Patent ID: 8661554
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program that is executable by a computer to cause the computer to conduct operations for controlling a printing operation, the program being executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a process comprising: determining whether or not a first user, who instructs a printing operation of a first document that includes secret information, coincides with a disclosable range of the secret information, based on a first identification information of the first user; determining whether or not a number of copies to be printed for the first document, the printing operation of which is instructed by the first user, is established for plural copies; requesting the first user to input a second identification information of a second user, being different from the first user who instructed the printing operation, when determining that the first user coincides with the disclosable range and when the number of copies to be printed for the first document is established as a plural number, in order to determine whether or not the second user coincides with the disclosable range established in advance, based on the second identification information inputted by the first user; and printing copies of the first document, a total number of which is derived by adding a number of copies for the first user and another number of copies for the second user, when the second user coincides with the disclosable range, while, printing the above-established total number of copies of a second document in which a designated area of the first document is concealed, when the first user does not coincide with the disclosable range.