JP2007313662A - Printer, printing control program, and method for controlling printing - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printer capable of compatibly preventing leakage of information, particularly in test printing and reusing a document formed by the test printing when leakage of confidential information is prevented by performing concealed printing, and to provide a printing control program and a method for controlling the printing. <P>SOLUTION: When the printing is performed according to page data and form data, information relating to a region of confidential information is extracted from the form data by means of a confidential region extraction means 206, judgment is made by means of a region use judgment means 208 based on the extracted information of the confidential information region and the page data, and then concealing data is formed by means of a concealed image forming means 209 based on the judgment result. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing apparatus, a printing control program, and a printing control method for concealing and printing confidential information of confidential documents and documents in which personal information is described. The present invention relates to a printing apparatus, a printing control program, and a printing control method capable of achieving both reuse of a document that has been recorded.

  Regardless of whether it is a for-profit organization or a non-profit organization, it is necessary to pay attention to the leakage of information when handling documents. In particular, confidential documents are managed in the company for documents containing trade secrets (hereinafter referred to as confidential documents). When a confidential document is no longer necessary, measures are taken such as cutting or dissolving the confidential document with a shredder in order to prevent the confidential document from leaking outside the company.

  Today, in addition to confidential documents, personal information collected by the company is required to be managed in the company to prevent information leakage. Documents containing personal information (hereinafter referred to as personal information documents) ) Is required to be handled in the same way as confidential documents. Therefore, the personal information document also needs to be shredded and dissolved.

  On the other hand, it has become common to recycle waste paper and reuse it as recycled paper from the viewpoint of environmental protection. When a confidential document or a personal information document is processed by a shredder to prevent information leakage, there is a problem that paper fiber becomes fine and reuse becomes difficult. In addition, in the case of dissolution processing, it is more advantageous than shredder processing in terms of reuse. However, in order to have specialists perform dissolution processing (third-party intervention), in terms of information leakage, it is more advantageous than shredder processing. It will be inferior.

In such a situation, there is a technique of processing by printing a letter as a technique relating to prevention of information leakage. By printing the confidential information portion in the document in plain text, it is possible to prevent the third party from knowing the content of the confidential information. The technique relating to the printing of the written characters is disclosed in Patent Document 1. In Patent Document 1, the confidential information portion of the document is designated and included in the print data, so that the confidential information portion is printed as it is at the time of printing. A technique is disclosed that allows the user to select whether to print with a character or symbol replacement or rectangular drawing.
JP-A-2005-173720

  However, Patent Document 1 is good in that it is possible to select whether or not the confidential information portion can be printed, but this causes a problem when performing trial printing. Generally, a case where a printed document is not necessary is a case of trial printing when creating a confidential document or a form printing including personal information. In such trial printing, it is necessary to confirm the contents. is there. At this point, it is necessary to print the confidential information part, and on the other hand, it becomes unnecessary after the confirmation of the confidential information part.

  When the confidential information portion of the document is concealed and trial printing is performed, even if the concealed portion is in the trial printing, the contents cannot be judged from the printed paper.

  That is, since the concealed portion cannot be confirmed, the trial printing cannot achieve the trial printing function. Therefore, there is a problem that it is not possible to accurately check the concealed portion in error or garbled characters.

  If there is a security problem in the result of the trial printing, the shredding process and the melting process as described above are required, so that it is impossible to achieve both information leakage prevention and paper reuse. .

  In order to solve such problems, the present invention ensures the confirmation of confidential documents and personal information documents, and does not require processing that is disadvantageous for reuse, such as shredder processing or dissolution processing, and prevents information leakage and re-use. It is possible to balance usage.

  In order to achieve the above object, the first invention is a printing apparatus that creates a printed matter by using page data as print information and form data as format information, and extracts information related to the area of confidential information from the form data. Extracting means, determining means for determining whether or not the confidential information area has page data from the information related to the confidential information area extracted by the extracting means and the page data, and extracting by the extracting means Concealment data creation means for creating concealment data corresponding to the information related to the confidential information area, and when the determination means determines that the confidential data area has page data, Concealment data for concealing an information area is created by the concealment data creation means.

  According to the first invention, confidential information is reliably extracted by the extracting means, hidden data is created by the hidden data creating means, and printing is performed using the hidden data as necessary. The area (that is, part or all of the page data) can be hidden.

  In the first invention, the concealment data created by the concealment data creation means is created corresponding to the page data.

  Since most of the page data is confidential information, the confidential information can be reliably concealed by creating concealment data corresponding to the page data.

  Furthermore, in the first invention, further comprising an operation accepting unit that accepts an operation as to whether or not to perform concealment printing for printing the concealment data, and when the operation accepting unit accepts an operation for performing concealment printing, The operation accepting unit accepts an instruction to reload a printed material on which the page data has already been printed and a paper feed instruction from the predetermined tray when performing concealment printing on the printed material. And

  For example, paper can be reused by reloading a printed material printed to confirm the contents of the page data into a predetermined tray and printing the concealment data on the page data.

  In the first invention, when the operation accepting unit accepts an operation that does not perform concealment printing for printing concealment data, printing is performed using page data and form data.

  This process is necessary for checking the contents of page data.

  Furthermore, in the first invention, the operation accepting unit accepts either printing at least all pages or printing only the next page when printing is performed using the page data and the form data. It is characterized by printing.

  Since not all of the page data is confidential information, concealment workability is improved by providing a room for selection.

  A second invention is a print control program that is executed by a processor that controls a printing apparatus that creates a printed matter by using page data as print information and form data as format information, and relates to an area of confidential information from the form data. An extraction step for extracting information; a determination step for determining whether or not the confidential information area has page data from the information related to the confidential information area and the page data extracted by the extraction process; and the extraction A concealment data creation step for creating concealment data corresponding to the information related to the confidential information area extracted in the process, and when the determination step determines that the confidential information area has page data. The hidden data for concealing the confidential information area is created by the hidden data creating step.

  According to the second invention, the confidential information is surely extracted to create the concealment data, and printed using the concealment data as necessary, so that the confidential information area (that is, part of the page data or All) can be concealed. In the second invention, the concealment data created by the concealment data creation step is created corresponding to the page data.

  Since most of the page data is confidential information, the confidential information can be reliably concealed by creating concealment data corresponding to the page data. Furthermore, in the second invention, further comprising an operation accepting step for accepting an operation as to whether or not to perform concealment printing for printing the concealment data, and when an operation for performing concealment printing is accepted in the operation acceptance step, The operation accepting step accepts an instruction to reload a printed material on which the page data has been printed and a paper feed instruction from the predetermined tray when performing concealment printing on the printed material. And

  For example, paper can be reused by reloading a printed material printed to confirm the contents of the page data into a predetermined tray and printing the concealment data on the page data.

  In the second invention, when an operation not performing concealment printing for printing concealment data is accepted in the operation accepting step, printing is performed using page data and form data.

  This process is necessary for checking the contents of page data.

  Further, in the second invention, in the operation receiving step, when printing is performed using the page data and the form data, it is accepted whether at least all pages are printed or only the next page is printed. It is characterized by printing.

  Since not all of the page data is confidential information, concealment workability is improved by providing a room for selection.

  A third invention is a printing control method for a printing apparatus that creates a printed matter from page data as print information and form data as format information, and extracts and extracts information related to the area of confidential information from the form data It is determined whether or not the confidential information area has page data from the information related to the confidential information area and the page data, and if it is determined that the confidential information area has page data, the confidential information It is characterized in that concealment data for concealing the area is created.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the confidential information is surely extracted to create the concealment data, and printed using the concealment data as necessary, so that the confidential information area (that is, part of the page data or All) can be concealed.

  Further, in the third invention, the printing using the concealment data is executed on the condition that the printed matter whose page data has been printed is reloaded into a predetermined tray and a paper feed instruction from the predetermined tray is used. It is a feature.

  For example, after printing based on the page data and confirming the contents of the page data, reload the printed matter on which the page data is printed into a predetermined tray, and print the concealment data by designating the predetermined tray. By executing, the concealment data is printed so as to overlap the page data, and the contents of the page data can be concealed.

According to the present invention, management for preventing leakage of confidential information in a confidential document and a personal information document is facilitated, and it becomes possible to convert it into a normal document (a document that does not include a confidential document). Use is also possible, and it is possible to achieve both prevention of information leakage and reuse.
In addition, because of partial filling, it is possible to suppress toner consumption, and thus it is possible to suppress toner consumption.

  Hereinafter, an example of a printing apparatus, a printing control program, and a printing control method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram when a printing apparatus, a printing control program, and a printing control method according to the present invention are applied to a printer and a host computer.

  In FIG. 1, the host computer 100 has a format creation unit 101, and in this format creation unit 101, an application that can create form data including a format or overlay used when printing with the printer 200 is activated. . The form data can be arbitrarily created by the user on the host computer 100 using the application. Specifically, the form data is data that is the basis of the form as shown in FIG.

  The host computer 100 also has data creation means 102, which creates page data to be actually printed. That is, in the data creation unit 102, for example, an application represented by word processor software or spreadsheet software is activated.

  Therefore, the data creation unit 102 may be an application that can generally perform a printing operation, and may be a general-purpose application. Note that the page data is specifically information data that is a source of printing as shown in FIG.

  Further, the host computer 100 has data transfer means 103, which combines the form created by the format creation means 101 with the page data created by the data creation means 102, and transfers the data. Conversion into page description language (PDL) data interpretable by the previous printer 200 is performed, and the converted PDL data is transferred to the printer 200. Therefore, the PDL data to be transferred includes form data and page data. The data transfer means 103 generally corresponds to a printer driver and naturally has a function as a print driver in addition to the above functions. In the first embodiment, the form data and the page data are combined on the host computer side, but this combination may be performed on the printer side. In this case, it is also possible to select form data stored in the printer side 200. Accordingly, when the form data is stored in the printer 200, only the page data is subjected to PDL conversion on the host computer side.

  On the other hand, the printer 200 has a data receiving unit 201. The data receiving unit 201 communicates with the data transfer unit 103 of the host computer 100 and receives the PDL data transferred from the data transfer unit 103. Received by means 201. Then, the PDL data received by the data receiving unit 201 is transferred to the data editing unit 202.

  The data editing unit 202 analyzes the received PDL data, and separates and edits the received PDL data into a form data portion and a page data portion. The separated form data portion and page data portion are sent to the format management means 203 and the page drawing means 204, respectively. Further, the page data portion is also sent to the area use determination unit 208. Here, when transferring the page data portion, the page data is sent to the page drawing unit 204 and the area use determining unit 208 in units of one page.

  The format management means 203 holds data related to the format and overlay for the form data portion of the received PDL data, and manages the held information. Then, the format management unit 203 instructs the confidential area extraction unit 206 to analyze the form data portion.

  The page drawing unit 204 receives information on the form data part held in the format management unit 203, and forms the overlay (normally corresponding to an image to be actually printed) together with the page data part received from the data editing unit 202. Image data generation). Here, the normal image data is specifically data that is the source of actual printing as shown in FIG.

  The confidential area extraction unit 206 extracts all confidential information areas designated in advance as confidential information from the form data portion, and delivers the confidential information area information to the area information storage unit 207. Here, the area information of the confidential information includes, for example, the shape, position, size, and range of the area with the confidential information, and these are organized in units of pages, and there is such confidential information. All information such as the shape, position, size, and range of the area is associated with the form data. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2A, three fields of name, zip code, and address are designated as confidential attributes as areas having confidential information in the form data.

The area information storage unit 207 holds area information of confidential information, and as described above, is held and managed in units of pages and for each form data.
The area use determination unit 208 refers to the area information held in the area information storage unit 207 to determine whether or not the page data portion received from the data editing unit 202 uses a confidential area obtained from the area information. To do.

  If the area use determination unit 208 determines that the confidential information area is to be used, a list relating to the area to be used is created, and an instruction is given to the hidden image creation unit 209 when creating the image. .

  The hidden image creation unit 209 determines the area to be filled based on the list of areas to be used created by the area use determination unit 208 and the area information of the confidential information acquired from the area information storage unit 207, and performs the filling. A hidden image is created, and the hidden image is sent to the output determination unit 210. Here, the hidden image is specifically related to the form data and page data as shown in FIG. 2D, and is image data for painting.

Then, the output determination unit 210 determines which image to be output by the page drawing unit 204 or the hidden image creation unit 209 in accordance with an instruction from the operation unit 205.

Here, the operation unit 205 corresponds to the operation panel of the printer 200, and instructs the data editing unit 202 to specify the print mode (all page printing, next page printing, print cancel, hidden printing) from the operator, and print. Designation of the paper feed tray and discharge tray for the mechanism unit 211 is also performed, and an output instruction is also given to the output determination unit 210.

  The output from the output determining unit 210 (that is, the output from the page drawing unit 204 or the output from the hidden image creating unit 209) is transferred to the printing mechanism unit 211, and final printing is performed by the printing mechanism unit. . Here, the printing mechanism unit 211 corresponds to a so-called print engine, and is a part that performs actual printing on printing paper.

  It goes without saying that Nao and the printer 200 have at least a program control device such as a CPU (not shown) and a storage device for storing the program. In the printer 200, the various functions operate according to stored programs. That is, the various functions are configured as programs to be executed on the CPU, and the CPU and the program cooperate to realize various desired functions.

  The operation of the first embodiment will be described below. First, the contents of the normal image and hidden image creation operations will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of a normal image and hidden image creation operation in the printing apparatus, print control program, and print control method according to the present invention.

  First, on the host computer (100) side, the operator uses the form creation means 101 to create the form data illustrated in FIG. 2A (S500). Next, an area as confidential information is designated for the form data (S501). In this designation, for example, it may be designated as a cell attribute of form data as shown in FIG. 2A, or may be designated as an area such as a rectangle or a circle.

  Next, page data is created as information data to be printed as shown in FIG. 2B (S502). Then, the page data is converted into PDL data that can be interpreted by the transfer destination printer 200, and the form data is added to the PDL data of the page data after a registration start / end command is added by the printer 200. An additional recording is made, a print job as a whole is created (S503), and transmitted to the printer 200 (S504). The process up to this point is performed on the host computer (100) side.

  The print job transmitted from the host computer 100 is received by the data receiving unit 201, and the received print job is transferred to the data editing unit 202 (S505). Here, the data receiving unit 201 delivers the received print job data to the data editing unit 202 when a certain amount is reached regardless of the page during reception of the print job. The data receiving unit 201 continues to pass the received data to the data editing unit 202 repeatedly until the print job is completed.

  The data editing unit 202 analyzes the PDL data of the received print job (S506). As a result of the analysis, the data between registration start and registration end is stored in the form management unit 203 as form data (S507). . The form management means 203 also manages the accumulated form data as reusable data.

  Then, the confidential data extraction unit 206 analyzes the form data, extracts the region information defined as the confidential region, and stores it in the region information storage unit 207 (S508).

  On the other hand, as a result of the analysis by the data editing unit 202 (S506), overlay drawing is performed on the page data for one page of the extracted page data together with the registered form data called from the format management unit 203. A normal image for one page as illustrated in FIG. 2C is created (S511).

Further, the area use determination unit 208 determines whether or not there is an area used by the page data from the page data extracted by the data editing unit 202 and the area information defined as the confidential area stored in the area information storage unit 207. Determination is made (S509). In this area use determination means, an area list indicating whether or not printing with page data is performed in an area defined as a confidential area is created.
Then, based on the created area list, a hidden image as illustrated in FIG. 2D is created (S510).
As described above, the normal image and the hidden image are created.

  Next, actual printing in the printing apparatus, printing control program, and printing control method according to the present invention will be described. This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in printing, a print job from the host computer 100 is transmitted to the printer 200, and a normal print image as illustrated in FIG. 4A is output (S600). At this time, the output determination unit 210 outputs the normal image that is the output of the first page and is generated by the page drawing unit 204 as a printed material (S601). The reason for outputting only the first page is to confirm the contents of the printed matter as test printing.

  Then, the contents of the printed matter are confirmed, and it is determined whether the printed contents are accurate (S602). If it is determined that the print content is correct (Yes in S602), it is determined how to print the next page and thereafter (S603). Selection of the printing method for the next and subsequent pages is performed by the operation unit 205, and as illustrated in FIG. 5, is performed for the output determination unit 210 via the “all pages” and “next page” operation units. .

  When printing all pages after the next page (Yes in S603), if only the first page has confidential information or if there is confidential information on the second and subsequent pages, there is confidential information similar to the first page. It is. In such a case, since the content of the confidential information has already been confirmed from the printed material, printing of “all pages” is instructed from the operation means 205, and all subsequent pages are printed (S604).

  Further, the case where the subsequent pages are sequentially printed (No in S603) is the case where there is separate confidential information on the second and subsequent pages. In such a case, since it is necessary to check the contents of the confidential information for each page, in order to always check the contents after the second page, the operation unit 205 instructs to print “next page”, The second page is printed (S605). The contents of the second page are also confirmed (S602), the printing method for the third and subsequent pages is determined (S603), and such a repetition is performed.

Note that when printing of all pages is instructed, the operation unit 205 stops the instruction to the area use determination unit 208 for the subsequent pages to the data editing unit.
Next, when the first page is printed and it is determined that the content is not correct (No in S602), in order to perform concealment printing on the printed matter, the printed matter is loaded on the printer 200, and the loaded paper is loaded. After setting the tray and the discharge tray to which concealment printing is output from the operation unit 205, the operation unit “concealment” as illustrated in FIG. 5 is instructed, and “concealment” printing by the concealment image is performed. .

  An example of the output with the concealed image is as shown in FIG. 4B, and the concealment is made in the portion designated as the confidential area with respect to the printed matter that has been subjected to the normal printing in FIG. 4A. The image is overlaid.

  Note that the paper feed tray and the discharge tray are set from configuration information as tray attributes of the printer 200 as illustrated in FIG.

  Thereafter, by instructing “stop” (see FIG. 5) by the operation unit 205, the print job received by the printer 200 is discarded, the form data and the page data are reviewed, and the data is corrected. Also, if it becomes unnecessary after printing all pages at once, select “Conceal form” (see FIG. 5) from the operation unit 205 to create a concealed image of all confidential areas regardless of whether or not the areas are used. And overlay printing.

  Although the setting by the operation unit 205 in the first embodiment has been described as being performed in the printer 200, the setting is performed from a printer driver on the host computer through communication between the host computer 100 and the printer 200. You may be able to do it.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, as a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an example when applied to a print server will be described.

  FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a printing system, and is a schematic configuration diagram of a system configured by applying a printing apparatus, a printing control program, and a printing control method according to the present invention. This system is an example in which the present invention is applied mainly to a print server.

  In the system configuration illustrated in FIG. 7, a host computer 700 and a print server 704 are connected via a LAN 705. In the host computer 700, a terminal PC 701 issues a command instruction or data transfer instruction to the host computer 700. Is connected. The terminal PC 701 communicates with the host computer 700 by operating a keyboard or the like (not shown) while viewing the display device screen. The host computer holds data in a storage device 702 represented by a hard disk.

  On the other hand, the print server 704 is connected to the printers 703a to 703c in order to print the data transferred via the LAN 705. The print server 704 prints according to an instruction to the printers 703a to 703c. Management and control of print data. In the second embodiment, a case where a transfer instruction to the printer 703a is given is shown. The print server 704 holds form information and font information necessary for printing, and also performs conversion into PDL interpretable by the printers 703a to 703c. In the second embodiment, it has been described that a plurality of printers 703 a, 703 b, and 703 c are connected to the print server 704. However, the present invention is not limited to this mode, and a plurality of printers are directly connected to the LAN 705. It may be connected. In this case, the print server 704 manages and controls the printers 703a to 703c via the LAN 705.

  Next, the configuration of a system configured by applying a printing apparatus, a printing control program, and a printing control method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 8, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 are means for realizing the same functions, and here, functional means different from the functional means constituting FIG. 1 will be mainly described.

  The host computer 100 has data creation means 102 and data transfer means 103. The page data created by the data creation means 102 is converted by the data transfer means 103 into PDL data that can be identified by the print server 704. It has a function to transmit. The data transfer means 103 generally corresponds to a print driver, and naturally has a function as a print driver in addition to the above functions.

  On the other hand, the print server 704 has a display unit 303 such as an operation screen and a format creation unit 101, and can use the display unit 303 to register the form data created by the format creation unit 101 in the format management unit 203. It has a function.

  The print server 704 also includes a job storage unit 301 that stores a print job transferred from the host computer received by the data reception unit 201, and print job schedules, print job reprints, deletions, and the like. It has a function as a general print server.

  Further, the print server 704 includes an operation unit 205, which corresponds to an operation screen of the print server 704. In addition to specifying the print mode such as all page printing, next page printing, print cancellation and concealment printing as described in FIG. 5, and specifying the paper feed position and paper discharge position, the output destination printer must be specified. The output determination means 210 can be instructed simultaneously with the reception.

  The print server 704 includes an output destination changing unit 302. The output destination changing unit 302 follows the instructions of the output destination printer from the operation unit 205 received via the output determining unit 210, and the printers 703, 703b, 703c has a function of performing control so as to output to any one of them.

  The operation of the present embodiment based on the above configuration will be described. In the print server 704, form data specifying the confidential area created by the format creation unit 101 of the print server 704 is registered in the form management unit 203 in advance. deep. Then, the print job including the page data created by the data creation unit 102 is received by the data reception unit 201 of the print server 704.

  The print server 704 passes all the print jobs received by the data receiving unit 201 to the job storage unit 301 and stores them regardless of the print output.

  In the print server 704, since the page data and the form data are already separated, the normal image and the hidden image are created based on the respective data.

  The confidential area extraction unit 206 analyzes the form data, extracts area information defined as the confidential area, and accumulates it in the area information storage unit 207.

  The page drawing unit 204 applies the registered form data called from the format management unit 203 to the page data of one page of the page data stored in the data editing unit 202, and overlay drawing is performed to create a normal image. Is done.

  Further, the area use determination unit 208 determines whether or not there is an area used by the page data from the page data stored in the data editing unit 202 and the area information defined as the confidential area stored in the area information storage unit 207. Then, after creating an area list indicating whether or not printing by page data is performed in an area defined as a confidential area by the area use determination unit, a hidden image is created based on the created area list. Is called.

  When the output determination unit 210 outputs a normal image, the output destination changing unit 302 is instructed to use the output destination printer specified in the print job. On the other hand, when outputting the hidden image, the output destination changing unit 302 is instructed to output to the printers 703a, 703b, and 703c designated by the operation unit 205.

  In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the application to the printer and the application to the print server are exemplified. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the apparatus related to image formation and its peripheral devices It can be applied even if it is incorporated in. Other examples of the image forming apparatus at this time include a multifunction peripheral and a facsimile machine, and examples of peripheral devices include other types of servers. Of course, software capable of realizing the present invention may be used.

  The present invention can be applied to a printer that outputs information to a printing medium such as printing paper, and can prevent leakage of information particularly when outputting highly confidential information such as a confidential document or a personal information document. Useful to do.

1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an example when a printing apparatus, a printing control program, and a printing control method according to the present invention are applied to a printer and a host computer. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the data or image produced by applying the printing apparatus concerning this invention, a printing control program, and the printing control method. 3 is a flowchart illustrating operations of a printer and a host computer configured by applying a printing apparatus, a print control program, and a print control method according to the present invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the printing result produced by applying the printing apparatus concerning this invention, a printing control program, and the printing control method. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an operation unit on the printer side configured by applying the printing apparatus, the print control program, and the print control method according to the present invention. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation on a printer side configured by applying a printing apparatus, a print control program, and a print control method according to the present invention. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an example of a print server and a host computer configured by applying a printing apparatus, a print control program, and a print control method according to the present invention. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an example of a print server and a host computer configured by applying a printing apparatus, a print control program, and a print control method according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Host computer 101 Format creation means 102 Data creation means 103 Data transfer means 200 Printer 201 Data reception means 202 Data editing means 203 Format management means 204 Page drawing means 205 Operation means 206 Confidential area extraction means 207 Area information storage means 208 Area use determination Means 209 Hidden image creation means 210 Output determination means 704 Print server 301 Job storage means 302 Output destination change means 703a, 703b, 703c Printer

Claims (12)

A printing apparatus that creates a printed matter from page data as print information and form data as format information,
Extracting means for extracting information related to the area of confidential information from the form data; whether or not the confidential information area has page data from the information related to the area of confidential information extracted by the extracting means and the page data; Determination means for determining, and concealment data creation means for creating concealment data corresponding to information related to the area of the confidential information extracted by the extraction means,
When the determination unit determines that the confidential information area has page data, the printing apparatus generates the hidden data for concealing the confidential information area by the hidden data generation unit.   The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the concealment data created by the concealment data creation unit is created corresponding to the page data. An operation accepting unit for accepting an operation as to whether or not to perform concealment printing for printing the concealment data;
When the operation accepting unit accepts an operation for performing the concealment printing, the operation accepting unit reloads the printed matter on which the page data has been printed in a predetermined tray when performing the concealment printing on the printed matter. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an instruction and a paper feed instruction from the predetermined tray are received.   3. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the operation accepting unit accepts an operation that does not perform concealment printing that prints concealment data, printing is performed using page data and form data.   The operation accepting unit performs printing by accepting at least one of printing all pages or only printing the next page when printing with the page data and the form data. The printing apparatus according to claim 4. A print control program that is executed by a processor that controls a printing apparatus that creates a printed matter using page data as print information and form data as format information,
An extraction step of extracting information related to the area of confidential information from the form data, and whether or not the confidential information area includes page data from the information related to the area of confidential information extracted by the extraction process and the page data. A determination step of determining, and a concealment data creation step of creating concealment data corresponding to information related to the area of the confidential information extracted by the extraction step,
A print control program for creating concealment data for concealing the confidential information area by the concealment data creating step when it is determined in the determination step that the confidential data area has page data.   The print control program according to claim 6, wherein the concealment data created by the concealment data creation step is created corresponding to the page data. An operation accepting step for accepting an operation as to whether or not to perform concealment printing for printing the concealment data;
When an operation for performing concealment printing is received in the operation reception step, the operation reception step reloads the printed matter on which the page data has been printed on a predetermined tray when performing concealment printing on the printed matter. The print control program according to claim 6 or 7, wherein an instruction and a paper feed instruction from the predetermined tray are received.   8. The print control program according to claim 6, wherein when an operation not performing concealment printing for printing concealment data is accepted in the operation accepting step, printing is performed using page data and form data. .   In the operation reception step, when printing is performed using the page data and the form data, printing is performed by receiving at least one of printing all pages or printing only the next page. A printing control program according to claim 9. A printing control method for a printing apparatus that creates a printed matter from page data as print information and form data as format information,
Extract information about the area of confidential information from the form data,
It is determined whether or not the confidential information area has page data from the extracted confidential information area information and the page data.
A print control method comprising: creating concealment data for concealing the confidential information area when it is determined that the confidential information area has page data.   12. The printing using the concealment data is executed on condition that the page data is reloaded in a predetermined tray with printed data and a paper feed instruction is issued from the predetermined tray. Print control method.

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