Image forming apparatus and image forming system

Abstract

An image forming apparatus which can prohibit any users but a user who has made a deposit from operating the image forming apparatus for a chargeable process. A communication controller of the image forming apparatus obtains pieces of proper information of cell-phones. An ID management section issues IDs for the respective pieces of proper information, and the communication controller sends the IDs to the corresponding cell-phones. At an input section, a user of one of the cell-phones inputs the ID sent thereto. Thereafter, the communication controller receives an access from a cell-phone and receives proper information of the cell-phone. In this moment, it is judged whether the cell-phone which has made an access is identical with the cell-phone of which ID was inputted at the input section. Only when the communication controller identifies the cell-phone, the communication controller permits the image forming apparatus to communicate with the cell-phone.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An image forming system comprising a first image forming apparatus and a second image forming apparatus which are connected to each other to be communicable with each other, said first image forming apparatus and said second image forming apparatus being wirelessly communicable with communication terminals,
 wherein, said first image forming apparatus comprises:
 a proper information obtaining section for obtaining pieces of proper information of the communication terminals respectively from the communication terminals; 
 an ID issuing section for issuing pieces of identification information for the respective pieces of proper information; 
 a storage section for storing the pieces of proper information and the pieces of identification information with the pieces of proper information related to the respective pieces of identification information; 
 a sending section for sending the pieces of identification information to the corresponding communication terminals; 
 an ID reception section for receiving identification information inputted from outside; and 
 a transmitting section for transmitting proper information corresponding to the identification information received by the ID reception section to the second image forming apparatus, 
   wherein, said second image forming apparatus comprises:
 a transmitted information receiving section for receiving the proper information transmitted from said first image forming apparatus; 
 a receiving section for receiving proper information of a communication terminal when receiving an access from the communication terminal; 
 a judging section for judging whether the proper information received by the receiving section is identical with the proper information received by the transmitted information receiving section; and 
 a process executing section, 
 wherein: 
 when the judging section judges that the proper information received by the receiving section is identical with the proper information received by the transmitted information receiving section, the receiving section accepts a process execution command from the communication terminal which has made an access thereto; and 
 the process executing section executes a process in accordance with the process execution command accepted by the receiving section. 
   
     
     
         2 . An image forming apparatus which is wirelessly communicable with communication terminals, said image forming apparatus comprising:
 a proper information obtaining section for obtaining pieces of proper information of the communication terminals respectively from the communication terminals;   an ID issuing section for issuing pieces of identification information for the respective pieces of proper information;   a storage section for storing the pieces of proper information and the pieces of identification information with the pieces of proper information related to the respective pieces of identification information;   a sending section for sending the pieces of identification information to the corresponding communication terminals;   an ID reception section for receiving identification information inputted from outside; and   a transmitting section for transmitting the proper information corresponding to the identification information received by the ID reception section to another image forming apparatus.   
     
     
         3 . An image forming apparatus according to  claim 2 , to which a plural number of other image forming apparatuses are connected, said image forming apparatus further comprising a selection section for permitting a user to select a desired one from the plural number of image forming apparatuses,
 wherein, the transmitting section transmits the proper information to the image forming apparatus selected by the user.   
     
     
         4 . An image forming apparatus which is wirelessly communicable with communication terminals with proper information, said image forming apparatus comprising:
 a transmitted information receiving section for receiving proper information of a communication terminal transmitted from another image forming apparatus;   a receiving section for receiving proper information of a communication terminal when receiving an access from the communication terminal; and   a judging section for judging whether the proper information received by the receiving section is identical with the proper information received by the transmitted information receiving section; and   a process executing section,   wherein:   when the judging section judges that the proper information received by the receiving section is identical with the proper information received by the transmitted information receiving section, the receiving section accepts a process execution command from the communication terminal which has made an access thereto; and   the process executing section executes a process in accordance with the process execution command accepted by the receiving section.