Patent ID: 8749808

Claim:
A printing apparatus for executing print processing based upon print data, comprising: a storage unit configured to store print data, which is to be reprinted, received from a host computer; a determination unit configured to determine whether a password for secure print has been appended to the print data, which is to be reprinted, stored in the storage unit; a print control unit configured to print the print data in accordance with an input of the password for secure print from a user in a case where it is determined by the determination unit that the password for secure print has been appended to the print data; a deletion unit configured to delete the print data, which is to be reprinted, stored in the storage unit, upon elapse of a prescribed period of time following storage of the print data, which is to be reprinted, in the storage unit; and a control unit configured to exercise control so as to set, to periods of time that differ from each other, the prescribed period of time regarding the print data determined by the determination unit to have the password for secure print appended thereto and the prescribed period of time regarding the print data determined by the determination unit to not have the password for secure print appended thereto.