Patent ID: 8297504

Claim:
A server system that manages a printable medium including an electronic tag, the server system comprising: a first receiver that, when information has been printed on the medium using a printing apparatus, receives, from the printing apparatus, an electronic tag ID of an electronic tag in the printed medium and a plurality of recipient IDs specified by a user; a second receiver that, when the printed medium has been stored in a repository, receives, from the repository, an electronic tag ID of an electronic tag in the stored medium and a repository ID associated with the repository; an associating unit that compares the electronic tag ID received from the printing apparatus to the electronic tag ID received from the repository, and, when the electronic tag ID received from the printing apparatus agrees with the electronic tag ID received from the repository, determines whether the plurality of recipient IDs received from the printing apparatus includes a recipient ID corresponding to the repository ID received from the repository; and a transmitter that, when the plurality of recipient IDs received from the printing apparatus do not include a recipient ID corresponding to the repository ID received from the repository, sends a message indicating misdelivery to at least one of the printing apparatus, a computer in association with the user who has performed the printing, and a computer for an administrator in association with the repository.