摘要:
An access control system is provided which is suitable for inhibiting an increase in communication traffic, and preventing excessive process loads applied to certain terminals and certain devices. A printer management server notifies a server printer of timing information indicating access timing corresponding to a server printer with reference to a timing information registration table. A network printer receives timing information, and sends status information of a status information registration table for collection based on the received timing information when the network printer itself is the server printer.
摘要:
If the definition of one MIB tree structure is dispersed across a plurality of MIB files, a desired object ID cannot be acquired without sequentially searching a several MIB files when the object ID is searched for. A management device includes a file linking unit linking a plurality of management-information database structure definition files (MIB files). The file linking unit reads header portions of a plurality of MIB files, learns the connection relationship of the plurality of MIB files from the read content, determines the order of linking from the learned connection relationship, and links the plurality of MIB files while reorganizing the content of each of the MIB files, thereby obtaining a single file MIB (linked MIB file).
摘要:
Since an MIB file present in a network device and having the structure of MIB data is expressed in the ASN1 format, the MIB file is not flexibly modified by a user.A management-information database-structure definition file converter unit 22 converts MIB files 21a, 21b . . . having the MIB data structures of MIB databases 12a, 12b, . . . mounted on the network devices 10a, 10b, . . . into files in a tag-structured format. Specifically, the management-information database-structure definition file converter unit 22 converts MIB files 21a, 21b, . . . into MIB files 23a, 23b . . . in a tag-structured format (XML format). Using the MIB files 23a, 23b, . . . in the XML format, a network device management tool 24 manages the MIB databases 12a, 12b . . . of the respective network devices 10, 10b . . .
摘要:
There is provided a device associative management system which is preferable for reducing cost and time and improving reliability. A network printer 200 can be set to a server printer 200 or a client printer 200. When the network printer 200 itself is the client printer 200, the network printer 200 sends status information in a status information registration table 560 to the server printer 200. In the case in which the network printer 200 itself is the server printer 200, when the status information is received, the network printer stores or registers the received status information in a status information registration table.
摘要:
A system including an authentication unit and an authentication-based print-job generation unit including: a job acquisition module that acquires a print-job in a first format processable by a first printing device and a print-job in a second format processable by a second printing device; a module that acquires printing person identification information; and a module that generates an authentication-based print-job by adding the acquired printing person identification information to the acquired print-job, and outputs it to the authentication unit. The authentication unit includes: a module that acquires the authentication-based print-job; a module that extracts the printing person identification information and the print-job, and stores them in a storage module; a module that executes authentication for a user who requests printing execution; a module that selects from the storage module a print-job associated with the printing person identification information for the authenticated user; and a module that outputs the selected print-job.
摘要:
An authenticated printing apparatus issues a request for a print job to a job holding apparatus that stores print jobs in association with job-specific information, the print job corresponding to job-specific information obtained from an authenticated user, and executes printing on the basis of the print job obtained in response to the request. The authenticated printing apparatus includes a first list storing unit that stores first list information of job holding apparatuses as destinations of requests for print jobs; a first list creating unit that carries out simultaneous communications to check for presence of job holding apparatuses via a communication network and creates the first list information on the basis of results of the simultaneous communications; and a requesting unit that issues a request for a print job to a print-job holding apparatus registered in the first list information with reference to the first list storing unit, the print job corresponding to job-specific information obtained from an authenticated user.
摘要:
An authentication-based printing system providing an authentication-based printing function for both a first printing device and a second printing device includes: an authentication-based print-job generation unit; and an authentication unit, wherein the authentication-based print-job generation unit includes: a job acquisition module that is configured to be able to acquire a print-job in a first format that can be processed by the first printing device and a print-job in a second format that can be processed by the second printing device, the second format being a format that cannot be processed by the first printing device or a format with no information for specifying a printing person added; a module that acquires, with respect to the print-job acquired by the job acquisition module, identification information for either a user who has ordered that print-job or another user specified as a printing person, as printing person identification information; and a module that generates an authentication-based print-job by adding the acquired printing person identification information to the print-job acquired by the job acquisition module, and outputs the generated authentication-based print-job to the authentication unit, and wherein the authentication unit includes: a module that acquires the authentication-based print-job; a module that extracts from the acquired authentication-based print-job the printing person identification information and the print-job, and stores them in a storage module in association with each other; a module that executes authentication for a user who requests execution of printing; a module that refers to the storage module, and selects a print-job associated with the printing person identification information for the authenticated user; and a module that outputs the selected print-job to the first printing device or the second printing device.
摘要:
A security output device including: an output data receiving unit that receives output data on the basis of communication setting related to setting of a communication path; an output unit that performs output on the basis of the output data received by the output data receiving unit; an output start notification receiving unit that receives an output start notification indicating start of output of the output data; a communication setting content deciding unit that decides a content of the communication setting in accordance with the output start notification received by the output start notification receiving unit; and a communication setting execution unit that executes the communication setting on the basis of the content decided by the communication setting content deciding unit.
摘要:
A security output device including: an output data receiving unit that receives output data on the basis of communication setting related to setting of a communication path; an output unit that performs output on the basis of the output data received by the output data receiving unit; an output start notification receiving unit that receives an output start notification indicating start of output of the output data; a communication setting content deciding unit that decides a content of the communication setting in accordance with the output start notification received by the output start notification receiving unit; and a communication setting execution unit that executes the communication setting on the basis of the content decided by the communication setting content deciding unit.
摘要:
There is provided a device management system suitable for accurately calculating an average consumption quantity of toner and the like per print sheet and thereby accurately calculating a printing cost depending on use environments. A network printer 200 detects a remaining quantity of toner and the like, a total number of printed sheets and a total number of activations, and send status information including the detection results to a printer management server 100. When receiving the status information, the printer management server 100 registers the received status information with a status information registration table 400, and calculates an average consumption quantity by calculating the total consumption quantity of toner and the like, the total number of printed sheets and the total number of activations within an appointed period based on the status information registration table 400, multiplying the total number of activations by the consumption-quantity-during-activation calculation coefficient k1 and dividing the multiplication result added to the total consumption quantity of toner and the like by the total number of printed sheets.