Patent ID: 8264731

Claim:
A printing management system which manages a log of a print job, comprising: a storage specification unit which associates a storage location for tracking data for tracking an executed print job with user information, and specifies the storage location; a retention unit which retains the storage location for tracking data as tracking setting information; an acquisition unit which acquires tracking setting information corresponding to user information for information indicating an issuing source of the print job, from the tracking setting information retained by the retention unit; a save unit which saves tracking data created based on the print job in the storage location for tracking data set in the tracking setting information acquired by the acquisition unit; a determination unit which determines, in accordance with a request to access the tracking data saved in the save unit, whether to permit or reject the access request; and an access unit which reads the tracking data subjected to the access request when the determination unit determines to permit the access request, wherein the tracking data contains print log information and print content information, wherein the print log information includes at least one of a user ID, a computer name, print date and a print file name, and wherein the print content information includes at least one of a print image, a thumbnail of a print image and text contained in the print data.