Patent ID: 8191156

Claim:
A document manipulation authentication apparatus comprising: a storage device that stores management information associating plural documents with places where the plural documents can be handled; and a determination section programmed to be executable by a computer, wherein, when the determination section receives, from a client connected to the document manipulation authentication apparatus via a network, a request for faxing a specific document to one of a plurality of image forming apparatuses which are connected to the network, the determination section determines as to whether or not the faxing to the one of the plurality of image forming apparatuses is permitted, based on whether or not the specific document and a location where the one of the plurality of image forming apparatuses is located are associated with each other in the management information stored in the storage device, and when the determination section determines that the faxing of the specific document is permitted, a command for the faxing of the specific document is directly transmitted to the one of the plurality of image forming apparatuses, wherein a print device of the image forming apparatus prints a code image based on an identification code, which is provided by encoding at least one of identification information read by a reading device, identification information of the image forming apparatus, identification of a user and newly generated identification information, with an invisible image formation material having an absorption wavelength in an infrared region.