Abstract: A printer as an image forming device establishes the same password for multiple confidential printing jobs received within a specified time period from the same user and sends them back to the source of the transmission. The printer approves the execution of the particular confidential printing job when the entered password matches with the password established for the confidential printing job.

Abstract: A technique for drawing or managing multimedia data by desired groups. In a built-in memory of a cellular phone terminal, thirteen picked-up image data are stored. In tag information of each of the thirteen picked-up image data, information on date and time is recorded when an image of the data is picked up. When a user specifies the range of image pickup date and time, eight picked-up image data that match the specified range of image pickup date and time are selected and synthetic image data is generated from these eight picked-up image data.

Abstract: A method of processing a printing job data is provided in which the secrecy of a job data required for the confidential printing can be ensured in the display of a status data indicative of a printing state of the job data. The method includes examining whether the confidential printing for a job data to be printed out is requested or not; when the confidential printing is requested, deleting or altering the document name contained in the job data; and releasing the job data from which the document name has been deleted or altered.

Abstract: A data transmission apparatus including a multicasting means for executing multicasting transmission for a mixture of e-mails and facsimiles, a destination setting means for setting destinations of the multicasting transmission, a first adding means for, based on e-mail destinations set by the destination setting means, generating image data representing the e-mail destinations, and adding the image data to an image data to be transmitted as a facsimile by the multicasting transmission, and a second adding means for, based on facsimile destinations set by the destination setting means, generating character string data representing the facsimile destinations and adding the character string data to an e-mail to be transmitted by the multicasting transmission.

Abstract: A printer as an image forming device establishes the same password for multiple confidential printing jobs received within a specified time period from the same user and sends them back to the source of the transmission. The printer approves the execution of the particular confidential printing job when the entered password matches with the password established for the confidential printing job.

Abstract: A composite communication apparatus of the present invention is provided with a facsimile transmission unit and an electronic mail transmission unit, when the size of an image data attached to an electronic mail is larger than a predetermined reference value, the image data is transmitted by use of the facsimile transmission unit instead of the electronic mail transmission unit. As the result, the data amount fed on a network is reduced and the efficiency reduction of the network system is prevented.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving a printing job including image data, a counting unit for counting a number of sheets required by the printing job when an image for one page is formed on a sheet of paper, an image forming unit for forming images for a plurality of pages on a sheet of paper when the number of sheets exceeds a prescribed value, and a tray for receiving a image formed sheet. The image forming apparatus enables outputting an entire image data even when the number of sheets required for printing the entire image data exceeds a capacity of the tray.

Abstract: A data transmission apparatus including a multicasting means for executing multicasting transmission for a mixture of e-mails and facsimiles, a destination setting means for setting destinations of the multicasting transmission, a first adding means for, based on e-mail destinations set by the destination setting means, generating image data representing the e-mail destinations, and adding the image data to an image data to be transmitted as a facsimile by the multicasting transmission, and a second adding means for, based on facsimile destinations set by the destination setting means, generating character string data representing the facsimile destinations and adding the character string data to an e-mail to be transmitted by the multicasting transmission.

Abstract: An image processing device including an image reader for reading a document image, a detector for detecting a reading condition in reading the document image, an extractor for extracting a specific image data from the image data, a generator for generating an index data including the specific image data and the reading condition data, and a printer for printing the index data.

Abstract: A method of processing a printing job data is provided in which the secrecy of a job data required for the confidential printing can be ensured in the display of a status data indicative of a printing state of the job data. The method comprises the steps of: examining whether the confidential printing for a job data to be printed out is requested or not; when the confidential printing is requested, deleting or altering the document name contained in the job data; and releasing the job data from which the document name has been deleted or altered. The step of deleting or altering the document name may include a sub-step of encrypting the document name. The step of deleting or altering the document name may include a sub-step of storing the document name in a data area other than its original data area. The method may further comprise a step of displaying on a display a status data indicative of a processing state of the job data on a printer. The status data displayed contains the document name.

Abstract: A system including a first device connected to a network, a second device connected to the network, and at least one portable terminal is disclosed. Device information of the first device containing connection information for establishing a connection between the first device and the second device is transmitted from the first device to the portable terminal and later transmitted from the portable terminal to the second device. Therefore, the connection between the first device and the second device is established based on the device information.