JP2004015327A - Image input/output apparatus and image input/output method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the unexpected deletion of data, and to obtain the detection of malfunctions due to wrong settings and the sure grasp of a job processing state by informing a user by means of an e-mail, when a wrong image input occurs or a registered job is deleted in an image input/output device having a non-volatile storage unit. <P>SOLUTION: This device is an image input/output device which has a storage unit capable of spooling jobs and has an image input means, image output means, image output scheduling means, scheduling job designating means, job deleting means, deleted job designating means, and notifying means by transmitting an e-mail. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an image input / output device that asynchronously inputs and outputs various image data via a storage medium.
[0002]
[Prior art]
With the recent digitalization of copiers, multifunctional machines having a plurality of functions, such as facsimile transmission / reception using a scanner and a printer of the copier and a PDL (Page Description Language) printer, have been put to practical use. . Such a multifunction machine is configured to be operable not only with a single function such as a copier function, a facsimile function, and a PDL print function, but also with a plurality of functions such as facsimile transmission of a PDL expanded image. Further, by connecting the multifunction device via a LAN, the function of the multifunction device can be used in a computer device or the like.
[0003]
In such a multifunction peripheral, the control program of the printer part is shared by the copier function, the PDL print function, the facsimile print function, and the like, and the reader part is shared by the copier function, the facsimile reading function, the scanner function, and the like. The control program can be shared, the capacity of the control program for realizing various functions can be reduced, and desired functions can be realized economically and simply.
[0004]
Further, such a multifunction peripheral is provided with an image storage unit such as a large-capacity hard disk or a semiconductor memory for storing image data, and a spread image of a scanner or PDL, a facsimile reception document, etc. An image input job for inputting an image to the storage unit is divided into an image output job for printing out the image data stored in the image storage unit, transmitting the image data by facsimile, and transferring the image to a computer device via a network. A desired function can be provided by an arbitrary combination of the image input job and the image output job. Further, by processing the image input job and the image output job in parallel, the speed of image input / output is increased, and conversely, the data stored in the image storage unit is image-output after a fixed time or periodically. Thus, it is also possible to perform scheduling.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the above conventional example, the timing of outputting the data stored in the image storage unit or the timing of erasing the data from the storage unit can be arbitrarily set. However, if the setting is incorrect in the long-term image output schedule, there is a problem that a setting error cannot be found immediately and important data is deleted from the image storage unit at an unexpected time. If the job is unconditionally deleted in response to an error such as the image storage unit reaching the maximum storage capacity, the image output is incomplete, but the job is Has disappeared from the billions of imaging machines.
[0006]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the invention according to the present application is to delete a job stored in an image storage unit in an image input / output device having the above configuration. By notifying the user of the job deletion by e-mail or notifying the job deletion due to an error at the time of image input, the data can be prevented from being unexpectedly lost by the user, and the malfunction due to the setting error can be prevented. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image input / output device capable of detecting and correcting an image output schedule setting. It is still another object of the present invention to provide an image input / output apparatus that can notify a user of a job processing status by notifying an electronic mail similarly when a job is deleted.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, an image input / output device according to the present invention includes at least one image input unit for inputting image data, a storage unit for storing the input image data, and an image stored in the storage unit. In an image input / output device that outputs data to at least one image output unit, an image output scheduling unit that performs image output scheduling of a job stored on a storage medium by the storage unit, and performs scheduling by the image output scheduling unit. Scheduling job designating means for designating a job; job erasing means for erasing a job stored on a storage medium by the storage means; erasing job designating means for designating a job to be erased by the erasing means; And a notifying means for notifying of job deletion.
[0008]
According to the above configuration, before the job stored in the image storage unit is deleted, the user can be notified of the job deletion by e-mail, or can be notified of the job deletion due to an error during image input. Further, even when the deletion of the job is completed, the notification can be similarly made by e-mail.
[0009]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image input / output device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0010]
In FIG. 1, a reader unit 1 reads an image of a document and outputs image data corresponding to the document image to an image input / output control unit 3. The printer unit 2 records an image corresponding to the image data from the image input / output control unit 3 on a recording sheet. The image input / output control unit 3 is connected to the reader unit 1 and the printer unit 2, and includes a facsimile unit 4, a storage unit 5, a computer interface unit 7, a RIP (Raster Image Processor) unit 8, an operation unit 9, a core unit 10, and the like. Consists of
[0011]
The facsimile unit 4 decompresses the compressed image data received via the telephone line, transfers the decompressed image data to the core unit 10, and compresses the image data transferred from the core unit 10 to be compressed. The compressed image data is transmitted via a telephone line. Image data to be transmitted and received can be temporarily stored in a hard disk 6 connected to the storage unit 5.
[0012]
A hard disk 6 is connected to the storage unit 5, and the storage unit 5 compresses the image data transferred from the core unit 10 and stores the compressed image data together with an ID number for searching for the image data. Further, the storage unit 5 searches the compressed image data stored in the hard disk 6 based on the code data transferred via the core unit 10, reads out the searched compressed image data, decompresses it, and decompresses the decompressed image data. The data is transferred to the core unit 10.
[0013]
The computer interface unit 7 is an interface between the personal computer or workstation (PC / WS) 11 and the core unit 10, and may be connected to the PC / WS 11 via a one-to-one local interface or via a network. good.
[0014]
The RIP unit 8 develops code data (PDL) representing an image transferred from the PC / WS 11 into image data that can be recorded by the printer unit 2.
[0015]
The operation unit 9 includes a touch panel display and hard keys, and performs an operation instruction and an operation setting to the image input / output device by a user interface.
[0016]
Although the core unit 10 will be described later, the core unit 10 controls the flow of data among the reader unit 1, printer unit 2, facsimile unit 4, storage unit 5, computer interface unit 7, RIP unit 8, and operation unit 9. Control.
[0017]
FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the reader unit 1 and the printer unit 2. The document feeding device 101 of the reader unit 1 feeds a document one by one on the platen glass 102 in the order of the head, and discharges the document on the platen glass 102 after the reading operation of the document is completed. When the document is conveyed onto the platen glass 102, the lamp 103 is turned on, the movement of the scanner unit 104 is started, and the document is exposed and scanned. The light reflected from the original at this time is guided to a CCD image sensor (hereinafter, referred to as a CCD) 109 by mirrors 105, 106, 107 and a lens 108. Thus, the scanned image of the original is read by the CCD 109. The image data output from the CCD 109 is transferred to the core unit 10 of the image input / output control unit 3 after performing a predetermined process.
[0018]
The laser driver 221 of the printer unit 2 drives the laser light emitting unit 201, and causes the laser light emitting unit 201 to emit laser light corresponding to the image data output from the core unit 10 of the image input / output control unit 3. The laser beam is applied to the photosensitive drum 202, and a latent image corresponding to the laser beam is formed on the photosensitive drum 202. A developer is attached to a portion of the latent image on the photosensitive drum 202 by a developing device 203. Then, at a timing synchronized with the start of the laser beam irradiation, the recording paper is fed from one of the cassettes 204 and 205 and conveyed to the transfer unit 206, and the developer attached to the photosensitive drum 202 is transferred to the recording paper. I do. The recording paper on which the developer is loaded is conveyed to the fixing unit 207, and the developer is fixed on the recording paper by the heat and pressure of the fixing unit 207. The recording paper that has passed through the fixing unit 207 is discharged by a discharge roller 208. If double-sided printing is set, the recording paper is conveyed to the discharge roller 208, and then the rotation direction of the discharge roller 208 is changed. It is reversed and guided to the re-feeding conveyance path 210 by the flapper 209. The recording paper guided to the refeeding conveyance path 210 is supplied to the transfer unit 206 at the above-described timing.
[0019]
When the Z-folding unit 226 is provided in the main body, the recording paper is conveyed to the Z-folding unit, and Z-folding is performed according to an operation from the operation unit. When the finisher 220 is provided, the discharged recording papers are bundled to sort the recording papers, and the punching of the recording papers by the puncher 223 and the stapling by the stapler 224 are respectively performed according to the designation from the user. When the saddle stitcher 225 is used, the center of the recording paper is stitched, and the center is folded to bind the recording paper. In the inserter 222, it is possible to bind and bind a book printed in advance as a cover without passing through the recording paper path of the printer unit.
[0020]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the core unit 10.
[0021]
Image data from the reader unit 1 is transferred to the data processing unit 121 via the interface 122. The data processing unit 121 performs image processing such as image rotation processing and scaling processing, and compresses and decompresses image data, and internally has a page memory for a plurality of pages of image data equivalent to A4 / Letter size. The image data transferred from the reader unit 1 to the data processing unit 121 is temporarily stored in a page memory, compressed, and transferred to the storage unit 5 via the interface 120.
[0022]
Also, code data (PDL) representing an image input via the computer interface unit 7 is transferred to the data processing unit 121 via the interface 120 and then transferred to the RIP unit 8 to be developed into image data. After the image data is transferred to the data processing unit 121, it is temporarily stored in the page memory, and then compressed and transferred to the storage unit 5.
[0023]
The image data from the facsimile unit 4 is transferred to the data processing unit 121, temporarily stored in a page memory, compressed, and transferred to the storage unit 5.
[0024]
The image data from the storage unit 5 is transferred to the data processing unit 121, decompressed and temporarily stored in a page memory, and then transferred to the printer unit 2, the facsimile unit 4, and the computer interface unit 7. You.
[0025]
After inputting various image data to the data processing unit 121 and temporarily storing the image data in the page memory, before transferring the image data to the storage unit 5, the printer unit 2, the facsimile unit 4, the computer interface unit 7 Can also be transferred by switching the internal selector.
[0026]
The CPU 123 performs such control according to a control program stored in the memory 124 and a control command transferred from the operation unit 9. The memory 124 is also used as a work area of the CPU 123.
[0027]
As described above, the functions of reading the original image, printing the image, transmitting and receiving the image, storing the image, inputting and outputting data from the computer, and the like are performed through the data processing unit 121 and the storage unit 5 centering on the core unit 10. Can be combined.
[0028]
Next, job control in the image input / output apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 logically shows a unit of job control.
The unit of job control is input and output processing for a set of image data including a plurality of pages. Jobs controlled by this are roughly classified into image input jobs and image output jobs. The image input job is an image input job 411 for sequentially recording image data read by the reader unit in the storage unit 5, an image input job 412 for sequentially recording image data developed in the RIP unit to the storage unit 5, and a facsimile unit. The image input job 413 sequentially records the image data into the storage unit 5, and the image input job 414 sequentially records the image data input from the computer interface unit into the storage unit 5.
[0029]
The image output job includes an image output job 401 for sequentially outputting image data read from the storage unit 5 to the printer unit, an image output job 403 for sequentially outputting image data read from the storage unit 5 to the facsimile unit, and a storage unit 5. Are classified into an image output job 404 that sequentially outputs the image data read from the computer interface unit.
[0030]
FIG. 5 shows an example of a unit (hereinafter referred to as a session) obtained by combining a plurality of jobs. A PDL print session 501 controls an image input job 412 and an image output job 401 in combination as a session. Reference numeral 502 denotes a copy session, which controls the combination of the image input job 411 and the image output job 401 as a session. A facsimile transmission session 503 controls the combination of the image input job 411 and the image output job 403 as a session. Reference numeral 504 denotes a facsimile reception session, which is controlled as a session by combining the image input job 413 and the image output job 401. Reference numeral 505 is a scan session, which is controlled as a session by combining the image input job 411 and the image output job 404. Things.
[0031]
Note that a session is a control unit including one or more jobs. For example, the image input job 412 is treated as one session, the image output job 401 is treated as a session, and the image input job 412 and the image output job 401 are And the image output job 403 may be combined and treated as one session.
[0032]
FIG. 6 shows a copy session 502 executed by the CPU 123 of the core unit 10 of the image input / output apparatus according to the present embodiment and image data read by the reader unit 1 constituting the copy session 502 sequentially stored in the storage unit 5. The control procedure of the image input job 411 to be performed will be described. Note that (S601) to (S616) in the drawing indicate each step, and the session control task and the image input job control task each perform a multitask operation.
[0033]
First, in step (S601), if necessary, initial settings relating to department management of the image input / output device are performed. For example, when managing the number of sheets, charging, and the like for each department, it is necessary to register the department in this step. Also, if at least one e-mail destination is set as an attribute of the management department, if an error occurs in a registered job or the job is deleted, the user who registered the job will be notified. Notification will be sent to the destination of the department to which they belonged. Furthermore, it is also possible to specify which of an error notification, a job deletion advance notification, and a job deletion completion notification is to be notified for each department.
[0034]
In step (S602), initial settings relating to the mailbox are performed. The mailbox is a unit for classifying and managing jobs stored in the storage unit 5 in FIG. 3 of the image input / output device. An arbitrary mailbox can be created according to the purpose. An example of a display screen is shown in FIG. In this step, if at least one e-mail destination is set as an attribute of each mailbox, a notification is made when an error occurs in a job registered in the mailbox or when the job is deleted. Will be done. Further, it is possible to specify which of an error notification, a job deletion advance notification, and a job deletion completion notification is to be sent for each mailbox.
[0035]
In step (S603), the administrator of the image input / output device can make initial settings for the administrator as necessary. For example, image input / output, such as setting of an SMTP server for sending an e-mail notifying of the above-mentioned error, setting of how long the same job should be spooled, how long before the job deletion notification is performed, etc. This is a collective setting item for the device. Further, the administrator can set which registered job is to receive an error notification and a job deletion notification. The setting to limit the notification of error elimination related to a job to a job in a specific department, to a job in a specific mailbox, or to receive notification from all jobs or not to receive any notification It is possible. Further, in this step, a default value of the notification event selected by the user when submitting a job (S604) can be designated. Of course, the notification that is specified most frequently should be the default. For example, only the job deletion advance notification is performed by default, and if there is no particular change, the same setting is used. The error notification and the job deletion completion notification can be specified in detail, such as being executed by the user changing the settings when the job is submitted.
[0036]
In step (S604), the user makes copy settings on the operation unit 9. FIG. 8 shows an overview of the operation unit 9. Here, reference numeral 801 denotes a power key, 802 denotes a preheating key, 803 denotes a copy function selection key, 804 denotes a facsimile function selection key, 805 denotes a personal box function selection key, 806 denotes a start key, 806 denotes a stop key, 808 denotes a reset key, and 809 denotes a reset key. Is an operation guide key, 810 is a user mode setting key, 811 is an interrupt copy key, 812 is a 10 key, 813 is a clear key, 814 is a facsimile one touch key, 815 is a one-touch key switching lid, and 816 is a touch panel. The copy setting contents include the number of copies, paper size, enlargement / reduction ratio, one-sided / two-sided, sort output, whether or not stapling is performed, and are input according to setting items displayed on the 10 key 812 and the touch panel 816. Here, it is assumed that the following copy settings are made as an example.
[0037]
Number of copies: 10 (C1)
Copy on one side ... (C2)
Paper size: A4 (C3)
Enlargement / reduction ratio: 100% (C4)
Layout: No (C5)
Sort mode: Yes (C6)
Staple stop: Yes (C7)
Here, as the attributes of the job, “whether to notify the user when an error occurs”, “whether to perform advance notification of job erasure”, “whether to perform completion notification of job erasure”, and “ For example, a "mail address for notification" can be set. As described above in step (S603), the administrator can specify in advance the default values of the error notification, the job deletion advance notification, and the job deletion completion notification. Can be changed.
[0038]
After the copy setting, the original is placed on the reader unit 1 and the user presses the start key 806 to give a copy instruction, and transfers the set copy setting parameters to the CPU 123 of the core unit 10 and issues a processing request. I do.
[0039]
In step (S605), a session is internally generated from the processing request issued from the operation unit 9, managed in the session management table, and various information is held until the session ends.
[0040]
In step (S606), a job management table for the image input job 411 is created on the memory 124, and various information is held until the job ends. The job management table includes a job parameter field, and holds various setting parameters of the job. In this embodiment, the setting contents of the copy settings (C1) to (C7) and the setting contents related to the error and the deletion notification set in the step (S604) are retained. The session control task activates the image input job control task after creating the job management table of the image input job. In step (S609), processing of the generated image input job 411 is started. That is, the session control task instructs the image input job control task to start a job.
[0041]
In step (S607), processing of the generated image input job 411 is started. That is, the session control task instructs the image input job control task to start a job.
[0042]
In step (S608), a job end notification is received from the image input job management task, and the image input job end processing is performed. That is, the job status in the job management table of the image input job is set to the end state.
[0043]
In step (S609), the image input job control task receives the job start instruction from the session control task and starts the job.
[0044]
In step (S610), one page of image data read by the reader unit 1 is received. That is, image transfer from the reader unit 1 to the data processing unit 121 via the interface 120 is performed. Then, the image data transferred to the data processing unit 121 is temporarily stored in the page memory. When the reading of the page from the page memory is completed by the image output job management task, the image data temporarily stored in the page memory is recorded on the hard disk 6 of the storage unit 5.
[0045]
If an error is detected in the process of step (S610), the process of step (S614) is performed by branching to step (S611); otherwise, the process is performed to step (S612).
[0046]
Step (S612) is a case where no error has occurred in step (S610), that is, normal processing. If a scheduling setting has been made for the job, the setting is registered in the scheduling table. The one-shot job is also registered in the scheduling table as a job executed only once, and the session control task monitors the output processing of the job.
[0047]
In step (S613), an image input job end notification is transmitted to the session control task, and the image input job control task ends.
[0048]
Step (S614) is processing when an error is detected in the processing of step (S610). The image input process is stopped, and the information on the job stored in the memory or the storage is discarded.
[0049]
In step (S615), if it is set in step (S601), step (602), step (S603), and step (S604) to perform an error notification at the time of image input, the job is designated for the job. The e-mail is sent to the assigned address, the address of the department to which the user belongs, the address of the mailbox to which the user belongs, and the administrator. The presence or absence of an error notification for these addresses can be individually specified in the above-described steps (S601) to (S604).
[0050]
In the above example, the mode relating to the copy session has been described. However, as shown in FIG. 5, an extended example of the session, the present embodiment can be similarly applied to any image input job. is there.
[0051]
In addition, since the copy session described above has a plurality of session management tables, it is possible to simultaneously process the copy session.
[0052]
FIG. 7 shows, as a session control task and a job control task, executed by the CPU 123 of the core unit 10 of the image input / output apparatus according to the present embodiment, the image data recorded in the storage unit 5 in the procedure described with reference to FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a control procedure of an image output job 401 that is sequentially printed out to the printer unit 2. Note that (S701) to (S710) in the drawing indicate each step, and the session control task and the image output job control task each perform a multitask operation.
[0053]
In step (S701), the time is monitored, and the processing of the job whose execution time such as advance notice of job deletion, image output, job deletion, etc. has been started is automatically started based on the information in the job scheduling table.
[0054]
In step (S702), the process proceeds to steps S601, S602, S603, and the belonging mailbox, department, the address for the job, and the address of the administrator set in step S604 in FIG. The job deletion is notified before the job deletion date and time by the advance notification time set by the administrator in step (S603). However, if it is specified in advance in each of the steps (S601) to (S604) that the e-mail notification is not to be performed as required, the notification is not performed.
[0055]
In step (S703), an e-mail for notifying in advance of job deletion is transmitted. When the notification process ends, the state returns to the time monitoring state again.
[0056]
In step (S704), a job management table of the image output job 401 is created on the memory 124, and various information is held until the job is completed. In this embodiment, the number of copies, the paper size, the enlargement / reduction ratio, one-sided / two-sided, page output order, sort output, whether or not stapling is set, and the like are set in the image input processing step (S604). Then, the session control task starts the image input job control task after creating the job management table of the image output job.
[0057]
In step (S705), although not shown, processing of the generated image output job 401 is started. That is, the session control task instructs the image input job control task to start a job.
[0058]
In step (S706), a job end notification is received from the image output job management task, and the image output job end processing is performed. That is, the job status in the job management table of the image output job is set to the end state.
[0059]
Step (S707) is the default processing of the branch in step (S701). If the scheduling of the job is to be changed, the change is performed in step (S708).
[0060]
In step (S709), it is determined whether or not notification of job erasure completion is to be made. In step (S710), an e-mail is sent according to the setting of the mail destination and whether or not to notify completion of job deletion set in steps (S601), (S602), (S603), and (S604). Notifies completion of job deletion.
[0061]
In step (S711), a session termination process generated in the image input process is performed. That is, the job management tables of the image input job and the image output job, and the page management table The image data for each page is discarded to release the resources, the session management table is also discarded, the resources are released, and a series of processing ends. I do.
[0062]
In the memory 124, an area for storing the above-described session management table and job management table is nonvolatile.
[0063]
Further, in the above example, the case where the image input / output is processed via the hard disk 6 of the storage unit 5 has been described, but without using the hard disk 6, for example, a part of the page memory of the data processing unit 121 is used. Needless to say, the present invention can be similarly applied to a configuration in which an image input / output operation is performed.
[0064]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, in an image input / output device having an image storage unit, a job deletion is notified to a user by e-mail before a job stored in the image storage unit is deleted. Or notifying the user of deletion of a job due to an error at the time of inputting an image, thereby preventing unexpected data loss for the user, detecting a malfunction due to a setting error, and correcting the image output schedule setting. An image input / output device having means for solving the problem, and an image input device having a solution means for ensuring that the user can grasp the job processing status by notifying the user of the completion of job deletion by e-mail. It is possible to provide an output device.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an image input / output device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a reader unit and a printer unit.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a core unit.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an image input job and an image output job.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a session.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of image input control.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of image output control.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an operation unit.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a display example of an operation unit.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Reader section
2 Printer section
3 Image input / output control unit
4 Facsimile part
5 Storage section
7 Computer interface
8 RIP section
9 Operation section
10 Core part
11 Computer equipment

Claims (8)

At least one image input unit for inputting image data, a storage unit for storing the input image data, and an image input / output device for outputting the image data stored in the storage unit to at least one image output unit ,
Image output scheduling means for performing image output scheduling of a job stored on a storage medium by the storage means,
Scheduling job specifying means for specifying a job to be scheduled by the image output scheduling means;
A job erasing unit for erasing a job stored on a storage medium by the storage unit; an erasing job designating unit for designating a job to be erased by the erasing unit; and a notifying unit for notifying a user of the job erasure. An image input / output device characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. The image input / output apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image output scheduling unit can output an image of the input job at a time designated by a user or can periodically repeat the image output. 2. The image input apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said job erasing means has an automatic job erasing function for automatically erasing a spooled job for a predetermined period of time or longer and for erasing the job when the job ends abnormally. Output device. 2. The image input / output apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit notifies the user by sending an electronic mail. When performing the automatic job deletion, using the notifying means, a job deletion advance notification function for performing a job deletion advance notification before a job is normally deleted, a job deletion completion notification after a job is normally deleted. 2. The image input / output apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a job deletion completion notification function that can be performed; and an error occurrence notification function that notifies that the job has been deleted after the job is deleted due to abnormal termination. 2. The image input / output apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the job deletion advance notification function can set how long before the job deletion is notified of the job deletion notification. In the job deletion advance notification, the job deletion completion notification, and the error occurrence notification, at least one of the attributes of the deletion job itself, the attribute of the mailbox into which the job is input, and the attribute of the department of the department management function. E-mail destination, the job deletion advance notification, the job deletion completion notification, whether to perform the error occurrence notification or not, it is possible to set each, if the notification becomes necessary, This notification is sent to the notification destination that has the attribute of the job, the notification destination that the mailbox to which the job is input as the attribute, and the notification destination that the department that submitted the job has as the attribute. 2. The image input / output device according to claim 1, wherein a notification can be made after confirming whether the image is designated. In the job deletion advance notification, the job deletion completion notification, and the error occurrence notification, it is possible to specify at least one mail address of an administrator, and to which mailbox the job is to be notified. 2. The image input apparatus according to claim 1, wherein it is possible to specify which of the users of the department should be notified if the job has been submitted, whether all notifications should be performed, or whether no notification should be performed. Output device.

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