminal 102 to the printing apparatus 100 using the access point mode, the user selects a photo to be printed on the mobile terminal 102. When the user inputs a print instruction to the mobile terminal 102, the mobile terminal 102 transmits print data to the printing apparatus 100 using wireless communication in the access point mode. At this time, the mobile terminal 102 adds the character string “Mobile” to the print data as information indicating the job owner.

A stop button 332 is displayed on the wireless connection screen 330. The stop button 332 receives a stop instruction from the user to stop the operation in the access point mode. To stop the operation of the printing apparatus 100 in the access point mode, the user presses the stop button 332. While the printing apparatus 100 operates in the access point mode, the power consumption of the printing apparatus 100 increases. Therefore, it is desirable for the user to press the stop button 332 when ending the use of the access point mode.

Next, a process executed when the printing apparatus 100 starts the operation in the access point mode will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Each step shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 is processed by the CPU 201 loading a control program stored in a memory such as the ROM 202 into the RAM 203 and executing the control program.

First, in step S401, the CPU 201 determines whether or not an instruction to start operation in the access point mode has been received from the user. In the case of this embodiment, when the user presses the start button 321 of the wireless connection screen 320 of FIG. 3C, the CPU 201 determines that the instruction to start the operation of the access point mode has been received from the user, and the process proceeds to step S402. ..

Next, in step S402, the CPU 201 starts operation in the access point mode. The CPU 201 generates an SSID and a connection key, and controls the wireless LAN I/F 205 to operate in the access point mode. When the wireless LAN I/F 205 starts operating in the access point mode, the CPU 201 controls the operation unit 208 to display the wireless connection screen 330 of FIG.

Next, in step S403, the CPU 201 identifies the user who has instructed the operation start of the access point mode, and stores the user information (for example, user ID) of the identified user in the RAM 203. In the case of the present embodiment, the CPU 201 identifies the user who has logged in to the printing apparatus 100 when receiving the instruction to start the operation in the access point mode, as the user who has instructed the operation start in the access point mode. Then, the user information is stored in the RAM 203 for the user. For example, if the printing apparatus 100 starts the operation in the access point mode according to a user's instruction and the user logged in to the printing apparatus 100 at that time is “Yamada”, the CPU 201 stores the user information “Yamada” in the RAM 203. Remember.

As will be described in detail later with reference to FIG. 5, the user indicated by the user information stored in step S403 is determined as the job owner of the print data received in the access point mode. When the printing apparatus 100 stops operating in the access point mode, the CPU 201 deletes the user information stored in step S403.

Next, processing executed by the printing apparatus 100 when receiving print data will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Each step shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5 is processed by the CPU 201 loading a control program stored in a memory such as the ROM 202 into the RAM 203 and executing the control program.

First, in step S501, the printing apparatus 100 determines whether print data has been received. The printing apparatus 100 receives print data from an external device such as the PC 101 or the mobile terminal 102 using the network I/F 210 or the wireless LAN I/F 205. When the CPU 201 determines that the print data has been received, the process proceeds to step S502.

Next, in step S502, the CPU 201 determines whether print data has been received by wireless communication in the access point mode. This determination is made by checking the destination IP address of the print data. The IP address used by the printing apparatus 100 in the access point mode is different from the IP address used in the infrastructure mode and the wired LAN. Therefore, when the destination IP address of the print data matches the IP address used by the printing apparatus 100 in the access point mode, the CPU 201 can determine that the print data has been received by wireless communication in the access point mode. On the other hand, when the destination IP address of the print data does not match the IP address used by the printing apparatus 100 in the access point mode, the CPU 201 can determine that the print data has been received in the infrastructure mode or the wired LAN. Note that it is possible to determine whether or not the print data is received by wireless communication in the access point mode based on the destination port number of the print data, not limited to the destination IP address of the print data.

When the destination IP address of the print data matches the IP address used by the printing apparatus 100 in the access point mode, the CPU 201 determines that the print data has been received by wireless communication in the access point mode. Then, the process proceeds to step S503. On the other hand, if the destination IP address of the print data does not match the IP address used by the printing apparatus 100 in the access point mode, the CPU 201 determines that the print data has not been received by wireless communication in the access point mode. Then, the process proceeds to step S504.

Next, step S504 will be described. In step S504, the CPU 201 determines the job owner of the received print data based on the received print data. This will be specifically described. Information indicating the job owner is added to the print job. For example, if the information added to the print data is “Tanaka”, the CPU 201 determines that the job owner of the received print job is “Tanaka”.

Next, step S503 will be described. In step S503, the CPU 201 determines the user who has instructed the operation start of the access point mode as the job owner of the received print data. The user who gives an instruction to start the operation in the access point mode is the user indicated by the user information stored in the RAM 203 in step S403 of FIG. For example, when the user information of the user “Yamada” is stored in the RAM 203 in step S403 of FIG. 4, the CPU 201 determines that the job owner of the received print data is “Yamada”.

The process of step S503 is executed when the printing apparatus 100 receives print data by wireless communication in the access point mode. It is expected that most mobile terminals transmit print data to the printing apparatus 100 using the access point mode. However, the print data transmitted from the mobile terminal is often added with the model information of the mobile terminal and the character string “Mobile”, and the printing apparatus 100 cannot determine who the job owner is. Therefore, in this embodiment, the user who gives an instruction to start the operation in the access point mode is regarded as the job owner of the print data received in the access point mode.

Next, step S505 will be described. In step S505, the CPU 201 processes the received print data as print data of the determined job owner. Three patterns of specific examples of the processing executed in step S505 will be described.

(Pattern 1)
A process for switching between permission and prohibition of print execution will be described by using the information of the determined job owner. In the printing apparatus 100, permission/prohibition of printing execution is preset for each user. In step S505, the CPU 201 determines whether the determined job owner is a user who is prohibited from performing printing. If the determined job owner is a user who is permitted to execute printing, the CPU 201 executes printing processing based on the received print data. On the other hand, if the determined job owner is a user whose print execution is prohibited, the CPU 201 discards the received print data without executing the print processing based on the received print data.

(Pattern 2)
A process of executing the print process based on the received print data and storing the print history will be described. In the conventional printing apparatus, when print data is received by wireless communication in the access point mode, the job owner of the print history is "Mobile". The print history screen 600 of FIG. 6A is a screen displayed by a conventional printing apparatus. According to the item 601, it can be seen that the job owner is “Mobile”.

On the other hand, the print history screen 610 of FIG. 6B is a screen displayed by the printing apparatus 100 to which the processing of this embodiment is applied. When the printing apparatus 100 receives print data by wireless communication in the access point mode, the CPU 201 determines the user who has instructed to start the operation in the access point mode as the job owner (step S503). This allows the item 611, that is, the job owner of the print history, to be a user name such as “Yamada” instead of “Mobile”.

(Pattern 3)
A process of temporarily holding the received print data without immediately printing it (a process of storing the print data in the HDD 204 and receiving the print instruction from the user to execute the print process) will be described. In the conventional printing apparatus, when the print data is received by wireless communication in the access point mode, the job owner of the retained print data (the print data waiting for the print instruction by the user) is "Mobile". .. The reservation print screen 700 in FIG. 7A is a screen displayed by a conventional printing apparatus. According to the item 701, it can be seen that the job owner is “Mobile”.

On the other hand, the reservation print screen 710 of FIG. 7B is a screen displayed by the printing apparatus 100 to which the processing of this embodiment is applied. When the printing apparatus 100 receives print data by wireless communication in the access point mode, the CPU 201 determines the user who has instructed to start the operation in the access point mode as the job owner (step S503). Accordingly, the item 711, that is, the job owner of the retained print data can be set to the user name such as “Yamada” instead of “Mobile”.

According to this embodiment, when the printing apparatus 100 receives print data by wireless communication in the access point mode, the printing apparatus 100 can treat the user who has instructed to start the operation in the access point mode as a job owner. .. Therefore, in the case where the job owner is conventionally the mobile terminal model information or “Mobile”, the printing apparatus 100 or the user can easily know who the job owner is.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the printing apparatus 100 stores the user information of the user at the timing when the instruction to start the operation in the access point mode is received from the user (step S403). Then, when the printing apparatus 100 receives print data by wireless communication in the access point mode, the printing apparatus 100 determines the user indicated by the user information stored in step S403 as the job owner (step S503). Therefore, even if the user who has instructed to start the operation in the access point mode is different from the user who is logged in to the printing apparatus 100 when the print data is received, the user who instructed to start the operation in the access point mode is the job owner. Can be determined as

(Embodiment 2)
Next, as a second embodiment, a configuration in which a user and a SSID generated for the user are managed in association with each other to determine the user corresponding to the SSID used in the access point mode as the job owner will be described. .. Since the hardware configuration of the printing apparatus 100 and the screen displayed by the printing apparatus 100 are the same as those in the first embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted.

The processing executed when the printing apparatus 100 starts the operation in the access point mode will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Each step shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8 is processed by the CPU 201 loading a control program stored in a memory such as the ROM 202 into the RAM 203 and executing the control program. Note that among the steps of the flowchart of FIG. 8, steps having the same numbers as those of the flowchart of FIG. 4 perform the same processing as the processing described in FIG.

When the CPU 201 determines in step S401 that the instruction to start the operation in the access point mode has been received from the user, the process proceeds to step S801. Then, in step S801, the CPU 201 determines the SSID corresponding to the login user.

In the case of this embodiment, a dedicated SSID used by the user is prepared in advance for the user. The SSID management table 900 of FIG. 9 is a table that manages users and SSIDs used by the users in association with each other, and is stored in the HDD 204. According to the SSID management table 900, for example, for a user “Yamada”, “Direct — 2226 — 2966” is prepared as the SSID dedicated to the user. This means that when the user “Yamada” logs in to the printing apparatus 100 and instructs the operation start of the access point mode, the printing apparatus 100 starts the operation of the access point mode with the SSID “Direct — 2226 — 2966”. In step S801, the CPU 201 refers to the SSID management table 900 to determine the SSID corresponding to the login user.

Next, step S802 will be described. Next, in step S802, the CPU 201 starts operation in the access point mode. The CPU 201 controls the wireless LAN I/F 205 so as to start the operation in the access point mode using the SSID determined in step S801.

Next, a process executed when the printing apparatus 100 receives print data will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Each step shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10 is processed by the CPU 201 loading a control program stored in a memory such as the ROM 202 into the RAM 203 and executing the control program. Note that among the steps of the flowchart of FIG. 10, steps having the same numbers as those of the flowchart of FIG. 5 perform the same processing as the processing described in FIG.

When the CPU 201 determines in step S502 that print data has been received by wireless communication in the access point mode, the process proceeds to step S1001. Then, in step S1001, the CPU 201 determines the user corresponding to the SSID used in the access point mode as the job owner of the received print data. For example, if the SSID used in the access point mode is “Direct — 2226 — 2966”, the CPU 201 refers to the SSID management table 900 and determines “Yamada” as the job owner of the received print data.

According to this embodiment, when the printing apparatus 100 receives print data by wireless communication in the access point mode, the printing apparatus 100 treats the user corresponding to the SSID used in the access point mode as the job owner. be able to.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention supplies a program that implements one or more functions of each of the above-described embodiments to a system or apparatus via a network or a storage medium, and one or more processors in a computer of the system or apparatus read the program. It can also be realized by the processing to be executed. It can also be realized by a circuit (for example, ASIC) that realizes one or more functions.

100 printing device 201 CPU
205 Wireless LAN I/F
208 Operation part

Claims (12)

A printing device,
A wireless communication unit operable in a direct wireless communication mode for performing wireless communication with a mobile terminal without using an external relay device,
The printing device displays an instruction to start the operation of the direct wireless communication mode from a user who is permitted to log in to the printing device based on the information input in the printing device and is logged in to the printing device. Accepting means for accepting via the operated screen,
Control means for controlling the wireless communication means so as to start the operation in the direct wireless communication mode when the reception means receives the operation start instruction from the user;
Storage means for storing user information of the user who has logged in to the printing apparatus upon receiving an instruction of the operation start in the reception unit,
When the wireless communication unit operating in the direct wireless communication mode receives print data from the mobile terminal, the user based on the information received from the mobile terminal and the printing device at the time of processing the received print data. A processing unit that processes the received print data, with the user indicated by the user information stored in the storage unit as the owner of the received print data, regardless of any user logged in to A printing device characterized by the above. When the printing device receives print data via communication different from the wireless communication unit operating in the direct wireless communication mode, the processing unit is included in the print data received via the different communication. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the owner of the print data received through the different communication is determined based on the information, and the received print data is processed. The printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the different communication is communication via the external relay device that is an access point of a wireless LAN. The printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the different communication is communication via a wired LAN in which the printing apparatus is connected by a LAN cable. The direct wireless communication mode is a wireless communication mode in which the wireless communication unit of the printing device starts operation as an access point, and thereby wireless communication can be executed with the mobile terminal without going through the external relay device. The printing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: 6. The processing unit according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit performs a process of switching between permitting or prohibiting execution of printing of the received print data based on a user who is the owner of the print data. 2. The printing device according to item 1. The processing unit performs a process of storing a print history of the received print data based on a user who is the owner of the print data. Printing device. 6. The processing unit according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit performs a process of temporarily storing the received print data without immediately printing the received print data based on a user who is the owner of the print data. The printing device according to the item. Further comprising an authentication unit that determines whether the user is a user who is permitted to log in to the printing device based on information input by the user via a login screen displayed by the printing device,
The user stored in the storage unit logs in to the printing apparatus when the authentication unit determines that the user is permitted to log in to the printing apparatus and the reception unit receives the operation start instruction. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing apparatus is a user. An authentication unit that determines whether the user is a user who is permitted to log in to the printing apparatus based on information read from the IC card of the user using an IC card reader included in the printing apparatus ,
The user stored in the storage unit logs in to the printing apparatus when the authentication unit determines that the user is permitted to log in to the printing apparatus and the reception unit receives the operation start instruction. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing apparatus is a user. A method for controlling a printing apparatus, comprising a wireless communication unit operable in a direct wireless communication mode for wirelessly communicating with a mobile terminal without using an external relay device,
Based on the information input in the printing device, a user who is permitted to log in to the printing device and is logged in to the printing device issues an instruction to start the operation of the direct wireless communication mode to operate the printing device. A receiving step to receive via the screen,
A control step of controlling the wireless communication means to start an operation in the direct wireless communication mode when the operation start instruction is received in the receiving step;
A storing step of storing user information of the user who has logged in to the printing apparatus upon receiving an instruction of the operation start in the accepting step,
A receiving step of receiving print data from the mobile terminal via the wireless communication means operating in the direct wireless communication mode;
When the print data is received from the mobile terminal via the wireless communication unit operating in the direct wireless communication mode in the receiving step, the user based on the information received from the mobile terminal and the received print data are displayed. Regardless of any user who has logged in to the printing device at the time of processing, the user indicated by the user information stored in the storage step is set as the owner of the print data received in the reception step, and the reception is performed. And a processing step for processing the printed data. A program for causing a computer to execute the control method according to claim 11.

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