Patent ID: 8237954
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A print system comprising: a print instruction unit that outputs an electronic document for printing and a tentative ID associated with the electronic document to a print apparatus, the print apparatus includes: an identification unit that generates a formal ID uniquely specifying the electronic document or a print medium of the electronic document when printed; a code unit that generates code information which contains the formal ID; a print unit that prints the electronic document together with the code information onto the print medium, wherein the formal ID is generated at a time when the print unit prints the electronic document and includes information indicating a printout time at which the print unit prints the electronic document and the code information onto the print medium; and an output unit that outputs the formal ID and the tentative ID associated with the formal ID to a document management unit, where the document management unit discards information of the tentative ID after the document management unit determines, based on the tentative ID, a correspondence between the formal ID and the electronic document.