Print control device, email transmission device, print controlling method and non-transitory computer readable recording medium

1. A print control device, comprising a processor configured to:

receive an email;

extract each address designated as a recipient of the email;

control production of a printed output based on the email; and

obtain a number of addresses extracted, wherein the processor does not produce the printed output based on the email received when the number of addresses extracted is greater than a predetermined address limit pertaining to a limit for the number of addresses.

2. The print control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a number of address storage part in which the predetermined address limit, based on which the production of the printed output is restricted, is stored in advance.

3. The print control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a character string storage part in which a character string set in advance to restrict the production of the printed output is stored, wherein

the processor is further configured to, when the number of addresses extracted is greater than the predetermined address limit, analyze whether or not said character string is contained in the email received, and not produce the printed output if said character string is contained.

4. The print control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

send a notification mail notifying that the printed output is not produced to a sender of the email received when the processor does not produce the printed output based on the email.

5. The print control device according to claim 4 , further comprising:

an email storage part in which the email received is stored when the processor does not produce the printed output based on the email, wherein

the processor is configured to read the email stored in said email storage part and produce the printed output based on the read email when a reply to said notification mail is received.

6. The print control device according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to:

send said notification mail without changing the addresses extracted that are to receive said notification mail, and

read the email stored in said email storage part and produce the printed output based on the read email when the reply to said notification mail is received.

7. A print controlling method for controlling production of a printed output based on an email in response to receiving the email, comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving the email;

(b) extracting an address designated as a recipient of the email received in said step (a);

(c) obtaining a number of addresses extracted; and

(d) controlling not to produce the printed output based on the email received in said step (a) when the number of addresses extracted is greater than a predetermined address limit pertaining to a limit for the number of addresses.

8. The print controlling method according to claim 7 , further comprising the step of:

(e) storing the predetermined address limit, based on which the production of the printed output is restricted, set in advance.

9. The print controlling method according to claim 7 , further comprising the step of:

(e) storing a character string set in advance to restrict the production of the printed output, wherein

in said step (d), when the number of addresses obtained in said step (c) is greater than the predetermined address limit, analyzing whether or not said character string is contained in the email received in said step (a), and controlling the printed output not to be produced if said character string is contained.

10. The print controlling method according to claim 7 , further comprising the step of:

(f) sending a notification mail notifying that the printed output is not produced to a sender of the email received in said step (a) when the printed output is not produced based on the email in said step (d).

11. The print controlling method according to claim 10 , further comprising the step of:

(g) storing the email received in said step (a) when the printed output based on the email is not produced in said step (d), wherein

in said step (d), the email stored in said step (g) is read and the printed output based on the read email is produced when a reply to said notification mail is received in said step (a).

12. The print controlling method according to claim 11 , wherein

in said step (f), said notification mail is sent without changing the multiple addresses extracted in said step (b) that are to receive said notification mail, and

in said step (d), the email stored in said step (g) is read and the printed output based on the read email is produced every time the reply to said notification mail is received in said step (a).

13. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium on which a program is recorded, said program executable on a print control device capable of controlling production of a printed output based on an email in response to receiving the email, said program causing said print control device to execute the steps of:

(a) receiving the email;

(b) extracting an address designated as a recipient of the email received in step (a);

(c) obtaining a number of addresses extracted; and

(d) controlling not to produce the printed output based on the email received in step (a) when the number of addresses extracted is greater than a predetermined address limit pertaining to a limit for the number of addresses.

14. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 13 , said program causing said print control device to execute the further step of:

(e) storing the predetermined address limit, based on which the production of the printed output is restricted, stored in advance.

15. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 13 , said program causing said print control device to execute the further step of:

(e) a character string set in advance to restrict the production of the printed output, wherein

in said step (d), when the number of addresses obtained in said step (c) is greater than the predetermined address limit, analyzing whether or not said character string is contained in the email received in said step (a), and controlling the printed output not to be produced if said character string is contained.

16. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 13 , said program causing said print control device to execute the further step of:

(f) sending a notification mail notifying that the printed output is not produced to a sender of the email received in step (a) when the printed output is not produced based on the email in said step (d).

17. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 16 , said program causing said print control device to execute the further step of:

(g) storing the email received in said step (a) when the printed output based on the email is not produced in said step (d), wherein

in said step (d), the email stored in said step (g) is read and the printed output based on the read email is produced when a reply to said notification mail is received in said step (a).

18. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 17 , wherein

in said step (f), said notification mail is sent without changing the multiple addresses extracted in said step (b) that are to receive said notification mail, and

in said step (d), the email stored in said step (g) is read and the printed output based on the read email is produced every time the reply to said notification mail is received in step (a).

19. The printer control device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined address limit is set to one.

20. The print controlling method according to claim 7 , wherein the predetermined address limit is set to one.

21. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 13 , wherein the predetermined address limit is set to one.