A printing management system which manages a log of a print job, comprising: creation means for creating log information for specifying a print job on the basis of issued print job data; save means for saving the log information created by said creation means in a save location corresponding to the log information in storage means; determination means for determining, in accordance with a request to access the log information saved in said save means, whether to permit or reject the access request; and access means for reading log information subjected to the access request when said determination means determines to permit the access request, characterized by further comprising: input means for inputting, for each user, log setting information containing designation of a creation method of the log information by the creation means and designation of a save location where said save means saves the log information; and management means for managing the log setting information input by the input means, wherein, in the creation method of the log information, a resolution for image extraction and text extraction from the print job data is set, wherein said creation means creates the log information from the text and image extracted from the print job data according to the creation method contained in the log setting information obtained from the management means using print user information included in the issued print job data, wherein said save means saves the log information in accordance with the save location contained in the log setting information, wherein said determination means permits the access request when a right to access the save location of the log information is set in correspondence with a user ID of a requesting user of the access request, and wherein the creation means creates the log information from the text and image extracted from the print job data according to the creation method contained in predefined log setting information defined as a default when the log setting information is not obtained from the management means using the print user information included in the issued print job data, and the save means saves the log information according to a save location contained in the predefined log setting information. creation means for creating log information for specifying a print job on the basis of issued print job data; save means for saving the log information created by said creation means in a save location corresponding to the log information in storage means; determination means for determining, in accordance with a request to access the log information saved in said save means, whether to permit or reject the access request; and access means for reading log information subjected to the access request when said determination means determines to permit the access request, characterized by further comprising: input means for inputting, for each user, log setting information containing designation of a creation method of the log information by the creation means and designation of a save location where said save means saves the log information; and management means for managing the log setting information input by the input means, input means for inputting, for each user, log setting information containing designation of a creation method of the log information by the creation means and designation of a save location where said save means saves the log information; and management means for managing the log setting information input by the input means, wherein, in the creation method of the log information, a resolution for image extraction and text extraction from the print job data is set, wherein said creation means creates the log information from the text and image extracted from the print job data according to the creation method contained in the log setting information obtained from the management means using print user information included in the issued print job data, wherein said save means saves the log information in accordance with the save location contained in the log setting information, wherein said determination means permits the access request when a right to access the save location of the log information is set in correspondence with a user ID of a requesting user of the access request, and wherein the creation means creates the log information from the text and image extracted from the print job data according to the creation method contained in predefined log setting information defined as a default when the log setting information is not obtained from the management means using the print user information included in the issued print job data, and the save means saves the log information according to a save location contained in the predefined log setting information.