Patent ID: 8850564
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A printing system, comprising: an image forming apparatus that is accessible by a plurality of first users who pick up printed output from the image forming apparatus, each of the first users having a first item of information indicative of that first user; a host terminal apparatus from which a second user sends print data including a second item of information indicative of a second user to the image forming apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus includes a display unit configured to display, to each first user whose first item of information has been input through the input section, that the watermark pattern with the first item on information indicative of that first user will be added to the printed output, wherein upon reception of a print command after the warning has been displayed, the image forming apparatus prints out the received print data with one of the plurality of watermark patterns embedded therein.