US Patent Issued to Canon on May 26 for "Image forming system, image forming apparatus, image forming method, and non-transitory storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,458, issued on May 26, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming system, image forming apparatus, image forming method, and non-transitory storage medium" was invented by Kinya Honda (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming system comprises an acquisition unit configured to acquire a printing target file that can be partially encrypted; a notification unit configured to give a notification in a case where an encrypted portion of the printing target file cannot be opened; and a printing unit configured to print an image based on the printing target file not under control of a printer driver."

The patent w...