JP2021047755A - Image forming system and setting information changing method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide means that reduces a burden on an administrator in changing setting information.SOLUTION: An information processing apparatus receives a user's operation to instruct printing, generates print data including user authentication information on the user and print setting information based on first user setting information, and transmits the print data to an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus compares the user authentication information and the print setting information included in the print data received from the information processing apparatus with user authentication information and print setting information in second user setting information, when there are items not matching each other and determining that printing cannot be performed, generates change information for changing the first user setting information so that, for the items not matching each other, the item in the print data matches the item in the second user setting information, and transmits the generated change information to the user. The information processing apparatus changes the first user setting information based on the change information received by the user.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to an image forming system having setting information for each user and a method for changing the setting information.

In a conventional image forming system, an image forming apparatus communicates with a host computer, sends setting information such as the number of paper trays and the presence / absence of a double-sided printing unit to the host computer, and the host computer customizes the setting information. (For example, see Patent Document 1).
In such an image forming system, in order to limit the users who can use the image and the functions that can be used, do the usage conditions such as whether the functions can be used by the users who are authorized to use the user authentication are satisfied? Whether or not it is judged based on the setting information, and if the usage conditions are satisfied, some prints are performed.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2005-25755

However, in the conventional technique, when the user cannot print with the image forming apparatus, the administrator of the image forming apparatus needs to confirm the setting information of the user and change the setting information, and manages the image forming apparatus. There is a problem that the workload is applied to the person.
An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to reduce the burden on the administrator when changing the setting information.

Therefore, the present invention is an image forming system including an information processing device that generates print data and an image forming device that prints based on the print data received from the information processing device. , A storage unit that stores first user setting information including user authentication information and print setting information for each user, a print data generation unit that generates print data including the user authentication information and the print setting information, and the image. The image forming apparatus has a setting changing unit for changing the first user setting information based on the change information received from the forming apparatus, and the image forming apparatus has user authentication information and print settings for each user who is permitted to print. A storage unit that stores second user setting information including information, user authentication information and print setting information included in print data received from the information processing device, and user authentication information of the second user setting information. The printability determination unit that determines whether or not the print data can be printed by comparing the print setting information with the print setting information, and the printability determination unit determines that the print data cannot be printed, based on the factor that determines that the print data cannot be printed. The information processing apparatus has a change information generation unit that generates change information for changing the first user setting information, and the information processing apparatus accepts an operation of a user instructing printing, and the user authentication information and print setting information of the user. The print data generated by the print data generation unit is transmitted to the image forming apparatus, and the image forming apparatus includes user authentication information and print setting information included in the print data received from the information processing apparatus. , The user authentication information and the print setting information of the second user setting information are compared, and if there is an item that does not match and the printability determination unit determines that printing is not possible, the change information generation unit determines the match. For items that do not, change information that changes the first user setting information so as to match the second user setting information is generated, and the generated change information is transmitted to the user. The setting change unit changes the first user setting information based on the change information received by the user.

The present invention in this manner has the effect of reducing the burden on the administrator when changing the setting information.

Block diagram showing the configuration of the image forming system in the embodiment Explanatory drawing of user information in an Example Explanatory drawing of job information in an Example Explanatory drawing of job information in an Example Explanatory drawing of job information in an Example Explanatory drawing of sentence template in Example Explanatory drawing of generated document in Example Explanatory drawing of generated document in Example Explanatory drawing of import configuration information in an Example Explanatory drawing of import file in Example Explanatory drawing of import file in Example Flow chart showing the flow of print data transmission processing in the embodiment Flowchart showing the flow of printing processing in the embodiment

Hereinafter, examples of the image forming system and the setting information changing method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image forming system in an embodiment.
In FIG. 1, the image forming system 1 includes a computer 101 and a printer 201, and the computer 101 and the printer 201 are configured to be communicably connected via a communication unit 105, a communication unit 206, and a communication line. ing.

The computer 101 as an information processing device receives a user's operation, generates print data, and transmits the print data to the printer 201 to give a print instruction. The print application 102, the login ID information 103, and the printer driver 104. And the communication unit 105 and the mail software 106.

The print application 102 is, for example, document creation software, spreadsheet software, or the like, and is application software that instructs the printer driver 104 to generate print data.

The login ID information 103 stores the ID (user identification information) of a user who is permitted to use the computer 101, a password, and the like as user authentication information. The login ID information 103 stores a password (Password) and the like in association with the user's ID.

The printer driver 104 generates print data that can be printed by the printer 201 according to an instruction from the print application 102, and is a print setting storage unit 141, an ID acquisition unit 142, a print data generation unit 143, and a setting import unit. It has 144 and.

The print setting storage unit 141 as a storage unit includes user authentication information such as an ID (user identification information) and a password of a user who is permitted to use the printer 201, and print setting information when printing is performed by the printer 201. The user setting information of 1 is stored for each user.

The print setting storage unit 141 stores a password (Password) and the like in association with the ID of a user who is permitted to use the printer 201. In this embodiment, the user authentication information for performing user authentication will be described as the user ID and password, but the ID and password may be used.

Further, the print setting storage unit 141 stores, for example, information on a paper tray accommodating a print medium, presence / absence of a double-sided printing unit, availability of color printing, and the like as print setting information. This print setting information is a function of the printer 201 that can be used (permitted to be used) by the user. The functions permitted to be used may differ for each user.
Therefore, the print setting storage unit 141 stores the password and the print setting information in association with the user's ID.

The ID acquisition unit 142 acquires the user ID stored in the login ID information 103 and the user ID and password stored in the print setting storage unit 141.
The print data generation unit 143 generates print data that can be printed by the printer 201 based on the user ID and password stored in the print setting storage unit 141 and the print setting information according to the instruction of the print application 102.

The print data generation unit 143 generates print data including a user ID and password and print setting information as a print job.
The setting import unit 144 as the setting change unit changes the first user setting information of the print setting storage unit 141 based on the import file received from the printer 201.

The setting import unit 144 has a function of designating an import file, reads the user ID and password, print setting information, etc. included in the import file specified by the user's operation, and is the first of the print setting storage unit 141. It has a function to store in the user setting information of.
Further, the printer driver 104 transmits the print job generated by the print data generation unit 143 to the printer 201 via the communication unit 105.

The communication unit 105 communicates with the communication unit 206 of the printer 201.
The mail software 106 is application software that sends and receives e-mails (hereinafter referred to as "mails") to and from the printer 201 via the communication unit 105.
Further, the computer 101 is provided with a CPU (Central Processing Unit) as a control unit, and the entire operation is controlled by the control unit based on a control program (software) stored in a storage unit such as a memory.

The printer 201 as an image forming apparatus forms an image on a printing medium based on the print data received from the computer 101 and prints the image. The image forming unit 202, the printability determining unit 203, and the storage unit 204 It has a mail generation unit 205, a communication unit 206, and a job analysis unit 207.

The image forming unit 202 forms an image on the print medium according to the print data of the print job received from the computer 101.
The storage unit 204 is a storage means such as a memory, and stores a sentence template 241, import configuration information 242, user information 244, and job information 245.
The sentence template 241 stores the template of the subject and the body of the mail to be sent to the user, and stores, for example, the information of the sentence template shown in FIG.

The import configuration information 242 stores the configuration information of the import file to be transmitted to the user. For example, the import file shown in FIG. 9 is stored in the XML (Extension Markup Language) format.

In this import configuration information 242, it starts from the Data element, the setting value is stored in its child element, if the password setting cannot be printed, the password setting is described in the UserPassword element, and if the color setting cannot be printed, the IsColor element It is described that the Color setting is described.

The user information 244 as the second user setting information stores information about the user including the user authentication information and the print setting information for each user who is permitted to print.

As shown in FIG. 2, for example, the user information 244 includes an "ID" and a "Password", a user's e-mail address as a contact (e-mail address information) "Mail", and color printing for each user. It is composed of each column of "Color" indicating whether or not it is possible. When the value of "Color" is true, color printing is possible, and when the value of "Color" is false, color printing is not possible (monochrome printing is possible). ..

In this way, the user information 244 of this embodiment stores user authentication information (for example, "ID" and "Password") and user's destination information (for example, "Mail"), and the user is permitted to use or use the user information 244. Usability information indicating that the function is rejected (print constraint condition) is stored as print setting information (for example, "Color") for each user.

The job information 245 stores information about the print job received from the computer 101, and is generated for each print job. The job information 245 is, for example, the job information 311, 312, 313 shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, and has "ID", "Password", and "Color" included in the print job. When the value of "Color" is true, it means that color printing is specified, and when the value of "Color" is false, it means that monochrome printing is specified.

The printability determination unit 203 determines whether or not the print job received from the computer 101 is printable. The printability determination unit 203 compares the user authentication information and print setting information added to the print job with the user authentication information and print setting information stored in the user information 244, and when all the items match. It is determined that printing is possible, and if there is a mismatched item, it is determined that printing is not possible.

The mail generation unit 205 generates a mail to be transmitted to the computer 101, and has a destination identification unit 251, a sentence generation unit 252, a non-printable item analysis unit 253, and an import file generation unit 254. ..
The destination specifying unit 251 identifies the destination that is the contact information of the user who has instructed to print the print job. The destination identification unit 251 extracts an e-mail address from the "Mail" associated with the "ID" of the user information 244 and identifies it as a destination.

The sentence creation unit 252 refers to the sentence template 241 and the job information 245, and generates the subject and the body of the mail to be sent to the user.
The non-printable item analysis unit 253 analyzes the factors determined to be non-printable and extracts all of the factors as non-printable items.

The import file generation unit 254 as the change information generation unit refers to the import configuration information 242, applies the setting information so that the item (factor) determined to be non-printable can be printed, and applies the setting information to the computer 101. It generates an import file as change information for changing the user setting information of 1.

The communication unit 206 communicates with the communication unit 105 of the computer 101.
The job analysis unit 207 analyzes the print data received from the computer 101 and stores the job information in the storage unit 204 as the job information 245.
Further, the printer 201 includes a CPU as a control unit, and the entire operation is controlled by the control unit based on the control program stored in the storage unit 204.

The operation of the above-described configuration will be described.

First, the print data transmission process performed by the computer will be described with reference to FIG. 1 according to the step represented by S in the flowchart of the flowchart showing the flow of the print data transmission process in the embodiment of FIG.

The user who operates the computer 101 shall enter the ID and password registered in the login ID information 103 of the computer 101 when starting the OS (operating system) of the computer 101.

S101: The printing application 102 of the computer 101 receives a printing instruction by a user's operation, activates the printer driver 104, passes drawing data to the printer driver 104, and executes printing.

Here, when the printer driver 104 is started, the printer driver 104 may input the ID and password of the user who is operating the computer 101, but the ID of the user set in the print setting storage unit 141 may be input. The input may be omitted as the same ID as the ID registered in the login ID information 103.

S102: The ID acquisition unit 142 of the printer driver 104 acquires the ID and password of the user operating the computer 101 from the print setting storage unit 141.

When the user ID set in the print setting storage unit 141 is the same as the ID registered in the login ID information 103, the ID acquisition unit 142 acquires the user ID from the login ID information 103 and obtains the user ID. The password associated with the ID may be obtained from the print setting storage unit 141.

S103: The print data generation unit 143 of the printer driver 104 is the printer 201 based on the drawing data passed in S101, the user ID and password acquired in S102, and the print setting information stored in the print setting storage unit 141. Generate printable print data.

The print data includes the user ID and password acquired from the login ID information 103, and the print setting information stored in the print setting storage unit 141.

S104: The communication unit 105 transmits the print data generated by the printer driver 104 to the printer 201 as a print job according to the instruction from the printer driver 104, and ends this process.

Next, the printing process performed by the printer will be described with reference to FIG. 1 according to the step represented by S in the flowchart of the flowchart showing the flow of the printing process in the embodiment of FIG.

S201: The communication unit 206 of the printer 201 receives the print data transmitted from the computer 101 as a print job.

S202: The job analysis unit 207 analyzes the print data and stores the job information in the storage unit 204 as the job information 245.

First, the following S203 to S209 will be described assuming that the job information 311 shown in FIG. 3 is stored in the job information 245.

S203: The printability determination unit 203 compares the job information 245 with the user information 244, and determines whether or not the print data can be printed.

The ID of the job information 311 shown in FIG. 3 stored in the job information 245 is "AAA" and the password is "not set", while the password corresponding to the ID "AAA" of the user information 244 is "PassA". Therefore, since the password of the job information 245 and the password of the user information 244 do not match, the printability determination unit 203 determines that it is impossible to print the print data, and shifts the process to S204. To do.

Here, the job information 245 and the user information 244 do not match, and it is determined that printing is not possible when the user makes a setting omission or a setting error of the user information 244.

S204: The destination identification unit 251 of the mail generation unit 205 instructs to print a print job determined to be impossible to print based on the job information 311 shown in FIG. 3 stored in the job information 245 and the user information 244. Identify the destination that is the contact of the user who made the print.

Here, since the ID is "AAA", the destination identification unit 251 extracts "A@X.com" from the "Mail" associated with the ID "AAA" of the user information 244 and specifies it as the destination. ..

S205: The sentence creation unit 252 of the mail generation unit 205 refers to the sentence template 241 and the job information 245 (job information 311 shown in FIG. 3), and generates the subject and the body of the mail to be sent to the user.

The subject and body of the generated email are, for example, the text of the email shown in FIG. 7, and the ID of the job information 245 (job information 311 shown in FIG. 3) is assigned to the <ID> portion of the text template 241.

S206: The non-printable item analysis unit 253 of the mail generation unit 205 analyzes the factors determined to be non-printable, and extracts all of the factors as non-printable items.

Here, since the passwords do not match, the passwords are extracted as non-printable items.

S207: The import file generation unit 254 of the mail generation unit 205 refers to the import configuration information 242 and generates an import file to which the setting information is applied so that the non-printable items can be set to be printable.

The generated import file is, for example, the import file 701 shown in FIG. 10, and is a file in which "PassA", which is the correct password of the user whose ID is "AAA", is set as the content of the UserPassword element.

S208: The mail generation unit 205 sets the mail destination to "A@X.com", and creates an mail attached to the mail in which the import file 701 shown in FIG. 10 is generated, for example, in the subject and body shown in FIG.

S209: The communication unit 206 sends the mail generated by the mail generation unit 205 in S208 to the destination "A@X.com" according to the instruction from the mail generation unit 205, and ends this process.

When the user who is the destination of the mail receives the mail having the import file, he / she operates the computer 101 to import the import file.

When the import file attached to the mail received from the printer 201 is specified by the user's operation, the computer 101 imports (reads) the import file by the setting import unit 144 of the printer driver 104, and the print setting storage unit 141. Change the setting information of.
By sending the e-mail with the import file attached to the user's destination in this way, the password and print setting information are not leaked to users other than the user, and security can be enhanced.

Next, the operation of the printer 201 after the computer 101 imports the import file attached to the mail received from the printer 201 will be described below.

When the import of the import file is completed in the computer 101, the computer 101 transmits the print data having the ID "AAA" and the password "PassA" to the printer 201 as a print job.

Note that S201 and S202 are the same as the above-described processing, and in S202, the job information 312 shown in FIG. 4 is stored in the job information 245.

S203: The printability determination unit 203 compares the job information 245 with the user information 244, and determines whether or not the print data can be printed.

Since the ID of the job information 312 shown in FIG. 4 stored in the job information 245 is "AAA" and the password is "PassA", the password corresponding to the ID "AAA" of the user information 244 is "PassA". Since the password of the job information 245 and the password of the user information 244 match and there is no problem in the Color setting, the printability determination unit 203 determines that the print data can be printed. , The process shifts to S210.

In this way, the printability determination unit 203 compares the job information 245 with the user information 244, and if it is determined that there is no inconsistent item, it is determined that the print data can be printed.

S210: The image forming unit 202 prints the print data determined by the printability determination unit 203 to be printable, and ends this process.

Next, in S202, processing when the job information 313 shown in FIG. 5 is stored in the job information 245 will be described.

S201: The communication unit 206 of the printer 201 receives the print data transmitted from the computer 101 as a print job.

S202: The job analysis unit 207 analyzes the print data and stores the job information in the storage unit 204 as the job information 245.

Here, it is assumed that the job information 313 shown in FIG. 5 is stored in the job information 245.

S203: The printability determination unit 203 compares the job information 245 with the user information 244, and determines whether or not the print data can be printed.

Since the ID of the job information 313 shown in FIG. 5 stored in the job information 245 is "BBB" and the password is "ABC", the password corresponding to the ID "BBB" of the user information 244 is "PassB". Since the password of the job information 245 and the password of the user information 244 do not match, the printability determination unit 203 determines that it is impossible to print the print data, and shifts the process to S204. ..

S204: The destination identification unit 251 of the mail generation unit 205 instructs to print a print job determined to be impossible to print based on the job information 311 shown in FIG. 3 stored in the job information 245 and the user information 244. Identify the destination that is the contact of the user who made the print.

Here, since the ID is "BBB", the destination identification unit 251 extracts "B@X.com" from the "Mail" associated with the ID "BBB" of the user information 244 and specifies it as the destination. ..

S205: The sentence creation unit 252 of the mail generation unit 205 refers to the sentence template 241 and the job information 245 (job information 313 shown in FIG. 5), and generates the subject and the body of the mail to be sent to the user.

The subject and body of the generated email are, for example, the text of the email shown in FIG. 8, and the ID of the job information 245 (job information 313 shown in FIG. 5) is assigned to the <ID> portion of the text template 241.

S206: The non-printable item analysis unit 253 of the mail generation unit 205 analyzes the factors determined to be non-printable, and extracts all of the factors as non-printable items.

Here, since the password and the color do not match, the password and the color are extracted as non-printable items.

S207: The import file generation unit 254 of the mail generation unit 205 refers to the import configuration information 242 and generates an import file to which the setting information is applied so that all non-printable items can be set to be printable.

The generated import file is, for example, the import file 702 shown in FIG. 11, and is a file in which "PassB", which is the correct password of the user whose ID is "BBB", is set as the content of the UserPassword element.

In addition, the file is set to "false" as the content of the IsColor element.

S208: The mail generation unit 205 sets the mail destination to "B@X.com", and creates an mail attached to the mail in which the import file 702 shown in FIG. 11 is generated, for example, in the subject and body shown in FIG.

S209: The communication unit 206 transmits the mail generated by the mail generation unit 205 in S208 to the computer 101 according to the instruction from the mail generation unit 205, and ends this process.

When the import file attached to the mail received from the printer 201 is specified by the user's operation, the computer 101 imports (reads) the import file by the setting import unit 144 of the printer driver 104, and the print setting storage unit 141. Change the setting information of.

The operation of the printer 201 after the computer 101 imports the import file attached to the mail received from the printer 201 will be described below.

When the import of the import file is completed in the computer 101, the computer 101 transmits the print data having the ID "BBB", the password "PassB", and the color "false" to the printer 201 as a print job.

Note that S201 and S202 are the same as the above-described processing.

S203: The printability determination unit 203 compares the job information 245 with the user information 244, and determines whether or not the print data can be printed.

Since the password of the job information 245 and the password of the user information 244 match, and the Color setting matches with "false", the printability determination unit 203 can print the print data. It is determined that there is, and the process is shifted to S210.

S210: The image forming unit 202 prints (monochrome printing) the print data determined by the printability determination unit 203 to be printable, and ends this process.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the computer 101 of the image forming system 1 accepts the operation of the user instructing printing, transmits the print data including the user authentication information and the print setting information of the user to the printer 201, and the printer. 201 compares the user authentication information and print setting information included in the print data received from the computer 101 with the user authentication information and print setting information of the user information 244, and there is an item that does not match, and printing is not possible. When it is determined, an import file for changing the user authentication information and the print setting information of the print setting storage unit 141 of the computer 101 so as to match the user information 244 for the non-matching items is generated, and the generated change information is sent to the destination of the user. Send to.

The computer 101 changes the user authentication information and the print setting information corresponding to the inconsistent items of the print setting storage unit 141 based on the import file received by the user. Therefore, the printer 201 could not print. The user does not need to ask the administrator of the image forming system 1 why printing is not possible, can obtain a printable setting immediately, and can reduce the burden on the administrator when changing the setting information.

The printer 201 creates an import file tailored to each individual user and sends an email to the user's destination, so that the user can receive the user authentication information and print setting information unique to the user as the import file. By setting the import file in the printer driver 104, it is possible to easily set a plurality of items required for printing.

Further, even if the environment of the image forming system 1 changes, such as changing the computer 101 used by the user or the user who logs in to the computer 101, the user can easily set appropriate print settings by himself / herself without requiring the work of the administrator. Can be done.
Since the import file contains user-specific information, the import file may be encrypted by the printer 201 and decrypted by the printer driver 104 of the computer 101 to further improve security.
In addition, although the import file is sent to the user using the mail software 106, the application software having a function of sending a message to an individual user is not limited to the mail software 106. You can do it.

Further, by adding information such as the print time and the computer name to the print data (print job), the print time and the computer name can be described in the contents of the mail based on the print data.

Further, by adding the information of the printer driver 104 to the print data (print job) and storing the import configuration information 242 corresponding to the printer driver 104 in the storage unit 204 of the printer 201, it corresponds to the printed printer driver 104. The printer 201 can generate the imported file.
Further, in this embodiment, only the possibility of color printing is described as the print constraint condition of the user, but other functions such as the possibility of double-sided printing and toner saving may be included in the print constraint condition.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the user who could not print with the printer can immediately obtain the printable setting, and reduce the burden on the administrator when changing the setting information. The effect of being able to do is obtained.
The effect is that the user can easily set a plurality of items required for printing.
In addition, the effect that an appropriate print setting can be easily set by the user can be obtained.

In this embodiment, the image forming apparatus has been described as a printer, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a copying machine, a facsimile machine, a multifunction device (MFP), or the like may be used.

1 Image formation system 101 Computer 102 Printing application 103 Login ID information 104 Printer driver 105, 206 Communication unit 106 Mail software 141 Print setting storage unit 142 ID acquisition unit 143 Print data generation unit 144 Setting import unit 201 Printer 202 Image formation unit 203 Printing Possibility judgment unit 204 Storage unit 205 Mail generation unit 207 Job analysis unit 241 Sentence template 242 Import configuration information 244 User information 245 Job information 251 Destination identification unit 252 Sentence generation unit 253 Non-printable item analysis unit 254 Import file generation unit

Claims (7)

An image forming system including an information processing device that generates print data and an image forming device that prints based on the print data received from the information processing device.
The information processing device
A storage unit that stores the first user setting information including the user authentication information and the print setting information for each user, and a storage unit.
A print data generation unit that generates print data including the user authentication information and the print setting information, and a print data generation unit.
A setting change unit that changes the first user setting information based on the change information received from the image forming apparatus, and a setting change unit.
Have,
The image forming apparatus
A storage unit that stores a second user setting information including user authentication information and print setting information for each user who is permitted to print.
Whether or not the print data can be printed by comparing the user authentication information and print setting information included in the print data received from the information processing device with the user authentication information and print setting information of the second user setting information. The printability judgment unit that determines
When the printability determination unit determines that printing is not possible, the change information generation unit that generates change information that changes the first user setting information based on the factor that determines that printing is not possible.
Have,
The information processing device
It accepts the operation of the user who instructs printing, includes the user authentication information and print setting information of the user, and transmits the print data generated by the print data generation unit to the image forming apparatus.
The image forming apparatus
The user authentication information and print setting information included in the print data received from the information processing device are compared with the user authentication information and print setting information of the second user setting information, and there are items that do not match. When the printability determination unit determines that printing is not possible,
The change information generation unit generates change information for changing the first user setting information so as to match the second user setting information for the non-matching items, and transmits the generated change information to the user. And
The information processing device
An image forming system characterized in that the setting changing unit changes the first user setting information based on the change information received by the user. In the image forming system according to claim 1,
The print setting information included in the second user setting information is an image forming system characterized in that a function permitted to be used by the user is set. In the image forming system according to claim 1 or 2.
The change information is generated as an import file
The information processing device is an image forming system characterized by reading the import file and changing the first user setting information. In the image forming system according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
The image forming system, wherein the user authentication information includes a user identification information and a password. In the image forming system according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
The image forming apparatus is an image forming system characterized in that the change information is transmitted by e-mail to a user who operates the information processing apparatus. In the image forming system according to claim 5,
The image forming system, wherein the second user setting information includes e-mail destination information of a user who operates the information processing apparatus. It has an information processing device that generates print data and an image forming device that prints based on the print data received from the information processing device.
The information processing device has a storage unit that stores first user setting information including user authentication information and print setting information for each user.
The image forming apparatus is a method for changing setting information of an image forming system having a storage unit for storing a second user setting information including user authentication information and print setting information for each user who is permitted to print.
A step in which the information processing device receives an operation of a user instructing printing and generates print data including user authentication information and print setting information of the user.
A step in which the information processing device transmits the print data to the image forming device,
A step in which the image forming apparatus compares the user authentication information and the print setting information included in the print data received from the information processing apparatus with the user authentication information and the print setting information of the second user setting information. ,
If there are items that do not match as a result of the comparison, the step of determining that the image forming apparatus cannot print, and
A step in which the image forming apparatus generates change information for changing the first user setting information so as to match the second user setting information for the non-matching item.
A step in which the image forming apparatus transmits the change information to the user,
A step in which the information processing apparatus changes the first user setting information based on the change information received by the user, and
A method of changing setting information, which is characterized by having.

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