Information processing apparatus configured to determine a transmission source device of a packet and information processing method

1. An information processing apparatus connected to a plurality of networks, comprising:

a plurality of device drivers each of which is configured to receive a packet from each of the networks;

a plurality of interfaces corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of the device drivers; and

processing circuitry configured to determine a source network from among the plurality of networks to which a transmission source device of the packet belongs based on information indicating which of the plurality of interfaces has received the packet.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a printer engine configured to print data to be printed in the packet; and

a plurality of paper ejection trays, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to determine, based on the source network, which of the plurality of paper ejection trays ejects a sheet having an image formed thereon using the data to be printed in the packet.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a memory configured to store association information associating the plurality of device drivers with of the plurality of paper ejection trays, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to determine which of the plurality of paper ejection trays ejects the sheet based on the association information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the association information further associates the plurality of networks to the plurality of paper ejection trays.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a memory configured to store association information associating the networks, the interfaces, and paper ejection trays.

6. An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus connected to a plurality of networks, the information processing apparatus including a plurality of device drivers each of which is configured to receive a packet from each of the networks and a plurality of interfaces corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of the device drivers, the information processing method comprising:

acquiring information indicating which of the plurality of interfaces corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of the device drivers has received the packet; and

determining a source network from among the plurality of networks to which a transmission source device of the packet belongs based on the information indicating which of the plurality of interfaces has received the packet.

7. The information processing method of claim 6 , wherein information processing apparatus further includes a printer engine configured to print data to be printed in the packet and a plurality of paper ejection trays, and the method further comprises:

determining, based on the source network, which of the plurality of paper ejection trays ejects a sheet having an image formed thereon using the data to be printed in the packet.

8. The information processing method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

storing, in a memory, association information associating the plurality of device drivers with plurality of the paper ejection trays; and

determining which of the plurality of paper ejection trays ejects the sheet based on the association information.

9. The information processing method according to claim 8 , wherein the association information further associates the plurality of networks to the plurality of paper ejection trays.

10. The information processing method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

storing, in a memory, association information associating the networks, the interfaces, and a set of paper ejection trays.