Patent ID: 8625147

Claim:
A printing method for performing printing of paper having a user entry field, which is a region into which a user performs writing after printing is performed, the printing method comprising: setting, using a computer, a transparent recording material setting only for a user entry field which is a region on printed paper into which the user performs writing using ink; determining whether or not data to be printed exists in a user entry field set to be printed using a transparent recording material; in a case where the determining determines that data to be printed does not exist in the user entry field set to be printed using a transparent recording material, performing printing using the transparent recording material as being set for the user entry field; and in a case where the determining determines that data to be printed exists in the user entry field set to be printed using a transparent recording material, performing printing the data in the user entry field and controlling not to perform printing using the transparent recording material for the user entry field by releasing a transparent recording material setting set for the user entry field.