Patent ID: 8467080
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing control system in which a printing control server for managing user identification information of a user and printing data so that the user identification information and the printing data are correspondent and an image forming apparatus for printing the printing data can communicate with each other via a network, wherein, the printing control server comprises: a storage unit adapted to store the user identification information, the printing data and image forming apparatus identification information of an image forming apparatus to print the printing data, so that the user identification information, the printing data and the image forming apparatus information are correspondent; a user identification information reception unit adapted to receive the user identification information from the image forming apparatus; and a list transmission unit adapted to, according to the user identification information received by the user identification information reception unit, transmit a list of printing data corresponding to the user identification information, including the image forming apparatus identification information of each image forming apparatus to print the printing data corresponding to the user identification information to the image forming apparatus; and wherein, the image forming apparatus comprises: a user identification information transmission unit adapted to transmit the user identification information to the printing control server; a list reception unit adapted to receive the list of printing data including the image forming apparatus identification information from the printing control server; a discriminating unit adapted to, according to the image forming apparatus identification information, discriminate printing data to be printed by the image forming apparatus and printing data not to be printed by the image forming apparatus; and a display unit adapted to, according to a result of discrimination by the discriminating unit, display information of the printing data so that the printing data to be printed by the image forming apparatus and the printing data not to be printed by the image forming apparatus can be discriminated from each other.