Patent ID: 8339633

Claim:
A document managing apparatus comprising: a storage device configured to store document data; a print designating unit configured to cause an image represented by the document data that has been stored in the storage device to be printed on a print medium by a printing apparatus; an updating unit configured to update the document data that has been stored in the storage device, by controlling a reading apparatus to scan-in the print medium on which the image represented by the document data has been printed, as caused by the print designating unit; and a restricting unit configured to, after the image represented by the document data has been printed, as caused by the print designating unit according to a designation of a first user, restrict the print designating unit from executing a print control according to a designation of another user, until the updating unit updates the document data by controlling the reading apparatus to scan-in the print medium on which the image has been printed, as caused by the print designating unit according to the designation of the first user.