JP5686129B2 - Image forming apparatus, image forming system, control method thereof, and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention is a technique for acquiring a transmission destination for each document data and easily generating a scan ticket including an appropriate transmission destination when acquiring document data having different transmission destinations to be submitted and transmitted for each document. About.

  Currently, ordering products using a facsimile or the like is widely performed. When placing an order for products using a facsimile, the orderer must print out the order form, fill in the necessary information such as name, delivery address, ordered product, and number of orders on the printed order form, and send it to the supplier. Will place an order.

  As a technique related to ordering of products using a facsimile, for example, there is a technique disclosed in Patent Document 1. The technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 enables a merchandise seller to quickly identify an error in character recognition processing of a purchase order sent by facsimile from a merchandise purchaser. It is intended to improve business efficiency.

JP 2002-92427 A

  However, although the invention described in Patent Document 1 is considered with regard to the efficiency of merchandise sellers, it does not mention anything about the efficiency of processing of merchandise orderers and the prevention of mistakes. For example, there is no mention of the case where the orderer of the product mistakes the input of the facsimile number.

  If such a mistake occurs, the orderer of the product may misunderstand that the order of the product has been completed, which may cause a situation in which the necessary product cannot be delivered when necessary. There is.

An object of the present invention is to acquire a transmission destination for each document data and easily generate a scan ticket including an appropriate transmission destination when acquiring document data having different transmission destinations to be submitted and transmitted for each document. It is to provide a mechanism.

The image forming apparatus according to the present invention responds to a generation request from the image forming apparatus with a scan ticket in which an instruction content for reading a paper document and a transmission destination to which the data of the read paper document is transmitted are defined. An image forming apparatus including a screen display unit that is communicable with a management server that manages the scan ticket including a scan ticket generation unit that generates the document data, the document data acquisition unit that acquires document data, and the document data acquisition unit in the case the destination information indicating the destination of the document after printing document data acquired can be acquired, in order to generate the scan ticket including a destination indicated by Oite the destination information to the management server, the a scan ticket generation request means for requesting the generation of the scan ticket, the screen displays the scan ticket acquired from the management server A first display control means for displaying an operation instruction receiving means for receiving an operation to execute the reading process of the first paper document by selecting the scan ticket displayed on the screen display section by the display control means, the operation A transmission unit that performs a reading process of a paper document based on the content of the scan ticket selected by the instruction receiving unit, and transmits the image data acquired by the reading process to the transmission destination based on the transmission destination included in the scan ticket. with the door, before Symbol scan ticket generation requesting means, including at least the destination information, the scan ticket generation data is data for generating a scan ticket, with straps on document data acquired by the document data acquiring means The transmission destination information included in the scan ticket generation data with respect to the management server. Wherein the requesting the generation of the scan ticket including a destination indicated by.
In addition, the image forming apparatus of the present invention generates a request for generating a scan ticket in which an instruction content for reading a paper document and a transmission destination to which the data of the read paper document is defined are defined. An image forming apparatus including a screen display unit that is communicable with a management server that manages the scan ticket including a scan ticket generation unit that generates the document data according to the document data acquisition unit that acquires document data; When it is possible to acquire transmission destination information indicating the transmission destination of the document after printing the document data acquired by the acquisition unit, the management server generates a scan ticket including the transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information. Scan ticket generation request means for requesting generation of a scan ticket, and display the scan ticket acquired from the management server. A first display control unit for displaying on the display unit; an operation instruction receiving unit for receiving an operation for executing a paper document reading process by selecting a scan ticket displayed on the screen display unit by the first display control unit; The paper document is read based on the content of the scan ticket selected by the operation instruction accepting unit, and the image data acquired by the reading process is transmitted to the transmission destination based on the transmission destination included in the scan ticket. And the scan ticket generation request unit includes the transmission destination information included in the character information with respect to the management server when the transmission destination information indicating the transmission destination is included in the character information of the document data. The generation of a scan ticket including the transmission destination indicated by is requested.

According to the present invention, when acquiring document data having different transmission destinations for each document, the transmission destination is acquired for each document data, and a scan ticket including an appropriate transmission destination is easily generated . be able to.

1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration of an image forming system of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a hardware structure of the authentication server 200 of FIG. 1, the web server 300, and the scan ticket server 400. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the multifunction peripheral 100 of FIG. 1. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of an image forming system of the present invention. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing from user authentication (login) to scan ticket generation request processing performed by a CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a scan ticket generation process performed by a CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of document data transmission processing using a scan ticket, which is performed by a CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100. 8 is a flowchart showing details of a scan ticket list display process in step S706 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the login process of step S501 of FIG. 5, and step S701 of FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating details of a scan ticket manual generation request process in step S520 of FIG. 5. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a scan ticket deletion process performed by a CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a menu screen displayed on the operation unit 3030 of the multifunction peripheral 100. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a web page screen displayed on the operation unit 3030 of the multifunction peripheral 100. FIG. FIG. 13 illustrates an example of a scan ticket generation instruction reception screen displayed on the operation unit 3030 of the multifunction peripheral 100. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a scan ticket list screen displayed on an operation unit 3030 of the multifunction peripheral 100. FIG. FIG. 10 illustrates an example of a scan ticket use screen displayed on the operation unit 3030 of the multifunction peripheral 100. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a scan ticket detail display screen displayed on the operation unit 3030 of the multifunction peripheral 100. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the user information 1800 memorize | stored in the external memory 2011 of the authentication server 200. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a scan ticket 1900 stored in an external memory 2011 of the scan ticket server 400. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of transmission destination information 2050 stored in the external memory 2011 of the scan ticket server 400. FIG.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of an image forming system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of an image forming system according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the image forming system of the present invention includes one or a plurality of multifunction peripherals 100, an authentication server 200, a web server 300, and a scan ticket server 400. The multifunction device 100 is an image forming apparatus having functions such as a printer, a scanner, a copy, and a facsimile.

  The authentication server 200 is a device that transmits authentication information to the multifunction device 100 in response to a request from the multifunction device 100.

  The web server 300 is a device capable of communicating with the multifunction device 100 via the wide area network 20 and transmits various data to the multifunction device 100 in response to a request from the multifunction device 100. The multi-function device 100 performs display based on data received from the web server 300 on the operation unit 3030 described later as necessary.

  The scan ticket server 400 has a function of receiving a scan ticket generation request from the multifunction peripheral 100 and generating a scan ticket. Further, the scan ticket server 400 performs processing such as generation of a scan ticket list and deletion of a scan ticket in response to a request from the multifunction device 100.

  Note that the MFP 100 may be configured to have the functions of the authentication server 200 and the scan ticket server 400, or the authentication server 200 and the scan ticket server 400 may be configured as a single information processing device.

  Next, the multifunction peripheral 100, the authentication server 200, the web server 300, and the scan ticket server 400 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the authentication server 200, the web server 300, and the scan ticket server 400, and FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the multifunction peripheral 100.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the authentication server 200, the web server 300, and the scan ticket server 400, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 2001, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 2002, and a ROM (Read Only Memory) 2003 are connected via a system bus 2004. , An input controller 2005, a video controller 2006, a memory controller 2007, and a communication I / F controller 2008 are connected.

  The CPU 2001 controls each device and controller connected to the system bus 2004 in an integrated manner.

  The ROM 2003 or the external memory 2011 holds a basic input / output system (BIOS) or an operating system (OS) that are control programs of the CPU 2001, various programs executed by each server or the like.

  A RAM 2002 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 2001. The CPU 2001 implements various operations by loading a program necessary for execution of processing from the ROM 2003 or the external memory 2011 to the RAM 2002 and executing the loaded program.

  An input controller 2005 controls input from a pointing device such as a keyboard (KB) 2009 or a mouse (not shown).

  The video controller 2006 controls display on a display device such as a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) 2010. The display is not limited to the CRT, but may be another display such as a liquid crystal display.

The memory controller 2007 is a hard disk (H that stores a boot program, various applications, font data, user files, edit files, various data, etc.
D), a flexible disk (FD), or an external memory 2011 such as a Compact Flash (registered trademark) memory or an SSD (Solid State Drive) connected to a PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) card slot via an adapter. Control access to.

  A communication I / F controller 2008 connects and communicates with an external device via a network such as the LAN 10 in FIG. 1 and executes communication control processing on the network. The communication I / F controller 2008 can perform communication using, for example, TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol), UDP (User Datagram Protocol), and the like.

  The CPU 2001 can display on the CRT 2010 by executing outline font rasterization processing on a display information area in the RAM 2002, for example. Further, the CPU 2001 enables a user instruction using a mouse cursor (not shown) on the CRT 2010 or the like.

  Programs for causing the CPU 2001 of the authentication server 200, the web server 300, and the scan ticket server 400 to function as various functional units to be described later are recorded in the external memory 2011, loaded into the RAM 2002 as necessary, and executed by the CPU 2001. Is done. Definition files and various information tables used when executing the program are stored in the external memory 2011.

  For example, the external memory 2011 of the authentication server 200 stores user information used to identify the user from the card ID of the user who logs in to the multifunction device 100 in response to a request from the multifunction device 100.

  The external memory 2011 of the web server 300 stores document data to be printed in accordance with an access request received from the MFP 100, a transmission destination of the document data associated with the document, and scan ticket generation data including the transmission destination. ing.

  Also, the external memory 2011 of the scan ticket server 400 defines scan settings that are instructions for executing a scan of a paper document, and information on the transmission destination of the generated document data scanned based on the scan settings. A program for generating a scanned ticket and transmitting the scan ticket information to the multifunction device 100 is stored. The above is an example of the hardware configuration of the authentication server 200, the web server 300, and the scan ticket server 400 in FIG.

  Next, the hardware configuration of the multifunction machine 100 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the multi-function device 100 is configured to have hardware configurations of a controller unit 3020, an operation unit 3030, a card reader 3040, a printer 3050, and a scanner 3060.

  The controller unit 3020 includes a CPU 3001, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 3002, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 3003, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 3004, a Network I / F (Network Interface) 3005, and a MODEM (Modulation). Apparatus) 3006, operation unit I / F (operation unit interface) 3007, IMAGE BUS I / F (image bus interface) 3008, external I / F (external interface) 3009, system bus 3010, RIP (Raster) Image Processor) 3011, Printer I / F (Printer Interface) 3012, and Scanner I / F (Scanner Interface) 30 3, an image processing unit 3014 is configured to have a respective hardware configuration of the image bus 3015.

  The controller unit 3020 is connected to a scanner 3060 that functions as an image input device and a printer 3050 that functions as an image output device. On the other hand, the LAN (local area network) 10 in FIG. 1, for example, a PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) or ISDN. By connecting to a WAN (public line) such as (Integrated Services Digital Network), image data and device information are input and output.

  The CPU 3001 is a processor that comprehensively controls each device connected to the system bus 3010 and the image bus 3015.

  A RAM 3002 is a work memory for the CPU 3001 to operate, and also has functions of a program memory for recording a program and an image memory for temporarily recording image data. For example, the card ID read by the card reader 3040 is stored.

  The ROM 3003 stores a system boot program and various control programs. The HDD 3004 stores various programs for controlling the system, image data, and the like. The HDD 3004 is a medium for permanently storing information, and the form is not limited to the HDD. For example, a medium such as SSD (Solid State Drive) may be used.

  A network I / F 3005 is connected to a LAN and performs data input / output. The MODEM 3006 is connected to a public line network and inputs / outputs data such as transmission / reception by FAX.

  An operation unit I / F 3007 is an interface in the operation unit 3030 that is a user interface (UI), and outputs image data to be displayed on the operation unit 3030 to the operation unit 3030. The operation unit I / F 3007 plays a role of transmitting information (for example, user information) input from the operation unit 3030 by the user of this system to the CPU 3001.

Note that the operation unit 3030 has a touch panel function corresponding to a keyboard, and can give various instructions to the multi-function peripheral when a user presses a button displayed on the display unit.

  The IMAGE BUS I / F 3008 is a bus bridge that connects the system bus 3010 and an image bus 3015 that transfers image data at high speed and converts the data structure.

  The external I / F 3009 is an interface that accepts external inputs such as USB, IEEE 1394, printer port, and RS-232C. In the implementation system of the present invention, the external I / F 3009 is connected to a card reader 3040 that reads IC card information for performing user authentication using an IC card. Further, the CPU 3001 can control reading of information from the card reader via the external I / F 3009 and acquire information for the authentication from the IC card. The above devices 3001 to 3009 are arranged on the system bus 3010 and can communicate with each other.

  For example, the RIP 3011 expands vector data such as a PDL code into a bitmap image.

  A printer I / F 3012 connects the printer 3050 and the controller unit 3020, and performs synchronous / asynchronous conversion of image data.

  A scanner I / F 3013 connects the scanner 3060 and the controller unit 3020, and performs synchronous / asynchronous conversion of image data.

  An image processing unit 3014 performs correction processing, processing processing, and editing processing on input image data, and performs printer correction processing, resolution conversion processing, and the like on print output image data. In addition to these processes, the image processing unit 3014 also performs rotation processing of image data, JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) for multi-value image data, and JBIG (Joint Bilevel for binary image data). It performs compression / decompression processing such as Image experts Group (MR), Modified READ (MR), Modified Modified READ (MMR), or Modified Huffman (MH). The devices shown in the above 3008, 3011-3014 are arranged on the image bus 3015 and can communicate with each other. The image bus 3015 is constituted by, for example, a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus or IEEE1394.

  Specifically, the operation unit 3030 has an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) display unit, and a touch panel sheet is pasted on the LCD display unit to display the operation screen of the present system and the displayed operation screen. When a key (button) is pressed, the position information is transmitted to the CPU 3001 via the operation unit I / F 3007. The operation unit 3030 includes keyboard functions such as a start key, a stop key, an ID key, and a reset key as various operation keys.

  Here, the start key of the operation unit 3030 is operated, for example, when starting a document image reading operation. At the center of the start key, for example, there are two colors of LEDs (Light Emitting Diode) of green and red, and whether or not the start key can be used is indicated by light emission of each color. Further, the stop key of the operation unit 3030 is operated, for example, when stopping an operation in operation. The ID key of the operation unit 3030 is operated when, for example, the user ID of the user (user) is input. The reset key of the operation unit 3030 is operated, for example, when initializing settings by the operation unit 3030.

  The card reader 3040 reads user identification information stored in an IC card (for example, FeliCa (registered trademark) of Sony) under the control of the CPU 3001. The user identification information read by the card reader 3040 is notified to the CPU 3001 via the external I / F 3009.

  The printer 3050 converts, for example, raster image data as an image on paper. The conversion method includes an electrophotographic method using a photosensitive drum and a photosensitive belt, and an ink jet method in which an image is directly printed on paper by ejecting ink from a minute nozzle array. It doesn't matter. Activation of the printing operation of the printer 3050 is started by an instruction from the CPU 3001. The printer 3050 includes a plurality of paper feed stages so that different paper sizes or different paper orientations can be selected, and a paper cassette corresponding to each paper feed stage is provided.

  The scanner 3060 illuminates an image on paper as a document, and scans the document using a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) line sensor, thereby converting the image of the document into an electrical signal as raster image data. The original paper is set on the tray of the original feeder, and when the user of the MFP 100 issues a reading start instruction from the operation unit 3030, the CPU 3001 gives an instruction to the scanner 3060, and the feeder feeds the original paper one by one. Read the original image. The above is an explanation of an example of the hardware configuration of the multifunction peripheral 100 shown in FIG.

  With the configuration described above, the multi-function device 100 can transmit the image data read from the scanner 3060 to the LAN, and print out the received print data with the printer 3050. Further, the multi-function device 100 can transmit the image data read from the scanner 3060 by FAX from the MODEM 3006 to the public line network, and print out the image data received by FAX from the public line network by the printer 3050.

  Next, functions of the image forming system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the image forming system according to the present invention. The function of each device of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, functional units provided for the MFP 100 to execute various processes described below will be described.

  The MFP 100 includes a login unit 111, an authentication information acquisition unit 112, a browser connection unit 113, a data acquisition unit 114, a printing unit 115, a scan ticket processing execution unit 116, a scan unit 117, a FAX unit 118, a file transmission unit 119, an authentication. The information temporary storage part 120 grade | etc., Is provided.

  The login unit 111 has a function of accepting login from the user to the multifunction device 100. User information 1800 (described later with reference to FIG. 18) is temporarily stored in the authentication information temporary storage unit 120 in the multifunction peripheral 100 as login user information.

  The authentication information acquisition unit 112 has a function of acquiring card information from the IC card and user information from the authentication server 200 and logging in the user. For example, when the user displays a card authentication screen (not shown) on the operation unit 3030, the authentication information acquisition unit 112 acquires the card information in the IC card by holding the IC card over the card reader 3040. The acquired card information is transmitted to the authentication server 200, and user information detected by the CPU 2001 of the authentication server 200 is acquired. As a result, the login unit 111 performs login processing for the user specified.

  The browser connection unit 113 is an operation via the operation unit 3030 of the multifunction peripheral 100, and starts a web browser by accepting a web browser button selection operation from the user and connects to the web server 300.

  The data acquisition unit 114 acquires data for displaying a web page, document data, scan ticket generation data, and the like from the web server 300.

  The scan ticket processing execution unit 116 requests the scan ticket 1900 (described later with reference to FIG. 19), transmission destination information 2050 (described later with reference to FIG. A request for transmission of scan ticket list data for displaying a list of scan tickets 1900 is made, and scan attributes are set in the scan unit 117 based on the scan settings of the scan tickets 1900.

  The scan attribute specifies, for example, a file format in which the document data scanned by the scanning unit 117 is generated, color settings at the time of scanning, resolution, double-sided reading, reading density, and the like. Information.

  The printing unit 115 is for controlling the printer 3050 of the multifunction peripheral 100. The PDL included in the document data acquired from the web server 300 is converted into a bitmap image and printed on a medium such as paper by a known printing technique.

The scanning unit 117 controls the scanner 3060 of the multifunction peripheral 100 to digitize an image on paper as a document, convert it to an arbitrary image format, and transmit it to an arbitrary transmission destination, for example, a shipping destination of an order form. Provide functionality. For file formats, for example, JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group), TIFF (Taged Image File Format), PDF (Portable Document Format)
t), XPS (XML Paper Specification), OOXML (Office Open XML), and the like.

  The FAX unit 118 has a function of FAXing the image data read from the scanner 3060 on the public communication network via MODEM according to the transmission destination 2053 associated with the scan ticket 1900.

  The file transmission unit 119 transmits a file to an external device using a protocol such as SMB (Server Message Block), WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning), or FTP (File Transfer Protocol).

  The authentication information temporary storage unit 120 is information temporarily stored in the RAM 3002 of the multifunction device 100. The user information 1800 acquired from the IC card or the like is temporarily stored until the user who is logged in to the multifunction device 100 logs out. Is stored.

  Next, functions provided for the scan ticket server 400 to execute various processes described later will be described. The scan ticket server 400 includes a scan ticket generation unit 411, a scan ticket management unit 412, an authentication information management unit 413, a scan ticket storage unit 414, a scan ticket transmission / reception unit 415, and the like.

  The scan ticket generation unit 411 generates a scan ticket 1900, transmission destination information 2050, and scan ticket list data based on an instruction from an external device. In the present embodiment, a description is given of a configuration in which a scan ticket generation request is made from the multifunction device 100 to the scan ticket server 400 at the timing when the multifunction device 100 prints the document data acquired from the web server 300. A configuration may be adopted in which a scan ticket generation request is made to the scan ticket server 400 from a PC or the like. In this case, when the client PC instructs the MFP 100 to perform print processing based on the document data obtained by accessing the web server 300, the scan request is generated from the client PC to the scan ticket server 400. It will be configured.

  The scan ticket management unit 412 writes the scan ticket 1900 into the scan ticket storage unit 414, rewrites the expiration date of the scan ticket 1900, or deletes the scan ticket 1900.

  The authentication information management unit 413 temporarily stores, as the login user card ID, the card ID 1801 of the user who is logged in to the multifunction device 100 acquired from the multifunction device 100, and holds it until the change or deletion of the scan ticket is completed.

  The scan ticket storage unit 414 stores a scan ticket 1900 and transmission destination information 2050.

  The scan ticket transmission / reception unit 415 transmits or receives a scan ticket 1900 based on an instruction from an external device.

  Next, a function for executing the processing of the authentication server 200 will be described. The authentication server 200 includes an authentication information storage unit 211 and an authentication information management unit 212.

  The authentication information storage unit 211 is information stored in the external memory 2011 of the authentication server 200, and stores one or a plurality of user information 1800.

  The authentication information management unit 212 acquires a card ID from the card information acquired from the multi-function device 100 and detects user information 1800 with the matching card ID from the user information 1800. Then, the detected user information is transmitted to the multifunction device 100. Note that the authentication control may not be performed by the authentication server 200 but may be performed in the same casing as the multifunction peripheral 100 or the like.

  Next, functions for executing processing of the web server 300 will be described. The web server 300 includes a web information storage unit 311 and the like. The web information storage unit 311 stores data such as URL information, HTML information, document data, and the like in association with each other.

  Specifically, when URL information is specified by receiving an operation from the user via the operation unit 3030 of the multifunction device 100, HTML information and document data associated with the URL are stored in the operation of the multifunction device 100. Displayed on the part 3030. The above is the description of the functions of the image forming system in FIG.

  Next, processing performed by the multifunction peripheral 100 of the image forming system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating details of the scan ticket generation request process performed by the multifunction peripheral 100.

  When an IC card is inserted into the card reader 3040, the CPU 3001 of the multi-function device 100 acquires card information stored in the IC card and performs a user login process (step S501). Details of the login process will be described with reference to FIG. Details of the login process performed by the multifunction peripheral 100 and the authentication server 200 of the image forming system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the CPU 3001 of the MFP 100 detects an IC card that has been trapped by the card reader 3040 (step S901), it acquires card information from the IC card (step S902) and transmits it to the authentication server 200 (step S903).

  The CPU 2001 of the authentication server 200 receives the card information from the multifunction device 100 (step S904), and the card ID 1801 in the user information 1800 (FIG. 18) stored in the external memory 2011 of the authentication server 200 is transferred from the multifunction device 100. Data in which information matching the card ID included in the received card information is registered is detected, and user authentication is performed (step S905). Then, the user information 1800 including the card ID is acquired and transmitted to the multi-function device 100 (step S906).

  The CPU 3001 of the MFP 100 receives the user information 1800 from the authentication server 200 (step S907). The CPU 3001 of the multifunction device 100 temporarily stores the received user information 1800 in the RAM 3002 by the authentication information temporary storage function of the authentication information temporary storage unit 120 of the multifunction device 100 until the logout of the user is accepted. (Step S908). The user is allowed to use the multifunction device. The above is the detailed description of the login process performed by the MFP 100 and the authentication server 200 of the image forming system of the present invention in FIG.

  Here, a data configuration of user information stored in the external memory 2011 of the authentication server 200 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of the user information 1800. As shown in FIG. 18, the user information 1800 includes a card ID 1801 and a user name 1802 as data items.

  In the card ID 1801, identification information for uniquely identifying the IC card is registered.

  In the user name 1802, a user name corresponding to the card ID 1801 is registered. The above is the detailed description of the user information 1800 in FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. The CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 that has performed the login process in step S501 shifts the process to step S502.

  In step S <b> 502, the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 displays the user menu screen 1200 (FIG. 12) specified from the user information stored in the RAM 3002 of the multifunction peripheral 100 on the operation unit 3030. Then, an operation from the user via the menu screen 1200 displayed on the operation unit 3030 is accepted (step S503). Here, an example of the configuration of the menu screen 1200 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the menu screen 1200.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the menu screen 1200 includes a user name display unit 1201, a “browser” button 1202, a “scan ticket” button 1203, a “copy / print” button 1204, a “FAX” button 1205, and a “scan” button 1206. , “Logout” button 1207.

  The user name display unit 1201 is a display unit for displaying the name of a user who is logging in to the multifunction device 100.

A “browser” button 1202 is a button used to start the browser. A “scan ticket” button 1203 is a button used to use a scan ticket.

  A scan ticket is a document that is displayed on a web browser. After printing the document data, the printed document is scanned and sent to, for example, by fax or e-mail. , Color / monochrome, file format). Details of the scan ticket will be described later with reference to FIG.

  In the present invention, by executing a scan process using a scan ticket, document data is generated according to the setting of the scan ticket, and the document data is transmitted to the transmission destination set in the scan ticket. .

A “copy / print” button 1204 is a button used to print a copy of a document, a print job transferred from a PC, or the like.

  A “FAX” button 1205 is a button used by the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 to transmit image data generated by reading document data with the scanner 3060 by FAX.

  A “scan” button 1206 is a button used for executing document data scanning processing by the scanner 3060.

  A “logout” button 1207 is a button used to execute logout processing from the multifunction peripheral 100 of the logged-in user. The above is an example of the configuration of the menu screen 1200 of FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. The CPU 3001 of the multi-function peripheral 100 determines whether or not the content of the operation received in step S503 is browser display (step S504). When it is determined that the content of the operation received by the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 is browser display, for example, pressing of the “browser” button 1202 on the menu screen 1200 (FIG. 12) displayed on the operation unit 3030 is accepted. Is the case.

  If it is determined that the accepted operation is browser display (YES in step S504), the CPU 3001 of the multi-function device 100 activates the browser, displays the activated browser screen on the operation unit 3030, and displays the access destination web page. An operation to be specified is accepted (step S506). The reception of the operation for specifying the access destination web page is, for example, reception of input of a URL or reception of a press of a link button to a preset web page.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the content of the accepted operation is an operation other than browser display (NO in step S504), the process proceeds to other processing (step S505). The other processing here (step S505) refers to, for example, a “copy / print” button 1204, a “FAX” button 1205, and a “scan” button 1206 displayed on the menu screen 1200 (FIG. 12) of the MFP 100. This is a process associated with each button, which is executed by receiving a press.

  If the processing received by the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 in step S505 accepts the pressing of the “scan ticket” button 1203, the scan ticket utilization processing shown in FIG. 7 is performed. In step S <b> 505, the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 ends these processes after executing these processes according to the user's operation.

  The CPU 3001 of the MFP 100 acquires information for displaying the access destination web page on the operation unit 3030 from the web server 300, and displays the access destination web page on the operation unit 3030 according to the acquired information (step S507). ). The information to be acquired includes, for example, document data existing on the web server 300, and the screen to be displayed is, for example, a screen such as a web page screen 1300 (FIG. 13) that displays an order form that is document data. It is. ("Document data acquisition means for acquiring document data from a web page obtained from a web server" according to claim 1 and "Web page information is provided in response to a request from an image forming apparatus" according to claim 7 Corresponds to “Web page information provision means”.)

  Here, an example of the configuration of the web page screen 1300 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a web page screen for displaying document data, for example, an order form.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the web page screen 1300 includes a URL display unit 1301, a document data display unit 1302, a “print” button 1303, and a “return” button 1304. A URL display unit 1301 is a display unit for displaying the URL of the access destination web page. A document data display unit 1302 is a display unit for displaying document data published on a web page.

  A “print” button 1303 is a button used to print data displayed on the web page screen, for example, the document data. A “return” button 1304 is a button used to return to the menu screen 1200 (FIG. 12). The above is an example of the configuration of the web page screen 1300 in FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. The CPU 3001 of the MFP 100 accepts an operation from the user via the web page screen 1300 (FIG. 13) displayed on the operation unit 3030 in step S507 (step S508).

  The CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 determines whether the accepted operation is printing of document data displayed on the web page screen 1300 (step S509). The case where the received operation is determined to be printing is, for example, a case where pressing of the “print” button 1303 on the web page screen 1300 is received.

  If it is determined that the accepted operation is printing of document data (YES in step S509), the process proceeds to step S510, and the document data is converted into a printable file format. On the other hand, when it is determined that the received operation is not printing of document data (NO in step S509), for example, when pressing of the “return” button 1304 on the web page screen 1300 is accepted, the menu screen 1200 is returned.

  The CPU 3001 of the multifunction device 100 prints the document data converted by the CPU 3001 of the multifunction device 100 in step S510 (step S511).

  Next, the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 determines whether or not the file format of the printed document data is a predetermined format (step S512). The predetermined format here refers to a file format that serves as a reference for determining whether or not to display a scan ticket generation instruction reception screen 1400, which will be described later with reference to FIG. (According to claim 5, “a specifying means for specifying the data file format of document data acquired by the document data acquiring means” and “a scan ticket generation instruction is received with the data file format specified by the specifying means”. This corresponds to “second determination means for determining whether or not to display the generation instruction reception screen as a screen for displaying on the screen display unit”.)

  For example, when PDF, GIF, JPEG or the like is specifically defined as a predetermined file format, and it is determined that the file format of the document data for which printing is instructed is the predetermined file format, a scan ticket generation instruction The reception screen 1400 (FIG. 14) is displayed on the operation unit 3030 (step S513). That is, when the HTML data is printed, the scan ticket generation instruction reception screen 1400 is not displayed, and when the PDF data is printed, the scan ticket generation instruction reception screen 1400 is displayed. Control is performed such that the scan ticket generation instruction reception screen 1400 is displayed or not displayed depending on the file format. (This corresponds to “second display control means for displaying the generation instruction reception screen on the screen display section in accordance with the determination result determined by the second determination means” in claim 5.)

  Here, an example of the configuration of the scan ticket generation instruction reception screen 1400 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a screen for receiving a scan ticket generation instruction.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the scan ticket generation instruction reception screen 1400 includes a document data acquisition source URL display unit 1401, a “Yes” button 1402, and a “No” button 1403.

  A document data acquisition source URL display unit 1401 is a display unit for displaying the URL of an acquisition source web page of the printed document data. A “Yes” button 1402 is a button used to issue a scan ticket generation instruction. A “No” button 1403 is a button used to end the process without generating a scan ticket. The above is an example of the configuration of the scan ticket generation instruction reception screen 1400.

  Returning to the description of FIG. The CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 receives an operation from the user via the scan ticket generation instruction reception screen 1400 (FIG. 14) displayed on the operation unit 3030 (step S514), and whether the operation received from the user is a scan ticket generation. It is determined whether or not (step S515). If it is determined that the accepted operation is generation of a scan ticket (YES in step S515), the process proceeds to step S516. If it is determined that generation of the scan ticket is not generated (NO in step S515), the process ends. To do.

  When making a scan ticket generation request to the scan ticket server 400, the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 associates scan ticket generation data, which is data for generating a scan ticket, with the document data acquired from the web server 300 in step S507. It is determined whether it exists (step S516). ("First determination means for determining whether transmission destination information, which is information indicating a transmission destination of a document after printing of document data acquired by the document data acquisition means" can be acquired), “The first determination means includes scan ticket generation data that is data for generating a scan ticket, including at least transmission destination information that is information indicating a transmission destination of the document after printing the document data. This corresponds to “determining that the transmission destination information can be acquired when it is associated with the document data”.)

  The scan ticket generation data is data for generating a scan ticket including a transmission destination when the document data is printed and then the printed document is scanned and transmitted by, for example, FAX or e-mail.

  The scan ticket generation data corresponds to the URL 2052 in the ticket name 1903, the scan setting 1904, the expiration date 1905, and the destination information 2050 (FIG. 20) in the scan ticket 1900 (FIG. 19) in addition to the destination. Such data may be included.

  When acquiring the document data from the web server 300, the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 also acquires the scan ticket generation data associated with the document data. In this case, the scan ticket generation data is acquired by the data acquisition function of the data acquisition unit 114 of the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 together with the document data (step S507) and held in the RAM 3002. Of course, the scan ticket generation data may be included in the document data. Further, the scan ticket generation data (the transmission) associated with the document data acquisition source URL may be acquired. (“The first determination means can acquire the transmission destination information when the transmission destination of the document after printing the document data can be specified from the URL of the acquisition source of the document data”. It corresponds to “determined”.)

  The scan ticket generation data is not configured to be acquired when document data is acquired. After receiving a print instruction for the document data, the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 associates the scan ticket generation data with the document data. The scan ticket generation data may be acquired from the web server 300.

  The CPU 3001 of the multi-function device 100 determines whether the scan ticket generation data is associated with the document data acquired from the web server 300 by the CPU 3001 of the multi-function device 100 in step S507 (step S516). If it is determined that they are linked (step S516: YES), the scan ticket generation data held in the RAM 3002 is acquired (step S517). When the scan ticket generation data is not acquired together with the document data, the document data associated with the document data is acquired from the web server 300.

  If the scan ticket generation data does not exist in association with the document data acquired by the multifunction device 100 in step S507 (NO in step S516), the CPU 3001 of the multifunction device 100 proceeds to processing in step S518.

  In step S518, the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 determines whether the transmission destination of the document data can be acquired from the character information in the document data printed in step S511. If it is determined that the transmission destination of the document data can be acquired from the character information in the document data (YES in step S518), the process proceeds to step S519. ("First determination means for determining whether transmission destination information, which is information indicating a transmission destination of a document after printing of document data acquired by the document data acquisition means" can be acquired), 3 corresponds to “the first determination means determines that the transmission destination information can be acquired when the transmission destination information indicating the transmission destination is included in the character information of the document data”.)

  In step S519, the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 reads the character information in the document data acquired from the web server 300, prints the document data, scans the printed document, and transmits it by, for example, FAX or e-mail. Get the destination for

  The CPU 3001 of the MFP 100 transmits the card ID 1801 in the user information 1800 of the user who is logged in to the MFP 100 and the scan ticket generation data acquired in Step S517 or Step S519 to the scan ticket server 400, thereby scanning the scan ticket. The server 400 is requested to generate a scan ticket (step S521). (Generation of a scan ticket including a transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information with respect to the management server when the first determination means determines that the transmission destination information can be acquired) Corresponds to "scan ticket generation request means for requesting".)

  On the other hand, if it is determined from the character information in the document data that the transmission destination cannot be acquired (NO in step S518), the process proceeds to step S520, and the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 passes the operation unit 3030. Accepts input of scan ticket generation data, and requests the scan ticket server 400 to generate a scan ticket. Details of the scan ticket manual generation request processing in step S520 will be described later with reference to FIG. The above is the detailed description of the scan ticket generation request process of FIG.

  Next, details of processing performed by the CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of details of the scan ticket generation process performed by the CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400.

The CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 receives the scan ticket generation request transmitted from the multifunction device 100 by the CPU 3001 of the multifunction device 100 in step S521 in FIG. 5 or step S1016 in FIG. (Step S601). The scan ticket generation request transmitted by the CPU 3001 of the multifunction device 100 in step S521 of FIG. 5 or step S1016 of FIG. 10 includes user information and scan ticket generation data of the user who is logged in to the multifunction device 100.

  The card ID 1801 received from the MFP 100 is temporarily stored in the RAM 2002 of the scan ticket server 400 until the generation of the scan ticket is completed (step S602).

  The CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 acquires the card ID 1801 temporarily stored in the RAM 2002, and generates a scan ticket 1900 having the acquired card ID in the card ID 1901 (FIG. 19) (step S603).

  The CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 registers data in the scan ticket 1900 based on the scan ticket generation data received in step S601 from the multifunction device 100 (step S604). Specifically, data corresponding to the ticket name 1903, the scan setting 1904, and the expiration date 1905 in the scan ticket 1900 is registered in each data item.

  Here, the data configuration of the scan ticket 1900 stored in the external memory 2011 of the scan ticket server 400 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of the data configuration of the scan ticket 1900. As shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 19, the scan ticket 1900 includes data items such as a card ID 1901, a transmission destination ID 1902, a ticket name 1903, a scan setting 1904, an expiration date 1905, and the like.

  In the card ID 1901, the same card ID as the card ID 1801 in the user information 1800 of the user who has requested the generation of the scan ticket 1900 is registered. The card ID 1901 is used, for example, to specify which user the scan ticket 1900 is associated with.

  The destination ID 1902 is used for associating the scan ticket 1900 with destination information 2050 (described later in the description of FIG. 20) including the destination 2053, which is a destination when sending a document using the scan ticket 1900. ID information is registered.

  The ticket name 1903 in the scan ticket 1900 is the name of the scan ticket, and the name of the scan ticket for allowing the user to identify the scan ticket is registered on the scan ticket list screen 1500 described later with reference to FIG. The This information is assumed to be included in the scan ticket generation data. When the scan ticket generation data does not include a scan ticket name, the CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 uses a preset name, for example, the generation time of the scan ticket 1900 when the scan ticket 1900 is generated. The ticket name 1903 may be registered.

  In the scan setting 1904, information for specifying a scan attribute included in the scan ticket generation data is registered. As described with reference to FIG. 4, the scan attribute includes, for example, specification of a file format for generating the data of the document scanned by the scanning unit 117, color setting at the time of scanning, resolution, double-sided There is information for designating reading, reading density and the like. If the scan ticket generation data does not include scan setting information, the CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 may register the preset scan setting in the scan setting 1904 when the scan ticket 1900 is generated.

  In the expiration date 1905, the available time limit of the scan ticket included in the scan ticket generation data is registered. For example, the expiration date can be freely set such as several days from the generation date and time of the scan ticket and several weeks from the last use date of the scan ticket. The CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 automatically deletes the expired scan ticket according to a specific date and time set in the expiration date 1905. When the scan ticket generation data does not include expiration date information, the CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 registers the preset expiration date setting information in the expiration date 1905 when the scan ticket 1900 is generated. Also good.

  When data indicating the expiration date is not registered in the expiration date 1905, the scan ticket 1900 may be deleted after transmission of the document data using the scan ticket 1900 is completed. The above is an example of the data configuration of the scan ticket 1900 in FIG.

  Here, with reference to FIG. 20, the data structure of the transmission destination information 2050 stored in the external memory 2011 of the scan ticket server 400 will be described. FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of the transmission destination information 2050.

  As shown in FIG. 20, the transmission destination information 2050 includes a transmission destination ID 2051, a URL 2052, a transmission destination 2053, and the like as data items.

  In the transmission destination ID 2051, identification information for uniquely identifying the transmission destination information 2050 is registered.

  In the URL 2052, the URL from which the document data acquired when the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 prints the document is registered. A method of using the URL 2052 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  In the transmission destination 2053, the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 scans the printed document and registers a transmission destination for transmission by, for example, FAX or e-mail. The above is an example of the data configuration of the transmission destination information 2050 in FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. Next, the CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 generates a transmission destination ID as data associating the scan ticket 1900 and the transmission destination information 2050, and generates transmission destination information 2050 having the transmission destination ID in the transmission destination ID 2051 (step S605). ).

  Next, the CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 registers the same transmission destination ID as the transmission destination ID registered in the transmission destination ID 2051 in the transmission destination ID 1902 of the scan ticket 1900 (step S606).

  The CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 registers data in the transmission destination information 2050 based on the scan ticket generation data received from the MFP 100 in step S601 (step S607). Specifically, URL 2052 and transmission destination 2053 corresponding to the transmission destination information 2050 are registered in each data item.

  The scan ticket 1900 generated by the CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 and the transmission destination information 2050 are stored in the external memory 2011 of the scan ticket server 400 (step S608).

  In response to the scan ticket generation request received from the MFP 100, the CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 transmits data notifying that the scan ticket 1900 and the transmission destination information 2050 have been generated to the MFP 100 (step S609). The above is the detailed description of the scan ticket generation process of FIG.

  Next, details of processing performed by the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the details of the scan ticket use process performed by the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100.

  The CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 acquires card information from the IC card placed on the card reader 3040, performs user login processing (step S701), and displays the menu screen 1200 (FIG. 12) on the operation unit 3030 (step S701). S702). Details of the login processing in step S701 are as already described in FIG.

  Subsequently, the CPU 3001 of the MFP 100 receives an operation from the user via the menu screen 1200 displayed on the operation unit 3030 (step S703), and determines whether the received operation is a scan ticket usage. (Step S704). The case where it is determined that the received operation is the use of a scan ticket is, for example, the case where the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 receives a selection operation of the “scan ticket” button 1203 displayed on the menu screen 1200 (FIG. 12). It is.

  If it is determined that the accepted operation is the use of a scan ticket (YES in step S704), the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 proceeds to a process of acquiring scan ticket list data from the scan ticket server 400 (step S706). If it is determined that the accepted operation is not the use of a scan ticket, the process proceeds to other processing in accordance with the operation instruction accepted in step S703 (step S705).

  The scan ticket list data is a list of scan ticket 1900 stored in the external memory 2011 of the scan ticket server 400 and list information of the destination information 2050 linked by the destination ID of the scan ticket 1900. This is data to be displayed on the operation unit 3030. Details of the scan ticket list data acquisition process will be described later with reference to FIG.

  Details of the scan ticket list data acquisition process performed by the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 and the CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 scans the scan ticket list data associated with the card ID by transmitting the card ID 1801 in the user information 1800 of the user logged in to the multifunction peripheral 100 to the scan ticket server 400. A request is made to the ticket server 400 (step S801).

  When the CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 receives the scan ticket list data generation request from the multifunction device 100 (step S802), the scan ticket 1900 having the same card ID as the card ID 1801 received from the multifunction device 100, and the scan ticket The destination information 2050 associated with 1900 and stored in the external memory 2011 of the scan ticket server 400 is detected (step S803).

  The CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 generates scan ticket list data based on the scan ticket 1900 detected in step S803 and the transmission destination information 2050 (step S804), and transmits the scan ticket list data to the multifunction device 100 (step S804). Step S805).

  The CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 receives the scan ticket list data from the scan ticket server 400 (step S806). The above is the detailed description of the scan ticket list data acquisition process of FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. The CPU 3001 of the MFP 100 acquires the scan ticket list data by receiving it from the scan ticket server 400 (step S706), and displays the scan ticket list screen 1500 as shown in FIG. 15 on the operation unit 3030 ( Step S707). (“First display control means for displaying the scan ticket acquired from the management server on a screen display unit” according to claim 1, “The first display control means from the management server according to claim 6” Corresponds to “Display the list of acquired scan tickets”.)

  Here, an example of the configuration of the scan ticket list screen 1500 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 15 is a view showing an example of the configuration of the scan ticket list screen 1500.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the scan ticket list screen 1500 includes a scan ticket list display unit 1501, a “return” button 1502, and the like.

  The scan ticket list display unit 1501 is a display unit that displays the scan ticket list data received from the scan ticket server 400 by the multifunction peripheral 100 and accepts selection of each scan ticket displayed as a list.

A “return” button 1502 is a button used to return to the menu screen 1200. The above is an example of the configuration of the scan ticket list screen 1500 in FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. The CPU 3001 of the MFP 100 accepts an operation from the user via the scan ticket list screen 1500 (FIG. 15) (step S708), and determines whether or not the accepted operation is a scan ticket selection (step S709). ). When it is determined that the accepted operation is selection of a scan ticket (YES in step S709), the CPU 3001 of the multi-function peripheral 100 displays details of the scan ticket data specified by the selection operation on the operation unit 3030 (step S710). ). As an example of the operation screen displayed on the operation unit 3030 at this time, there is a scan ticket use screen 1600 (FIG. 16). ("Operation instruction accepting means for accepting selection of a scan ticket for executing the reading process of the paper document from the scan tickets displayed on the screen display unit by the first display control means" in claim 1) Fall under)

  Here, an example of the configuration of the scan ticket use screen 1600 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a screen for accepting a scan ticket use operation.

  As shown in FIG. 16, the scan ticket use screen 1600 includes a use scan ticket content display unit 1601, a “scan” button 1602, a “send” button 1603, and a “return” button 1604.

  The used scan ticket content display unit 1601 is a display unit for displaying the content of the scan ticket that has received the selection operation in step S709 of FIG.

  The “scan” button 1602 is a button used for performing a scan process according to the scan setting displayed on the scan ticket content display unit 1601.

  The “Send” button 1603 is a button used to send the document data scanned and generated according to the scan setting to the destination according to the destination displayed on the scan ticket content display unit 1601. A “return” button 1604 is a button used to display the scan ticket list screen 1500 (FIG. 15) on the operation unit 3030 again. The above is an example of the configuration of the scan ticket use screen 1600.

  Returning to the description of FIG. If the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 determines that the operation received in step S709 is not a scan ticket selection (NO in step S709), the process proceeds to the menu screen display process in step S702.

  The CPU 3001 of the MFP 100 accepts an operation from the user for the scan ticket usage screen 1600 displayed on the operation unit 3030 in step S710 (step S711), and determines whether the accepted operation is a scan (step S712). . If it is determined that the accepted operation is a scan (YES in step S712), the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 executes a scan based on the scan setting 1904 in the scan ticket 1900 (step S713).

  The case where it is determined that the received operation is a scan is, for example, a case where it is determined that the “scan” button 1602 displayed on the scan ticket utilization screen 1600 has been pressed.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the received operation is not scanning, for example, when the “Return” button 1604 displayed on the scan ticket use screen 1600 is pressed, the processing is performed in the scan ticket list screen 1500 (FIG. The process proceeds to the display process 15).

  Subsequently, the CPU 3001 of the MFP 100 accepts an operation from the user via the operation unit 3030 (step S714), and whether or not the accepted operation is a transmission operation for transmitting the scanned document data to the transmission destination set in the scan ticket. Is determined (step S715).

  If it is determined that the accepted operation is a transmission operation (YES in step S715), the scanned document data is transmitted to the transmission destination information 2050 having the same transmission destination ID as the transmission destination ID 1902 in the scan ticket 1900. The data is transmitted to the transmission destination designated in 2053 (step S716). That is, the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 controls the network I / F 3005 to transmit data of the scanned document using the transmission function of the file transmission unit 119, and transmits the scanned document data. The case where it is determined that the received operation is a transmission operation is, for example, a case where the pressing of the “Send” button 1603 displayed on the scan ticket utilization screen 1600 is received. (“The image obtained by the reading process based on the content of the scan ticket selected by the operation instruction receiving unit” according to claim 1 and performing the reading process of the paper document based on the transmission destination included in the scan ticket. "Transmission means for transmitting data to a transmission destination" and "Transmission destination included in the scan ticket by performing a reading process on a paper document based on the content of the scan ticket selected by the operation instruction reception means" This corresponds to “transmission instruction means for instructing the transmission unit to transmit the image data acquired by the reading process to the transmission destination”).

  On the other hand, when the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 determines that the operation received via the operation unit 3030 is not a transmission operation of scanned document data (NO in step S715), the process proceeds to step S707, and scanning is performed again. A ticket list screen 1500 (FIG. 15) is displayed on the operation unit 3030.

  Next, the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 determines whether or not the expiration date setting of the scan ticket 1900 used for transmitting the document data in step S717 is a setting corresponding to deletion after using the scan ticket. If it is determined that the setting of the expiration date 1905 of the scan ticket 1900 is a setting for deletion after use of the scan ticket (YES in step S717), the CPU 3001 of the multi-function peripheral 100 sends the scan ticket 1900 to the scan ticket server 400. Deletion is requested (step S718), and the process ends.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the setting of the expiration date 1905 of the scan ticket 1900 is not a setting for deletion after use of the scan ticket (NO in the scan ticket), the process is terminated. The above is the detailed description of the scan ticket use process of FIG.

  Next, details of processing performed by the CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of scan ticket deletion processing performed by the CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400.

  The CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 receives a scan ticket deletion request from the multifunction device 100 (step S1101).

  The CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 identifies the scan ticket that is the target of the deletion request from the multifunction peripheral 100 by the scan ticket management function of the scan ticket management unit 412 (step S1102), and stores it in the external memory 2011 of the scan ticket server 400. The stored scan ticket 1900 identified in step S1102 and the transmission destination information 2050 associated with the scan ticket 1900 are deleted (step S1103). The above is the detailed description of the scan ticket deletion process shown in FIG.

  Next, the details of the scan ticket generation request process by the manual input reception in step S519 of FIG. 5 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing details of the scan ticket generation request process by the manual input reception in step S519 of FIG.

  The CPU 3001 of the MFP 100 transmits the URL of the document data acquisition source acquired in step S507 of FIG. 5 to the scan ticket server 400, thereby transmitting destination information 2050 having the same URL as the URL in the URL 2052, and the associated URL. Next, the scan ticket server 400 is requested to transmit the list data of the scan ticket 1900 to the multifunction peripheral 100 as scan ticket list data (step S1001).

  When the CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 receives a scan ticket list data transmission request from the multifunction device 100 (step S1002), the destination information 2050 having the same URL as the URL received from the multifunction device 100 and the scan ticket associated therewith. 1900 is detected (step S1003). (“The first determination means can acquire the transmission destination information when the transmission destination of the document after printing the document data can be specified from the URL of the acquisition source of the document data”. It corresponds to “determined”.)

  The CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 generates the destination information 2050 detected in step S1003 and the list data of the scan ticket 1900 associated with the destination information (step S1004), and the generated scan ticket list data is used as the MFP 100. (Step S1005).

  When receiving the scan ticket list data from the scan ticket server 400 (step S1006), the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 displays a scan ticket list screen 1500 as shown in FIG. 15 on the operation unit 3030 (step S1007).

  The CPU 3001 of the MFP 100 accepts an operation from the user via the operation unit 3030 (step S1008), and determines whether the accepted operation is a scan ticket selection operation from the scan ticket list (step S1009). If it is determined that the accepted operation is a scan ticket selection operation (YES in step S1009), the CPU 3001 of the multi-function peripheral 100 displays detailed information on the scan ticket that has been selected on the operation unit 3030 (step S1010). ). The screen to be displayed is a screen such as a scan ticket details display screen 1700 shown in FIG. If the accepted operation is not a scan ticket selection operation (NO in step S1009), the process ends.

  Here, an example of the configuration of the scan ticket detail display screen 1700 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a scan ticket detail display screen 1700 that displays the contents of a scan ticket and can edit the scan ticket by accepting an operation from the user.

  As shown in FIG. 17, the scan ticket details display screen 1700 includes a document acquisition source URL display unit 1701, a ticket name display unit 1702, a transmission destination display unit 1703, a scan setting display unit 1704, an expiration date display unit 1705, and “OK”. The button 1706 includes a “return” button 1707.

  The document acquisition source URL display unit 1701 is a display unit for displaying the URL registered in the URL 2052 in the transmission destination information 2050 associated with the scan ticket being displayed in detail on the operation unit 3030.

  The ticket name display unit 1702 is a display unit that displays the ticket name 1903 of the scan ticket being displayed in detail and receives data input for changing the ticket name from the user. It is not always necessary to input data for changing the ticket name.

  The transmission destination display unit 1703 is a display unit that displays the transmission destination of the scan ticket being displayed in detail and receives data input for changing the transmission destination from the user. It is not always necessary to input data for changing the transmission destination.

  The scan setting display unit 1704 is a display unit that displays the scan setting of the scan ticket being displayed in detail and receives data input for changing the scan setting from the user. Note that data input for changing the scan setting is not necessarily required.

  The expiration date display unit 1705 is a display unit that displays the expiration date of the scan ticket being displayed in detail and receives data input for changing the expiration date from the user. It is not always necessary to input data for changing the expiration date.

  An “OK” button 1706 is used to generate a scan ticket of the setting contents displayed on the document acquisition source URL display unit 1701, ticket name display unit 1702, transmission destination display unit 1703, scan setting display unit 1704, and expiration date display unit 1705. This button is used to make a request to the scan ticket server 400.

  A “return” button 1707 is a button used to return to the scan ticket list screen 1500. The above is an example of the configuration of the scan ticket detail display screen 1700 in FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. The CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 receives an operation from the user via the operation unit 3030 (step S1011), and the input operation is data input for changing the setting of the scan ticket whose details are being displayed on the scan ticket detail display screen 1700. It is determined whether or not (step S1012).

  The CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 determines that the operation received through the operation unit 3030 in step S1011 is not data input for changing the setting of the scan ticket whose details are displayed on the operation unit 3030 (step S1012). NO), the process proceeds to step S1015, which is a determination step of whether or not the accepted operation is a scan ticket generation request operation.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the operation received via the operation unit 3030 is a data input for changing the setting of the scan ticket whose details are being displayed on the operation unit 3030 (YES in step S1012). ), The process proceeds to step S1013, and the scan ticket setting is changed based on the data received in step S1011 (step S1013).

  Next, the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 accepts an operation from the user via the scan ticket detail display screen 1700 (step S1014), and shifts the processing to step S1015.

  The CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 determines whether or not the operation received in step S1011 or step S1014 is a scan ticket generation request operation (step S1015).

  If it is determined that the accepted operation is generation of a scan ticket (YES in step S1015), the CPU 3001 of the multifunction device 100 sends the scan ticket generation data to the scan ticket server 400 and the user who is logged in to the multifunction device 100. Is sent to the scan ticket server 400 to generate a scan ticket (step S1016).

  The scan ticket generation data is scan ticket data displayed on the scan ticket detail display screen 1700 when the CPU 3001 of the multifunction peripheral 100 receives a scan ticket generation request operation.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the received process is not a scan ticket generation request (NO in step S1015), the process proceeds to step S1007, and the scan ticket list screen 1500 (FIG. 15) is displayed on the operation unit 3030.

  Thereafter, the scan ticket generation process performed by the CPU 2001 of the scan ticket server 400 is as already described with reference to FIG. The above is the detailed description of the scan ticket generation request processing by the manual input reception in FIG.

  As described above, according to the above implementation system, when printing document data with different destinations to be submitted / sent for each document such as an order form, the destination is acquired for each document data and the order details are entered. It is possible to easily transmit the scanned document data later.

  It should be noted that the configuration and contents of the various data described above are not limited to this, and it goes without saying that the various data and configurations are configured according to the application and purpose.

  Although one embodiment has been described above, the present invention can take an embodiment as, for example, a system, apparatus, method, program, or recording medium, and specifically includes a plurality of devices. The present invention may be applied to a system including a single device.

  By supplying a recording medium recording a program for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or apparatus, and reading and executing the program stored in the recording medium by a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus However, it goes without saying that the object of the present invention is achieved.

  In this case, the program itself read from the recording medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the recording medium storing the program constitutes the present invention.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program, for example, a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD-ROM, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, EEPROM, silicon A disk, solid state drive, or the like can be used.

  Further, by executing the program read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) operating on the computer based on an instruction of the program is actually It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the processing and the processing is included.

  Furthermore, after the program read from the recording medium is written to the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board is based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that the case where the CPU or the like provided in 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.

  Further, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or apparatus. In this case, by reading a recording medium storing a program for achieving the present invention into the system or apparatus, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  Furthermore, by downloading and reading a program for achieving the present invention from a server, database, etc. on a network using a communication program, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  In addition, all the structures which combined each embodiment mentioned above and its modification are also included in this invention.

100: MFP 200: Authentication server 300: Web server 400: Scan ticket server

Claims (15)

Scan ticket generating means for generating a scan ticket in which an instruction for performing a reading process of a paper document and a transmission destination for transmitting the data of the read paper document are defined in response to a generation request from the image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus comprising a screen display unit capable of communicating with a management server that manages the scan ticket,
Document data acquisition means for acquiring document data;
If it is possible to acquire the transmission destination information indicating a destination of the document after printing of the document data acquired by the document data acquiring unit, the scan ticket including a destination indicated by Oite the destination information to the management server A scan ticket generation request means for requesting the generation of the scan ticket to generate the scan ticket;
First display control means for displaying the scan ticket acquired from the management server on a screen display unit;
An operation instruction accepting means for accepting an operation of executing a reading process of a paper document by selecting a scan ticket displayed on the screen display unit by the first display control means;
The paper document is read based on the content of the scan ticket selected by the operation instruction accepting unit, and the image data acquired by the reading process is transmitted to the transmission destination based on the transmission destination included in the scan ticket. and a transmitting means,
If the prior SL scan ticket generation request means, including at least the destination information, the scan ticket generation data is data for generating a scan ticket, that is attached string in the document data acquired by the document data acquiring means, An image forming apparatus that requests the management server to generate a scan ticket including a transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information included in the scan ticket generation data. Scan ticket generating means for generating a scan ticket in which an instruction for performing a reading process of a paper document and a transmission destination for transmitting the data of the read paper document are defined in response to a generation request from the image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus comprising a screen display unit capable of communicating with a management server that manages the scan ticket,
Document data acquisition means for acquiring document data;
If it is possible to acquire the transmission destination information indicating a destination of the document after printing of the document data acquired by the document data acquiring unit, the scan ticket including a destination indicated by Oite the destination information to the management server A scan ticket generation request means for requesting the generation of the scan ticket to generate the scan ticket;
First display control means for displaying the scan ticket acquired from the management server on a screen display unit;
An operation instruction accepting means for accepting an operation of executing a reading process of a paper document by selecting a scan ticket displayed on the screen display unit by the first display control means;
The paper document is read based on the content of the scan ticket selected by the operation instruction accepting unit, and the image data acquired by the reading process is transmitted to the transmission destination based on the transmission destination included in the scan ticket. and a transmitting means,
Before Symbol scan ticket generation requesting means, if it contains destination information indicating the destination to the character information of the document data, a transmission destination indicated to the management server of the transmission destination information included in the character information image forming apparatus characterized by requesting the generation of the scan ticket including. If it is not possible acquisition of the destination information by obtaining the document data in the document data acquisition means, in order to generate a scan ticket I by the user's operation, the screen for the scan ticket production formation and generate screen display control means for displaying on the screen display unit,
The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it comprises a. An acquisition source information transmission unit that transmits information of the acquisition source of the document data to the management server when the transmission destination information cannot be acquired by acquiring the document data by the document data acquisition unit;
Further comprising
The raw formed screen display control unit, image formation according to claim 3, characterized in that the scan ticket corresponding to the acquisition source information sent by the acquisition source information transmitting means is displayed on the screen display unit apparatus. Specifying means for specifying the data file format of the document data acquired by the document data acquiring means;
A determination unit that determines whether or not to display a generation instruction reception screen, which is a screen for receiving a scan ticket generation instruction, on the screen display unit with the data file format specified by the specifying unit;
Wherein according to the determination result of the determination by the determination means, according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that it comprises a second display control means for displaying the generated instruction receiving screen on the screen display unit Image forming apparatus. An image forming system including an instruction content for performing a reading process of a paper document, a management server that manages a scan ticket in which a transmission destination for transmitting the data of the read paper document is defined, and an image forming apparatus ,
The image forming apparatus includes:
Document data acquisition means for acquiring document data;
When the transmission destination information indicating the transmission destination of the document after printing the document data acquired by the document data acquisition unit can be acquired, the management server generates a scan ticket including the transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information. Therefore, a scan ticket generation request means for requesting generation of the scan ticket,
First display control means for displaying the scan ticket acquired from the management server on a screen display unit;
An operation instruction accepting means for accepting an operation of executing a reading process of a paper document by selecting a scan ticket displayed on the screen display unit by the first display control means;
The paper document is read based on the content of the scan ticket selected by the operation instruction accepting unit, and the image data acquired by the reading process is transmitted to the transmission destination based on the transmission destination included in the scan ticket. and a transmitting means,
The scan ticket generation request means includes scan ticket generation data, which is data for generating a scan ticket, including at least the transmission destination information, and is associated with the document data acquired by the document data acquisition means. The management server is requested to generate a scan ticket including a transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information included in the scan ticket generation data ,
The management server
A scan ticket generating means for generating the scan ticket in response to a generation request from the image forming apparatus;
A scan ticket transmission unit configured to transmit the scan ticket generated by the generation unit to be acquired by the image forming apparatus;
An image forming system comprising: Sends instructions to read paper documents and sends data of scanned paper documents
An image including a management server that manages a scan ticket for which a destination is defined, and an image forming apparatus
An imaging system,
The image forming apparatus includes:
Document data acquisition means for acquiring document data;
When the transmission destination information indicating the transmission destination of the document after printing the document data acquired by the document data acquisition unit can be acquired, the management server generates a scan ticket including the transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information. Therefore, a scan ticket generation request means for requesting generation of the scan ticket,
  First display control means for displaying the scan ticket acquired from the management server on a screen display unit;
An operation instruction accepting means for accepting an operation of executing a reading process of a paper document by selecting a scan ticket displayed on the screen display unit by the first display control means;
The paper document is read based on the content of the scan ticket selected by the operation instruction accepting unit, and the image data acquired by the reading process is transmitted to the transmission destination based on the transmission destination included in the scan ticket. With transmission means
With
When the character information of the document data includes transmission destination information indicating the transmission destination, the scan ticket generation request unit includes the transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information included in the character information with respect to the management server. It is characterized by requesting the generation of a scan ticket,
The management server
A scan ticket generating means for generating the scan ticket in response to a generation request from the image forming apparatus;
A scan ticket transmission unit configured to transmit the scan ticket generated by the generation unit to be acquired by the image forming apparatus;
An image forming system comprising: Scan ticket generating means for generating a scan ticket in which an instruction for performing a reading process of a paper document and a transmission destination for transmitting the data of the read paper document are defined in response to a generation request from the image forming apparatus A method for controlling an image forming apparatus including a screen display unit capable of communicating with a management server that manages the scan ticket.
A document data acquisition step in which document data acquisition means of the image forming apparatus acquires document data;
Scan ticket generation request means, if the destination information indicating the destination of the document after printing of the document data acquired by the document data acquiring step can be acquired, indicated Oite the destination information to the management server A scan ticket generation request step for requesting generation of the scan ticket in order to generate a scan ticket including a transmission destination;
A first display control step, wherein the first display control means displays the scan ticket acquired from the management server on a screen display unit;
An operation instruction accepting step for accepting an operation for executing a reading process of a paper document by selecting a scan ticket displayed on the screen display unit by the first display control step;
A transmission unit performs a reading process of the paper document based on the content of the scan ticket selected in the operation instruction receiving step, and transmits the image data acquired by the reading process based on the transmission destination included in the scan ticket. and a transmission step of transmitting to the previously seen including,
In the scan ticket generation request step, the scan ticket generation data that is data for generating a scan ticket including at least the transmission destination information is associated with the document data acquired in the document data acquisition step. A method for controlling an image forming apparatus, comprising: requesting a management server to generate a scan ticket including a transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information included in the scan ticket generation data . Scan ticket generating means for generating a scan ticket in which an instruction for performing a reading process of a paper document and a transmission destination for transmitting the data of the read paper document are defined in response to a generation request from the image forming apparatus A program that can be executed by an image forming apparatus that includes a screen display unit that can communicate with a management server that manages the scan ticket.
The image forming apparatus;
Document data acquisition means for acquiring document data;
If it is possible to acquire the transmission destination information indicating a destination of the document after printing of the document data acquired by the document data acquiring unit, the scan ticket including a destination indicated by Oite the destination information to the management server A scan ticket generation request means for requesting the generation of the scan ticket to generate the scan ticket;
First display control means for displaying the scan ticket acquired from the management server on a screen display unit;
An operation instruction accepting means for accepting an operation of executing a reading process of a paper document by selecting a scan ticket displayed on the screen display unit by the first display control means;
The paper document is read based on the content of the scan ticket selected by the operation instruction accepting unit, and the image data acquired by the reading process is transmitted to the transmission destination based on the transmission destination included in the scan ticket. Function as a transmission means ,
The scan ticket generation request means includes scan ticket generation data, which is data for generating a scan ticket, including at least the transmission destination information, and is associated with the document data acquired by the document data acquisition means. A program for an image forming apparatus, which requests a management server to generate a scan ticket including a transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information included in the scan ticket generation data . An image forming system including an instruction content for performing a reading process of a paper document, a management server that manages a scan ticket in which a transmission destination for transmitting the data of the read paper document is defined, and an image forming apparatus ,
Of the image forming apparatus,
A document data acquisition means for acquiring document data;
Scan ticket generation request means, if the destination information indicating the destination of the document after printing of the document data acquired by the document data acquiring step can be acquired, indicated Oite the destination information to the management server A scan ticket generation request step for requesting generation of the scan ticket in order to generate a scan ticket including a transmission destination;
A first display control step, wherein the first display control means displays the scan ticket acquired from the management server on a screen display unit;
An operation instruction accepting step for accepting an operation for executing a reading process of a paper document by selecting a scan ticket displayed on the screen display unit by the first display control step;
A transmission unit performs a reading process of the paper document based on the content of the scan ticket selected in the operation instruction receiving step, and transmits the image data acquired by the reading process based on the transmission destination included in the scan ticket. Sending process to send to the destination
It includes,
In the scan ticket generation request step, the scan ticket generation data that is data for generating a scan ticket including at least the transmission destination information is associated with the document data acquired in the document data acquisition step. The management server is requested to generate a scan ticket including a transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information included in the scan ticket generation data,
Of the management server,
A scan ticket generating unit that generates the scan ticket in response to a generation request from the image forming apparatus;
A scan ticket transmitting means for transmitting the scan ticket generated in the generating step so as to cause the image forming apparatus to acquire the scan ticket; and
A control method for an image forming system. Executed in an image forming system including an instruction content for performing a paper document reading process, a management server that manages a scan ticket in which a transmission destination for transmitting the data of the read paper document is defined, and an image forming apparatus A possible program,
The image forming apparatus;
Document data acquisition means for acquiring document data;
If it is possible to acquire the transmission destination information indicating a destination of the document after printing of the document data acquired by the document data acquiring unit, the scan ticket including a destination indicated by Oite the destination information to the management server A scan ticket generation request means for requesting the generation of the scan ticket to generate the scan ticket;
First display control means for displaying the scan ticket acquired from the management server on a screen display unit;
An operation instruction accepting means for accepting an operation of executing a reading process of a paper document by selecting a scan ticket displayed on the screen display unit by the first display control means;
The paper document is read based on the content of the scan ticket selected by the operation instruction accepting unit, and the image data acquired by the reading process is transmitted to the transmission destination based on the transmission destination included in the scan ticket. Function as a transmission means ,
The scan ticket generation request means includes scan ticket generation data, which is data for generating a scan ticket, including at least the transmission destination information, and is associated with the document data acquired by the document data acquisition means. The management server is requested to generate a scan ticket including a transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information included in the scan ticket generation data,
The management server
A scan ticket generating means for generating the scan ticket in response to a generation request from the image forming apparatus;
An image forming system program that causes a scan ticket generated by the generating unit to function as a scan ticket transmitting unit that transmits the scan ticket to be acquired by the image forming apparatus. A scan ticket generation step of generating a scan ticket in which an instruction content for reading a paper document and a transmission destination to which the data of the read paper document is transmitted are defined in response to a generation request from the image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus comprising a screen display unit capable of communicating with a management server that manages the scan ticket,
Document data acquisition step in which document data acquisition means of the image forming apparatus acquires document data
When the scan ticket generation request unit can acquire transmission destination information indicating the transmission destination of the document after printing the document data acquired in the document data acquisition step, the transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information in the management server A scan ticket generation request step for requesting generation of the scan ticket in order to generate a scan ticket including:
A first display control step, wherein the first display control means displays the scan ticket acquired from the management server on a screen display unit;
An operation instruction accepting step for accepting an operation for executing a reading process of a paper document by selecting a scan ticket displayed on the screen display unit by the first display control step;
A transmission unit performs a reading process of the paper document based on the content of the scan ticket selected in the operation instruction receiving step, and transmits the image data acquired by the reading process based on the transmission destination included in the scan ticket. Sending process to send to the destination
Including
The scan ticket generation request step includes a destination indicated by the destination information included in the character information with respect to the management server when the destination information indicating the destination is included in the character information of the document data. A method for controlling an image forming apparatus, which requests generation of a scan ticket . Scan ticket generating means for generating a scan ticket in which an instruction for performing a reading process of a paper document and a transmission destination for transmitting the data of the read paper document are defined in response to a generation request from the image forming apparatus A program that can be executed by an image forming apparatus that includes a screen display unit that can communicate with a management server that manages the scan ticket.
The image forming apparatus;
Document data acquisition means for acquiring document data;
When the transmission destination information indicating the transmission destination of the document after printing the document data acquired by the document data acquisition unit can be acquired, the management server generates a scan ticket including the transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information. Therefore, a scan ticket generation request means for requesting generation of the scan ticket,
First display control means for displaying the scan ticket acquired from the management server on a screen display unit;
An operation instruction accepting means for accepting an operation of executing a reading process of a paper document by selecting a scan ticket displayed on the screen display unit by the first display control means;
The paper document is read based on the content of the scan ticket selected by the operation instruction accepting unit, and the image data acquired by the reading process is transmitted to the transmission destination based on the transmission destination included in the scan ticket. Function as a transmission means,
When the character information of the document data includes transmission destination information indicating the transmission destination, the scan ticket generation request unit includes the transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information included in the character information with respect to the management server. An image forming apparatus program that requests generation of a scan ticket. Sends instructions to read paper documents and sends data of scanned paper documents
An image including a management server that manages a scan ticket for which a destination is defined, and an image forming apparatus
An image forming system control method comprising:
Of the image forming apparatus,
A document data acquisition means for acquiring document data;
When the scan ticket generation request unit can acquire transmission destination information indicating the transmission destination of the document after printing the document data acquired in the document data acquisition step, the transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information in the management server A scan ticket generation request step for requesting generation of the scan ticket in order to generate a scan ticket including :
A first display control step, wherein the first display control means displays the scan ticket acquired from the management server on a screen display unit;
An operation instruction accepting step for accepting an operation for executing a reading process of a paper document by selecting a scan ticket displayed on the screen display unit by the first display control step;
A transmission unit performs a reading process of the paper document based on the content of the scan ticket selected in the operation instruction receiving step, and transmits the image data acquired by the reading process based on the transmission destination included in the scan ticket. Sending process to send to the destination
Including
The scan ticket generation request step includes a destination indicated by the destination information included in the character information with respect to the management server when the destination information indicating the destination is included in the character information of the document data. It is characterized by requesting the generation of a scan ticket,
Of the management server,
A scan ticket generating unit that generates the scan ticket in response to a generation request from the image forming apparatus;
A scan ticket transmitting means for transmitting the scan ticket generated in the generating step so as to cause the image forming apparatus to acquire the scan ticket; and
An image forming system control method comprising: Sends instructions to read paper documents and sends data of scanned paper documents
An image including a management server that manages a scan ticket for which a destination is defined, and an image forming apparatus
A program executable by an image forming system,
The image forming apparatus;
Document data acquisition means for acquiring document data;
When the transmission destination information indicating the transmission destination of the document after printing the document data acquired by the document data acquisition unit can be acquired, the management server generates a scan ticket including the transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information. Therefore, a scan ticket generation request means for requesting generation of the scan ticket,
First display control means for displaying the scan ticket acquired from the management server on a screen display unit;
An operation instruction accepting means for accepting an operation of executing a reading process of a paper document by selecting a scan ticket displayed on the screen display unit by the first display control means;
The paper document is read based on the content of the scan ticket selected by the operation instruction accepting unit, and the image data acquired by the reading process is transmitted to the transmission destination based on the transmission destination included in the scan ticket. Function as a transmission means,
When the character information of the document data includes transmission destination information indicating the transmission destination, the scan ticket generation request unit includes the transmission destination indicated by the transmission destination information included in the character information with respect to the management server. It is characterized by requesting the generation of a scan ticket,
The management server
A scan ticket generating means for generating the scan ticket in response to a generation request from the image forming apparatus;
An image forming system program that causes a scan ticket generated by the generating unit to function as a scan ticket transmitting unit that transmits the scan ticket to be acquired by the image forming apparatus.

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