Patent ID: 7760378
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A printer server that generates print data in a format dependent on a printer connected to a network, from application data to be printed out by an application, comprising: a processing unit that processes independent data including image data to thereby generate processed independent data, by modifying the image data of the independent data based on additive attribute information in the independent data, the additive attribute information including a confidential level for a document to be printed by the application, wherein the independent data is data that does not depend on the printer and that is generated from the application data, the additive attribute information is added to the independent data when the independent data is generated, and the processing unit modifies the image data based on the confidential level included in the additive attribute information; a converter that converts the processed independent data including the modified image data into print data in a format dependent on the printer; and a transmitter that transmits the print data to the printer.