Patent ID: 8253972

Claim:
An image processing system comprising an authorized person information management apparatus and an image processing apparatus, the authorized person information management apparatus including: a first reception unit that receives information regarding a paper medium which contains data specifying information which specifies print source data of the paper medium; an authorized person information storage unit in which authorized person information, which denotes an authorized person having an authorization to process the print source data specified by the data specifying information contained in the information regarding the paper medium received by the first receiving unit, is stored while being associated with the print source data; an authorized person information acquisition unit that acquires the authorized person information from the authorized person information storage; and a first transmission unit that transmits the authorized person information acquired by the authorized person information acquisition unit; the image processing apparatus including: a reading unit that reads optically the paper medium which contains the data specifying information; a second transmission unit that transmits information regarding the paper medium which contains the data specifying information, and which is read by the reading unit to the authorized person information management unit; a second reception unit that receives the authorized person information transmitted by the first transmission unit; and an output unit that outputs the authorized person information received by the second reception unit.