JP4054821B2 - Image forming system, image forming method, program for executing the method, and storage medium - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming system, an image forming method, a program for executing the method, and a storage medium, and in particular, has a notifying unit for notifying an operator that he / she has forgotten to take an output sheet or a document on which image reading has been executed. The present invention relates to an image forming system, an image forming method, a program for causing a computer to execute the method, and a storage medium.

  Conventionally, various methods have been proposed to prevent an operator from forgetting to take out output paper or a document from a document discharge tray or an output paper discharge tray provided in the image forming apparatus.

  As one of these methods, for example, there is a control device for a copying machine that uses a human body detection unit such as a human body detection sensor and a warning unit to notify an operator of a forgotten warning or the like (see, for example, Patent Document 1). .

  In this control device, the detection unit as the human body detecting means continuously measures the distance between the copying machine and the operator, thereby detecting the movement of the operator with respect to the copying machine, and based on the detection result, the copying machine to the operator. Control guidance. Specifically, a warning is issued to the operator when the user forgets to remove the original or the paper on which the image has been read. Further, when the operator who has noticed the warning has once again returned to the vicinity of the copying machine based on the distance between the copying machine and the operator detected by the detection unit, a further detailed warning is issued to the operator.

  As another method, an alarm or the like is notified to the operator using an ID card incorporating an RF-ID (Radio Frequency Identification) element and an RF communication device that communicates with the outside using electromagnetic waves. There is a printing apparatus (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

In this printing apparatus, when the owner of the ID card approaches the printing apparatus, the ID code stored in the RF-ID element is read by the RF communication apparatus. In addition, when the printing operation of the printing apparatus is completed and the RF communication apparatus does not read the ID code from the RF-ID element, the transmission output of the RF communication apparatus is increased and a notification signal is transmitted to the ID card. Thereby, even when the owner of the ID card is away from the printing device, the RF-ID element built in the ID card receives the notification signal from the RF communication device, and the ID card notifies the operator. A notification operation based on the signal can be performed.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-194562 JP 2000-318269 A

  In the former control device, the movement of the operator is detected by continuously measuring the distance between the copying machine and the operator. Therefore, when the operator moves to a position outside the detection range of the detection unit, there is a problem that the operator cannot be recognized until the operator moves again to a position within the detection range.

  In the latter printing apparatus, when the operator leaves the printing apparatus during printing, a notification operation based on a notification signal is performed for the operator in order to return the operator to the front of the printing apparatus. . Therefore, when the operator is engaged in other work, this notification operation is troublesome for the operator. Further, when the notification operation is temporarily stopped to eliminate this troublesomeness, there is a possibility that the operator forgets to stop the notification operation and forgets to take out the output paper or the original.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming system, an image forming method, a program for executing the method, and a storage medium capable of accurately notifying an operator that he / she has forgotten to take an output product or a document.

In order to achieve the above object, an image forming system according to claim 1 is provided with communication means capable of communicating with the outside, and prints an image on a paper in which an IC tag is embedded by executing print output or image reading of a document. An image forming apparatus that forms and discharges to a paper discharge tray, a storage unit that stores a user ID, and a communication unit that transmits a user ID stored in the storage unit to the communication unit and receives a signal from the communication unit and an image forming system comprising a terminal device having a notification unit that performs a notification operation based on the notification signal transmitted from the communication unit, wherein the image forming apparatus, the user ID transmitted from the communication unit comprising storage means for storing the IC tag embedded in the paper, the terminal device, a predetermined signal transmitted from the communication unit after the previous SL print output is finished the communication unit Transmits the user ID stored in the storage unit when receiving the communication means, wherein the image forming apparatus, in response to receiving the user ID from the terminal device, and is discharged to the discharge tray an authentication means for authenticating whether or not the user ID sent with the user ID stored in the IC tag embedded in the paper from the communication unit matches the user ID stored in the IC tag When the user ID transmitted from the communication unit matches, the notification signal is transmitted to the terminal device .

According to the present invention, after the print output is finished, the terminal device transmits to the communication means the user ID stored in the storage unit when receiving the communication unit a predetermined signal transmitted from the communication unit, image forming apparatus, in response to receiving the user ID from the terminal device, the user ID transmitted from the communication unit with a user ID stored in the IC tag embedded in the paper that is discharged to the discharge tray since DOO authenticates whether match, if the user ID sent from the IC tag user ID stored in said communication unit is identical, transmits a notification signal to the terminal device, the terminal device communication When the predetermined signal transmitted from the means is receivable, the notification operation of the notification unit can be executed according to the authentication result, so that the operator can be accurately notified of forgetting to take the output or the document. It can be.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

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

  In FIG. 1, an image forming apparatus 1 is provided on an apparatus main body 15 connected to an external host computer 3 and a network, for example, a LAN, and an apparatus main body 15. A document feeder 2 for feeding a document;

  The document feeder 2 includes a document tray 6 on which documents are stacked, a transport device 22 that transports documents from the document tray 6 to the document table 21, a document receiving tray 23 that receives the documents transported to the document table 21, and document reception A document receiving tray sensor 14 for detecting the document on the tray 23 is provided.

  The apparatus main body 15 includes an image reading unit (not shown) and a printing unit. Reference numeral 10 denotes a paper cassette for loading paper, for example, white paper. An image forming unit 4 forms an image on a sheet based on an image of a document. A conveyance roller 12 conveys a sheet from the sheet cassette 10 to the image forming unit 4. Reference numeral 5 denotes a paper discharge tray which is provided on the side of the apparatus main body 15 and stacks sheets on which images are formed by the image forming unit 4. Reference numeral 13 denotes a paper discharge tray sensor that is built in the paper discharge tray 5 and detects a sheet on which an image is formed. The image reading unit includes a document table 21 provided on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 15.

  In the image forming apparatus 1 configured as described above, when a copy operation is performed, an operator sets a document on the document tray 6 of the document feeder 2 and a copy button ( Press (not shown). In response to pressing of the copy button, an image reading operation of the document is started, and an image is read from the document loaded on the document tray 6. The paper loaded in the paper cassette 10 is sent to the image forming unit 4 by the conveying roller 12, and a toner image read from the original is formed on the paper by the image forming unit 4 and is discharged onto the paper discharge tray 5. .

  On the other hand, when a printer operation is performed, instead of the above-described document reading operation, an image transmitted by a command from an information processing apparatus (not shown) connected to the host computer 3 via a LAN is formed on a sheet. To do. The paper on which the image is formed is discharged onto the paper discharge tray 5 as in the case where the copy operation is performed.

  In the image forming apparatus 1, for example, an RF-ID (Radio Frequency Identification) that performs wireless data transmission / reception using a non-contact type IC card is used. In the present embodiment, personal authentication of the user of the image forming apparatus 1 is performed using this RF-ID. Hereinafter, the RF-ID used in the image forming apparatus 1 will be described.

  The image forming apparatus 1 is connected to the control unit 11 that controls the operation of the image forming apparatus 1, and a communication device that transmits an ID code read command, a notification signal, a stop signal, and the like to be described later to the IC card 8. 9.

  The control unit 11 includes a storage unit (storage unit) 24 that stores a user ID transmitted from an ID card 8 described later, and an authentication unit (authentication unit) 25 that authenticates the user ID received by the communication device 9. A recognition process shown in FIG. 3 and a notification process shown in FIG. 4 are executed. The authentication unit 25 performs personal authentication of the operator 7 by the communication device 9 communicating with the ID card 8 owned by the operator 7 of the image forming apparatus 1 and determining information stored in the ID card 8. .

  In this embodiment, the communicable distance of RF-ID is about 2 meters, but is not limited to this, and may be 0 to several meters.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing the internal configuration of the ID card 8 in FIG.

  In FIG. 2, an ID card (terminal device) 8 includes an IC chip (storage unit) 20 having an EEPROM, a CPU, a RAM, and the like that stores data such as an ID code of the operator 7, and a communication device 9 of the image forming apparatus 1. And an antenna (communication unit) 17 for performing communication. The ID card 8 further includes a notification circuit 18 for notifying the operator 7 and a notification device (notification unit) 19 for performing a notification operation to the operator 7 by sound or vibration based on a signal from the notification circuit 18. Have. Inside the IC chip 20, an ID code (personal ID) of the operator 7 is stored.

  In the above-described image forming system, the operator 7 holding the ID card 8 approaches the image forming apparatus 1 to a predetermined distance for copying in a state where the communication device 9 transmits the ID code read command. At this time, the ID card 8 can communicate with the communication device 9. When the antenna 17 receives the signal from the communication device 9, the IC chip 20 transmits the ID code stored in the EEPROM or the like to the communication device 9 based on the received signal, and also notifies via the notification circuit 18. Actuator 19 is activated.

  Next, the operation | movement which authenticates the operator 7 using this RF-ID is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG.3 and FIG.4. Hereinafter, a case where the operator 7 performs an image reading operation of a document, for example, a copying operation in the image forming apparatus 1 will be described as an example.

  3 is a flowchart showing a recognition process in which the control unit 11 in FIG. 1 recognizes the ID code of the operator 7, and FIG. 4 shows an operation of the ID card 8 when the recognition process shown in FIG. 3 is executed. It is a flowchart.

  First, the control unit 11 transmits an ID code read command to the ID card 8 via the communication device 9 (step S1).

  On the other hand, when the IC card 8 receives the read command transmitted from the control unit 11 (YES in step S5), the IC card 8 transmits the ID code of the operator 7 stored in the EEPROM or the like to the communication device 9 (step S6).

  The communication device 9 receives the ID code transmitted from the ID card 8 (step S2). The control unit 11 temporarily stores this ID code in the registration area in the storage unit 24, recognizes the stored ID code as the ID code of the operator 7 of the image forming apparatus 1 (step S3), and performs this process. finish.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the authentication process executed by the control unit 11 in FIG. 1, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the ID card 8 when the authentication process shown in FIG. 5 is executed.

  First, when the copy operation ends (YES in step S11), the communication device 9 transmits an ID code read command to the ID card 8 (step S12).

  On the other hand, when receiving the read command transmitted from the communication device 9 (YES in step S51), the IC card 8 transmits the ID code of the operator 7 stored in the EEPROM or the like to the communication device 9 via the antenna 17 ( Step S52). When the IC chip 20 does not receive the read command (NO in step S51), the determination in step S51 is repeated until the read command is received.

  The authentication unit 25 receives the ID code transmitted from the ID card 8 (step S13), and the received ID code is temporarily stored in the registration area in the storage unit 24 by the recognition process of FIG. It is determined whether or not they match (step S14). When the received ID code matches the stored ID code, the operator is authenticated as the operator 7. Thereafter, the communication device 9 transmits a notification signal as a copy end signal to the ID card 8 possessed by the operator (step S15). When the received ID code does not match the ID code stored in the storage unit 24 (NO in step S14), the process returns to step S13.

  On the other hand, when the ID card 8 receives the notification signal transmitted from the communication device 9 (YES in step S53), the ID card 8 operates the notification device 19 via the notification circuit 18 based on the received notification signal (step S54). As a result, the operator 7 can be notified of a copy end signal.

  The authentication unit 25 determines whether or not the paper discharge tray sensor 13 is ON, that is, whether or not the paper on which the image is formed is detected by the paper discharge tray sensor 13 (step S16). When the sheet on which the image is formed is not detected, a stop signal for stopping the operation of the alarm 19 is transmitted to the ID card 8 (step S17), and this process is terminated. When the sheet on which the image is formed is detected (YES in step S16), the process returns to step S13.

  On the other hand, when receiving a stop signal from the control unit 11 (YES in step S55), the ID card 8 stops the operation of the alarm device 19 (step S56) and ends this process.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the ID card 8 receives the read command transmitted from the communication device 9 after the image reading of the document is completed, the user ID stored in the IC chip 20 is changed. It transmits to the image forming apparatus 1. The control unit 11 authenticates the user ID transmitted from the ID card 8 based on the user ID stored in the storage unit 24 and transmits a notification signal to the ID card 8 according to the authentication result. As a result, when the operator passes within a predetermined distance where the read command can be received, the operator can be accurately informed of forgetting to remove the output paper.

  Further, since the notification signal is transmitted to the ID card 8 according to the authentication result of the authentication unit 25 and the detection result of the paper discharge tray sensor 13, it is possible to notify the operator more accurately that the output paper has been forgotten.

  In the present embodiment, the operation of the alarm 19 is controlled according to whether or not the paper on which the image is formed, that is, the output paper is detected by the paper discharge tray sensor 13, but the present invention is not limited to this. Absent. For example, the operation of the alarm 19 may be controlled according to the detection result of the document receiving tray sensor 14. In this case, the presence or absence of a document whose image has been read by the document receiving tray sensor 14 is detected, and a notification signal is sent to the communication unit in accordance with the authentication result of the user ID transmitted from the communication unit and the detection result of the document receiving tray sensor 14. Is sent. As a result, it is possible to accurately notify the operator that the document has been forgotten. Further, the operation of the alarm 19 may be controlled according to the detection results of the paper discharge tray sensor 13 and the document receiving tray sensor 14. As a result, it is possible to accurately notify the operator that the output paper and the document have been forgotten.

  In the present embodiment, the authentication process at the time of the copy operation is described. However, the same process can be executed at the time of the print operation by a command from the host computer 3. In the case of a printing operation, the ID code can be received by an output command from the host computer 3 connected via the LAN, so that the operator's ID code recognition process described with reference to FIG. 3 is not required. The authentication process at the time of the printing operation is the same as the authentication process at the time of the copy operation, so that the description thereof is omitted.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the operation of the alarm 19 is stopped when the paper on which the image is formed is not detected by the paper discharge tray sensor 13, but the operation of the alarm 19 is not limited to this. For example, the operation of the alarm 19 may be stopped after a predetermined time has elapsed since the alarm 19 was activated.

  Here, in this embodiment, for example, when output from a plurality of operators is continuously performed, which output paper (paper on which an image is formed) on the paper discharge tray 5 is output. In some cases, the operator 7 cannot be recognized and cannot be notified to the operator 7.

  Therefore, in the second embodiment of the present invention described below, RF-ID is also used for output paper. Specifically, an output paper (hereinafter referred to as “IC tag”) in which a small IC chip is embedded in advance is used, the operator's ID code is stored in the small IC chip, and the ID code and the ID card 8 are stored. The ID code is associated. Thereby, it is recognized which operator's output paper is the output paper on the paper discharge tray 5.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of an image forming system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  In the present embodiment, since the configuration is basically the same as that of the first embodiment of the present invention, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, the description thereof will be omitted, and only the following differences will be described. Will be explained.

  In FIG. 7, the image forming apparatus 50 includes a data writing device 51 and a data reading device 52. The data writing device 51 writes the ID code of the operator 7 on the IC tag loaded on the paper cassette 10 above the paper cassette 10 and below the transport roller 12. The data reader 52 reads the ID code from the IC tag built in the paper discharge tray 5 and discharged to the paper discharge tray 5. The control unit 11 executes a writing process in FIG. 8 described later and an authentication process in FIGS. 9 and 10.

  Note that the RF-ID communication distance used in the present embodiment is several centimeters so as not to react with other IC tags in the image forming apparatus 50, for example, IC tags loaded on the paper cassette 10. Degree. The small IC chip embedded in the IC tag is 0.4 mm square and the thickness is 0.06 mm, and the paper in which these are embedded (hereinafter referred to as an IC tag) is exactly the same as ordinary output paper. Can be used.

  Next, the operation | movement which authenticates the operator 7 in this Embodiment is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG.8 and FIG.9. Note that the recognition processing for recognizing the operator's ID code in this embodiment is the same as the recognition processing in FIGS. 3 and 4 in the first embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a case where the operator 7 performs a copying operation in the image forming apparatus 50 will be described as an example.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an outline of the writing process.

  First, when the copy button of the image forming apparatus 50 is pressed, the control unit 11 transmits the ID code transmitted from the ID card 8 owned by the operator 7 to the data writing apparatus 51 together with the write command (step S41). At this time, the paper in which the IC tag is embedded is sequentially transported from the paper cassette 10 by the transport roller 12. The data writing device 51 receives the write command and the ID code (step S42), and writes and stores the ID code of the operator 7 in the memory in the small IC chip embedded in the IC tag (step S43).

  After the ID code of the operator 7 is written on the small IC chip, the control unit 11 receives the result of the writing process on the small IC chip from the data writing device 51 (step S44), and ends this process.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the authentication process executed by the control unit 11 in FIG. 7, and FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the ID card 8 when the authentication process shown in FIG. 9 is executed.

  First, the writing process of FIG. 8 is executed (step S21). Thereafter, when the copying operation is completed (YES in step S22), the data reader 52 reads the ID code of the IC tag on the paper discharge tray 5 (step S23), and the communication device 9 issues an ID code read command to the ID card 8 (Step S24).

  On the other hand, when receiving the read command transmitted from the communication device 9 (YES in step S61), the IC card 8 transmits the ID code of the operator 7 stored in the EEPROM or the like to the communication device 9 via the antenna 17 ( Step S62). When the IC chip 20 does not receive the read command (NO in step S61), the determination in step S61 is repeated until the read command is received.

  The authentication unit 25 receives the ID code transmitted from the ID card 8 (step S25), and the received ID code matches the ID code written in the IC tag on the paper discharge tray 5 by the writing process of FIG. It is determined whether or not to perform (step S26). When the received ID code matches the ID code written in the IC tag, the control unit 11 authenticates the operator as the operator 7. After that, the communication device 9 transmits a notification signal as a copy end signal to the ID card 8 possessed by the operator (step S27). If the received ID code does not match the ID code written in the IC tag (NO in step S26), the process returns to step S25.

  On the other hand, when receiving the notification signal transmitted from the communication device 9 (YES in step S63), the ID card 8 operates the notification device 19 via the notification circuit 18 based on the received notification signal (step S64). As a result, the operator 7 can be notified of a copy end signal.

  The authentication unit 25 determines whether or not the IC tag in which the ID code of the operator 7 is present on the paper discharge tray 5 when the data reading device 52 reads the ID code from the IC tag on the paper discharge tray 5. Is determined (step S28). When there is no IC tag in which the ID code of the operator 7 is written, a stop signal for stopping the operation of the alarm 19 is transmitted to the ID card 8 (step S29), and this process is terminated. When the IC tag in which the ID code of the operator 7 is written exists on the paper discharge tray 5 (YES in step S28), the process returns to step S25.

  On the other hand, when the ID card 8 receives a stop signal from the control unit 11 (YES in step S65), the ID card 8 stops the operation of the alarm 19 (step S66) and ends this process.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the ID card 8 receives the read command transmitted from the communication device 9 after the image reading of the document is completed, the user ID stored in the IC chip 20 is changed. Transmit to the communication device 9. The communication device 9 authenticates the user ID transmitted from the ID card 8 based on the user ID read by the data reader 52 and transmits a notification signal to the ID card 8 according to the authentication result. As a result, even when print output by a plurality of operators or image reading of a document is continuously executed, when the operator passes within a predetermined distance from the image forming apparatus 50, an IC tag is sent to each operator. It is possible to notify more accurately of forgetting to remove.

  In the present embodiment, the image forming apparatus 50 includes the writing device 51 that writes the ID code of the operator 7 on the IC tag, but is not limited thereto. For example, instead of the writing device 51, another data reading device capable of reading data stored in the IC tag may be provided. In this case, an IC tag having a read-only storage medium such as a ROM is used as another IC tag, and for example, numbers in the manufacturing process are stored in this storage medium. The storage unit 24 of the image forming apparatus 50 stores the ID code of the operator in association with the number in the manufacturing process stored in another IC tag on which an image is formed by the operation of the operator.

  The image forming apparatus 50 reads a number stored in another IC tag by a data reading device, and reads out an ID code of an operator associated with the read number from the storage unit 24. The operator's ID code transmitted from the communication unit is authenticated based on the read ID code. Thereby, even if the output from a plurality of operators is executed continuously, it is possible to accurately notify each operator that the IC tag has been forgotten. Further, since the ID code is not written on each paper, security can be improved, and an inexpensive read-only IC tag can be used, so that the running cost of the image forming apparatus 50 can be reduced. it can.

  Further, another data reading device may be provided on the paper discharge side of the document feeder 2 so that the ID code is read from an IC tag as a document. In this case, the IC tag is used for the original as well as the output paper. Thereby, it is possible to accurately notify an individual operator that he / she has forgotten to remove the output material and the document.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the IC card 8 includes the notification circuit 18 and the notification device 19, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the image forming apparatus may include a notification circuit and a notification device. In this case, the alarm performs a notification operation to the operator 7 by sound.

  An object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium (or recording medium) that records a program code of software that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or apparatus, and to perform a computer (or a computer of the system or apparatus) This can also be achieved by the CPU and MPU) reading and executing the program code stored in the storage medium.

  In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the program code and the storage medium and program storing the program code constitute the present invention. become.

  Examples of the storage medium for supplying the program code include a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a hard disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a CD-R, a CD-RW, a DVD-ROM, a DVD-RAM, and a DVD. -RW, DVD + RW, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, etc. can be used. Alternatively, the program is supplied by downloading from another computer or database (not shown) connected to the Internet, a commercial network, a local area network, or the like.

  Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) running on the computer based on an instruction of the program code. Includes a case where the function of each embodiment described above is realized by performing part or all of the actual processing.

  Furthermore, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion card inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function is determined based on the instruction of the program code. This includes a case where the CPU or the like provided in the expansion card or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of an image forming system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows schematically the internal structure of the ID card in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the recognition process in which the control part in FIG. 1 recognizes an operator's 7 ID code. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the ID card when the recognition process shown in FIG. 3 is performed. It is a flowchart which shows the authentication process performed by the control part in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of an ID card at the time of the authentication process shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows schematically the structure of the image forming system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows write-in processing. It is a flowchart which shows the authentication process performed by the control part in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the ID card when the authentication process shown in FIG. 9 is performed.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image forming apparatus 2 Document feeder 6 Document tray 8 ID card 9 Communication apparatus 10 Paper cassette 11 Control part 13 Paper discharge tray sensor 14 Document paper discharge tray sensor 15 Apparatus main body 18 Notification circuit 19 Alarm 20 IC chip 24 Memory | storage part 25 Authentication section

Claims (5)

An image forming apparatus that includes a communication unit capable of communicating with the outside, forms an image on a paper in which an IC tag is embedded by executing print output or image reading of a document, and discharges the image to a discharge tray ;
Based on a storage unit that stores a user ID, a communication unit that transmits a user ID stored in the storage unit to the communication unit and receives a signal from the communication unit, and a notification signal transmitted from the communication unit In an image forming system including a terminal device having a notification unit that performs a notification operation,
The image forming apparatus includes a storage unit that stores a user ID transmitted from the communication unit in an IC tag embedded in the paper ,
The terminal device transmits a user ID stored in the storage unit when a predetermined signal transmitted from the communication unit after the previous SL print output is finished receiving said communication unit to said communication means,
In response to receiving the user ID from the terminal device , the image forming apparatus transmits the user ID stored in the IC tag embedded in the paper discharged to the paper discharge tray and the communication unit. Authentication means for authenticating whether or not the user ID matches, and when the user ID stored in the IC tag matches the user ID transmitted from the communication unit, the notification signal is sent to the terminal device. An image forming system, wherein The image forming apparatus transmits a stop signal for stopping the operation of the notification unit to the terminal device by the communication unit when the IC tag on the paper discharge tray is not detected. The image forming system according to claim 1. An image forming apparatus having communication means capable of communicating with the outside, forming an image on a paper in which an IC tag is embedded by executing print output or image reading of an original, and discharging the image to a paper discharge tray, and stores a user ID A communication unit that transmits a user ID stored in the storage unit to the communication unit and receives a signal from the communication unit, and performs a notification operation based on a notification signal transmitted from the communication unit An image forming method applied to an image forming system including a terminal device having a notification unit that performs
Storing a user ID transmitted from the communication unit in an IC tag embedded in the paper ;
First transmission step of transmitting the user ID stored in the storage unit when the terminal device receives a predetermined signal transmitted from the communication unit after the previous SL print output is finished to the communication unit When,
In response to receiving the user ID from the terminal device, the user ID stored in the IC tag embedded in the paper that is discharged to the paper discharge tray and the user ID transmitted from the communication unit matches An authentication step for authenticating whether to
A second transmission step of transmitting the notification signal to the terminal device in response to a match between the user ID stored in the IC tag and the user ID transmitted from the communication means ;
An image forming method comprising: An image forming apparatus having communication means capable of communicating with the outside, forming an image on a paper in which an IC tag is embedded by executing print output or image reading of an original, and discharging the image to a paper discharge tray, and stores a user ID A communication unit that transmits a user ID stored in the storage unit to the communication unit and receives a signal from the communication unit, and performs a notification operation based on a notification signal transmitted from the communication unit a program for controlling an image forming system and a terminal device having a notification unit that,
A processing step of the user ID Ru is stored in the IC tag embedded in the paper to be transmitted from the communication unit,
A processing step of transmitting the user ID stored in the storage unit when the terminal device receives a predetermined signal transmitted from the communication unit after the previous SL print output is finished to the communication unit,
In response to receiving the user ID from the terminal device, the user ID stored in the IC tag embedded in the paper that is discharged to the paper discharge tray and the user ID transmitted from the communication unit matches Processing steps for authenticating whether to
A processing step of transmitting the notification signal to the terminal device in response to a match between the user ID stored in the IC tag and the user ID transmitted from the communication means ;
Program characterized Rukoto cause the computer to execute. A computer-readable storage medium storing the program according to claim 4 .

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