Sharp kabushiki kaisha (20250088600). IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
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HIROTOSHI Ohkubo of Sakai City (JP)
HARUNOBU Mori of Sakai City (JP)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250088600 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
an image forming apparatus includes one or more controllers, one or more first memories, one or more second memories, a display, an operation acceptor, and an external interface. the one or more controllers display, on the display, an inquiry screen for inquiring whether or not to encrypt the one or more second memories when an initial setting process is executed in a first state where use of the external interface is restricted, encrypt the one or more second memories, based on acceptance of an operation to encrypt the one or more second memories by the operation acceptor, and set a second state where a restriction on the use of the external interface is released, after the one or more second memories are encrypted.