Patent ID: 8164768

Claim:
A printer having a direct-printing function for reading and printing content information stored in a storage device, the printer comprising: an interface unit which receives the storage device, the storage device storing content information for print or display and restrictive information for controlling output of the content information; a reading unit which reads the restrictive information from the storage device; a setting unit which sets indication information according to the content information and the restrictive information; an indication outputting unit which displays information based on the indication information set by the setting unit; and a releasing unit which releases prohibiting of display or print by display prohibition information for prohibiting the display based on the content information or by the print prohibition information for prohibiting the print based on the content information, wherein the setting unit sets first information, which indicates the content information, as the indication information if the restrictive information includes display permission information for permitting display based on the content information, and wherein the setting unit sets second information which includes the first information added with information prompting to release prohibition by the releasing unit as the indication information if the restrictive information includes the display permission information and the print prohibition information for prohibiting the print based on the content information.