Facsimile apparatus secrete server and method for selectively printing file data with it

提供一种用于传真机的保密服务器，它提供用户保密信息给接收传真机，该用户授权打印从发送传真机到接收传真机发送来的文件数据。保密服务器包括存储保密信息的保密信息存储单元；保密服务器控制单元，从接收传真机接收保密信息并更新接收的保密信息到该保密服务器控制单元；和由保密服务器控制单元控制的接口单元，该接口单元响应接收传真机发布的请求、通过与文件数据从发送传真机发送到接收传真机经过的通信线路不同的保密通信线路、发送更新的保密信息到接收传真机。保密信息最好至少包括授权用户的身份和密码。因此，有可能在发送或接收保密信息时发送或接收文件并且使多个采用不同协议的接收传真机共享保密信息。 A security server for facsimile machines to provide security information on users authorized to print document data transmitted from a transmitting facsimile machine to a receiving facsimile machine, to the receiving facsimile machine. The security server includes a security information storage to store the security information, a security server control to receive the security information from the receiving facsimile machine and to update the received security information into the security server control An interface controlled by the security server control transmits the updated security information to the receiving facsimile machine, in response to a request issued by the receiving facsimile machine via a security communication line different from a communication line that transmits the document data from the transmitting facsimile machine to the receiving facsimile machine. The security information includes identifications and passwords of the authorized users. Accordingly, it is possible to transmit or receive a document while transmitting or receiving security information and to make a plurality of receiving facsimile machines that use different protocols share the security information.