JP2008217718A - Authentication printing control device, authentication printing control method, authentication printing control program and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an authentication printing control device, an authentication printing control method, an authentication printing control program and a recording medium that can protect security of printed matter output by a print job. <P>SOLUTION: The authentication printing control device for controlling printing based on authentication by a user includes: a spool means 22 for storing the print job based on printing instructions from the user; and a spool control means 21 for storing print job information acquired from the spool means 22, in association with the user, for outputting the print job based on the printing instructions from the user, to a printing means 4 from the spool means 22 based on the print job information associated with the user after there is authentication from the user, and for recording a print log. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an authentication print control apparatus, an authentication print control method, an authentication print control program, and a recording medium, and more particularly to an authentication print control apparatus, an authentication print control method, and an authentication print control program for controlling printing based on authentication by a user. And a recording medium storing the authentication print control program.

  In recent years, with the development of computer network technology such as LAN, in offices and the like, printers, copiers, multifunction peripherals (MFPs) having a printing function are often shared by a plurality of users (users). In such an office or the like, a printer or the like having a printing function is installed in one or a plurality of places, and a printer or the like is shared by connecting a client operated by a user to the printer or the like via a LAN or the like.

In addition, with the recent increase in security awareness, some printers and the like shared by a plurality of users require authentication from users who use functions such as a printer function (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2005-262864 A

  However, in an office where a printer having a printing function is installed in one or a plurality of locations, if a user is away from the location where the printer is installed from a client that performs a printing operation, the printed document may be taken away by others. There was a fear of being seen. In addition, a user who has performed a printing operation from a client may forget to go to a place where a printer or the like is installed to obtain a printed document.

  As described above, in an office or the like where a printer or the like having a printing function is installed in one or a plurality of places, there is a problem that some mechanism for protecting the security of a printed document or the like is necessary. Patent Document 1 does not describe protecting the security of a printed document or the like.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides an authentication print control apparatus, an authentication print control method, an authentication print control program, and a recording medium that can protect the security of printed matter output by a print job. With the goal.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides an authentication print control apparatus that controls printing based on authentication by a user, the spool unit storing a print job based on a print command from the user, and the spool unit Is stored in association with the user, and based on the print job information associated with the user after the user has been authenticated, the spool means to the printing means And a spool control unit that outputs a print job based on a print command from the user and records a print log.

  The spool control means includes a print job suspension means for temporarily suspending a print job based on a print command from the user, and a print job for resuming the suspended print job after the user has been authenticated. And a restarting means.

  If there is no print job information associated with the user, the spool control means may notify the user that a printing operation is not being performed.

  The spool control means may notify the user that he / she has forgotten to print if there is no authentication from the user until a predetermined time elapses after the print job information is stored.

  The spool control means deletes a print job based on a print command from the user if there is no authentication from the user until a predetermined time elapses after notifying the user that the printing is forgotten. The user may be notified, and the print job may be deleted and a print log may be recorded.

  The spool control means may control one or more spool means corresponding to one or more printing means.

  The authentication print control apparatus may be a print server or a client operated by the user.

  In addition, what applied the component, expression, or arbitrary combination of the component of this invention to a method, an apparatus, a system, a computer program, a recording medium, a data structure, etc. is also effective as an aspect of this invention.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an authentication print control apparatus, an authentication print control method, an authentication print control program, and a recording medium that can protect the security of printed matter output by a print job.

  Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described based on the following embodiments with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a printer is described as an example of a printing unit. However, a copier, MFP, or the like having a printing function may be used.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of an embodiment of an authentication printing control system according to the present invention. The authentication print control system in FIG. 1 has an authentication server 1, a print server 2, a card reader / writer 3, a printer 4, and a client PC 5. The authentication server 1 has an authentication system 11. The print server 2 has a configuration including a spooler control system 21 and a spooler 22.

  The authentication printing control system according to the present invention may be configured as shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of another embodiment of the authentication printing control system according to the present invention. The authentication print control system of FIG. 2 has a configuration including a print server 2, a card reader / writer 3, a printer 4, and a client PC 5. The print server 2 includes an authentication system 11, a spooler control system 21, and a spooler 22. The authentication print control system of FIG. 2 is different from the authentication print control system of FIG. 1 in that the authentication server 1 is not provided and the authentication system 11 is included in the print server 2.

  The authentication printing control system according to the present invention may be configured as shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a system configuration diagram of another embodiment of the authentication printing control system according to the present invention. The authentication print control system of FIG. 3 has a configuration including a card reader / writer 3, a printer 4, and a client PC 5.

  The client PC 5 has a configuration including an authentication system 11, a spooler control system 21, and a spooler 22. The authentication print control system of FIG. 3 does not have the authentication server 1 and the print server 2, and is different from the authentication print control system of FIG. 1 in that the authentication system 11, the spooler control system 21, and the spooler 22 are included in the client PC 5. Is different.

  The authentication printing control system according to the present invention may have the configuration shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a system configuration diagram of another embodiment of the authentication printing control system according to the present invention. The authentication print control system in FIG. 4 has an authentication server 1, a print server 2, card reader / writers 3-1 to 3-N, printers 4-1 to 4-N, and a client PC 5. The authentication server 1 has an authentication system 11. The print server 2 has a configuration including a spooler control system 21 and spoolers 22-1 to 22-N.

  The authentication print control system of FIG. 4 has a configuration including a plurality of card reader / writers 3-1 to 3-N, printers 4-1 to 4-N, and spoolers 22-1 to 22-N. Different from the authentication printing control system. The card reader / writers 3-1 to 3-N are simply referred to as a card reader 3. The printers 4-1 to 4-N are collectively referred to simply as the printer 4. When the spoolers 22-1 to 22-N are generically referred to, they are simply referred to as spoolers 22. The authentication print control system of FIG. 4 has a configuration having a plurality of spoolers 22 and a card reader / writer 3 corresponding to a plurality of printers 4. Details of each element constituting the authentication printing control system of FIGS. 1 to 4 will be described later.

  The authentication server 1, the print server 2, and the client PC 5 shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 are realized by a computer system configured as shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of an example of a computer system.

  The computer system includes an input device 61, an output device 62, a drive device 63, an auxiliary storage device 64, a memory device 65, an arithmetic processing device 66, and an interface device 67 that are mutually connected by a bus B.

  The input device 61 is composed of a keyboard, a mouse, etc., and is used for inputting various signals. The output device 62 is composed of a display device or the like, and is used for displaying various windows and data. The interface device 67 includes a modem, a LAN card, and the like, and is used to connect to a network such as a LAN.

  The authentication printing control program of the present invention is at least a part of various programs for controlling the computer system of FIG. The authentication print control program is provided, for example, by distributing the recording medium 68 or downloading from the network. The recording medium 68 on which the authentication printing control program is recorded is a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, etc. for recording information optically, electrically or magnetically, a ROM, a flash memory, etc. Various types of recording media such as a semiconductor memory for electrically recording information can be used.

  When the recording medium 68 on which the authentication print control program is recorded is set in the drive device 63, the authentication print control program is installed from the recording medium 68 to the auxiliary storage device 64 via the drive device 63. The authentication print control program downloaded from the network is installed in the auxiliary storage device 64 via the interface device 67.

  The auxiliary storage device 64 stores the installed authentication printing control program and also stores necessary files, data, and the like. The memory device 65 reads and stores the authentication print control program from the auxiliary storage device 64 at the time of activation. The arithmetic processing unit 66 implements various processes as will be described later in accordance with the authentication printing control program stored in the memory device 65.

  FIG. 6 shows the relationship among the information held in the card reader / writer 3, printer 4, authentication system 11, spooler control system 21 and spooler 22 of FIGS. FIG. 6 is a relationship diagram of an example of information included in the authentication printing control system according to the present invention.

  The card reader / writer 3 has card reader / writer information 84. The printer 4 has printer information 86. The authentication system 11 has authentication information 83. The spooler control system 21 has print job information 82 and printer / card reader / writer correspondence information 85. The spooler 22 has print job information 81.

  The card reader / writer information 84 possessed by the card reader / writer 3 is configured to include an IP address. The printer information 86 included in the printer 4 includes a printer name. The authentication information 83 included in the authentication system 11 includes a card ID and a user ID. The printer / card reader / writer correspondence information 85 included in the spooler control system 21 includes a printer name and an IP address.

  The print job information 82 included in the spooler control system 21 and the print job information 81 included in the spooler 22 include a job ID, a user ID, a status, a computer name, a time when a print command is issued, a printer name, the number of pages, a paper size, The configuration includes color / monochrome information, duplex / single-sided information, and the number of copies.

  The print job information 82 included in the spooler control system 21 and the print job information 81 included in the spooler 22 correspond one-to-one. The print job information 82 included in the spooler control system 21 and the authentication information 83 included in the authentication system 11 correspond one-to-one.

  The printer / card reader / writer correspondence information 85 included in the spooler control system 21 and the printer information 86 included in the printer 4 correspond one-to-one. The printer / card reader / writer correspondence information 85 possessed by the spooler control system 21 and the card reader / writer information 84 possessed by the card reader / writer 3 correspond one-to-one.

  The authentication print control system according to the present invention uses the information shown in FIG. 6 to perform the processing shown in the sequence diagrams of FIGS. FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing processing of the authentication printing control system according to the present invention.

  In step S 1, the spooler control system 21 requests an event from the spooler 22. The spooler control system 21 can receive an event notification from the spooler 22 when an event occurs in the spooler 22 by the request in step S1.

  In step S2, the user performs a printing operation on the client PC 5. In step S 3, the client PC 5 that has received a print operation from the user issues a print command to the spooler 22. The print command in step S3 includes print job information 81. Since the event that the spooler 22 receives the print command has occurred, the process proceeds to step S4 and notifies the spooler control system 21 of the event that the print command has been received.

  In step S 5, the spooler control system 21 requests an event from the spooler 22. The spooler control system 21 can receive an event notification from the spooler 22 when the next event occurs in the spooler 22 by the request in step S5.

  In step S 6, the spooler control system 21 acquires print job information 81 from the spooler 22. In step S 7, the spooler control system 21 stores the print job information 81 acquired from the spooler 22 as the print job information 82.

  In step S8, the spooler control system 21 confirms the “status” of the print job information 82, and makes a request to the spooler 22 by specifying a job ID so that a print job that is not in a paused state is suspended. . Further, the spooler control system 21 sets the “status” of the print job information 82 of the print job that has been paused to the pause status. The spooler 22 sets the “state” of the print job information 81 of the print job that has been suspended to a suspended state.

  In step S 9, the user holds a card such as an IC card on which data can be read or written by the card reader / writer 3 over the card reader / writer 3. For example, a card ID is written on the card. In step S 10, the card reader / writer 3 reads the card ID from the card, and notifies the spooler control system 21 of the card ID and the IP address included in the card reader / writer information 84. The IP address included in the card reader / writer information 84 is an IP address assigned to the card reader / writer 3.

  In step S11, the spooler control system 21 transmits a card ID to the authentication system 11 and requests conversion to a user ID. The authentication system 11 uses the authentication information 83 to convert the card ID into a user ID and notifies the spooler control system 21 of the user ID.

  In step S12, the spooler control system 21 converts the IP address into a printer name based on the printer / card reader / writer correspondence information 85. In step S13, the spooler control system 21 acquires the job ID of the print job to be printed from the print job information 82 based on the user ID and the printer name.

  In step S14, the spooler control system 21 specifies a job ID and requests the spooler 22 to resume printing. Further, the spooler control system 21 sets the “status” of the print job information 82 of the print job that has been resumed to the print status. The spooler 22 sets the “status” of the print job information 81 of the print job that has been temporarily stopped to the print status.

  In step S15, the spooler 22 causes the printer 4 to perform printing based on the print job. After printing based on the print job, the spooler control system 21 proceeds to step S16 and records a print log. In addition, by recording the print log, the authentication print control system according to the present invention can leave information on printing performed by the printer 4 as a log.

  When the user holds the card over the card reader / writer 3 without performing a printing operation, the authentication printing control system according to the present invention performs processing as shown in the sequence diagram of FIG. FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram showing another process of the authentication printing control system according to the present invention. Note that the sequence diagram of FIG. 8 is the same as the sequence diagram of FIG.

  In step S 21, the spooler control system 21 requests an event from the spooler 22. Thereafter, steps S2 to S8 in the sequence diagram of FIG. 7 are not performed, and the user proceeds to step S22 to hold the card over the card reader / writer 3. That is, the spooler control system 21 does not have the print job information 82 corresponding to the user ID of the user.

  In step S 23, the card reader / writer 3 reads the card ID from the card, and notifies the spooler control system 21 of the card ID and the IP address included in the card reader / writer information 84.

  In step S24, the spooler control system 21 transmits a card ID to the authentication system 11 and requests conversion to a user ID. The authentication system 11 uses the authentication information 83 to convert the card ID into a user ID and notifies the spooler control system 21 of the user ID.

  In step S25, the spooler control system 21 converts the IP address into a printer name based on the printer / card reader / writer correspondence information 85. In step S26, the spooler control system 21 attempts to acquire the job ID of the print job to be printed from the print job information 82 based on the user ID and the printer name. However, since the user is not performing a printing operation, the spooler control system 21 does not have the print job information 82 corresponding to the user ID of the user, and acquires the job ID of the print job based on the user ID and the printer name. Can not do it.

  In step S27, the spooler control system 21 notifies the client PC 5 that no printing operation is performed. For example, the client PC 5 notifies the user that the printing operation is not performed by displaying on the display or the like.

  If the user forgets to hold the card over the card reader / writer 3 after performing the printing operation, the authentication printing control system according to the present invention performs processing as shown in the sequence diagram of FIG. FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram showing another process of the authentication printing control system according to the present invention. Note that the sequence diagram of FIG. 9 is the same as the sequence diagram of FIG.

  In step S31, the spooler control system 21 requests an event from the spooler 22. In step S32, the user performs a printing operation on the client PC 5. In step S 33, the client PC 5 that has received a print operation from the user issues a print command to the spooler 22. Since the event that the spooler 22 receives the print command has occurred, the process proceeds to step S34 and notifies the spooler control system 21 of the event that the print command has been received.

  In step S35, the spooler control system 21 requests an event from the spooler 22. In step S 36, the spooler control system 21 acquires print job information 81 from the spooler 22. In step S37, the spooler control system 21 stores the acquired print job information 81 as the print job information 82.

  In step S 38, the spooler control system 21 confirms the “status” of the print job information 82, and requests the spooler 22 by specifying a job ID so that a print job that is not in a paused state is suspended. . Further, the spooler control system 21 sets the “status” of the print job information 82 of the print job that has been paused to the pause status. The spooler 22 sets the “state” of the print job information 81 of the print job that has been suspended to a suspended state.

  Thereafter, if the user forgets holding the card over the card reader / writer 3 and the predetermined time has passed, the process proceeds to step S39, and the spooler control system 21 notifies the client PC 5 of forgetting to print. If a predetermined time has passed without the user holding the card over the card reader / writer 3 after the notification of forgetting to print, the process proceeds to step S40, and the spooler control system 21 notifies the client PC 5 of the print job deletion, and then print job Is deleted.

  The spooler control system 21 deletes the print job information 82 of the deleted print job. The spooler 22 deletes the print job information 81 of the deleted print job. In step S41, the spooler control system 21 records a print log. By recording the print log, the authentication print control system according to the present invention can leave the print information deleted due to forgetting to print as a log.

  After the user has performed printing operations twice in succession, when the card is held over the card reader / writer 3, the authentication printing control system according to the present invention performs processing as shown in the sequence diagram of FIG. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram showing another process of the authentication printing control system according to the present invention. Note that the sequence diagram of FIG. 10 is the same as the sequence diagram of FIG.

  In step S51, the spooler control system 21 requests an event from the spooler 22-1. In step S52, the spooler control system 21 requests an event from the spooler 22-2. By the request of steps S51 and S52, the spooler control system 21 can be notified of an event when any event occurs in the spoolers 22-1 and 22-2.

  Steps S53 to S59 are the same as steps S2 to S8 in FIG. First, in step S53, the user performs a printing operation on the client PC 5. In step S54, the client PC 5 that has received a print operation from the user issues a print command to the spooler 22-1. Since the event that the spooler 22-1 receives the print command has occurred, the process proceeds to step S55, and the event that the print command is received is notified to the spooler control system 21.

  In step S56, the spooler control system 21 requests an event from the spooler 22-1. In step S57, the spooler control system 21 acquires the print job information 81 from the spooler 22-1. In step S58, the spooler control system 21 stores the print job information 81 acquired from the spooler 22-1 as the print job information 82.

  In step S59, the spooler control system 21 confirms the “state” of the print job information 82, and requests the spooler 22-1 by specifying a job ID so that a print job that is not in a suspended state is suspended. . Further, the spooler control system 21 sets the “status” of the print job information 82 of the print job that has been paused to the pause status. The spooler 22-1 sets the “state” of the print job information 81 of the print job that has been suspended to a suspended state.

  Steps S60 to S66 are the same as steps S2 to S8 in FIG. First, in step S60, the user performs a printing operation on the client PC 5. In step S61, the client PC 5 that has received a print operation from the user issues a print command to the spooler 22-2. Since the event that the spooler 22-2 receives the print command has occurred, the process proceeds to step S62, and the event that the print command is received is notified to the spooler control system 21.

  In step S63, the spooler control system 21 requests an event from the spooler 22-2. In step S64, the spooler control system 21 acquires the print job information 81 from the spooler 22-2. In step S65, the spooler control system 21 stores the print job information 81 acquired from the spooler 22-2 as the print job information 82.

  In step S66, the spooler control system 21 confirms the “status” of the print job information 82, and makes a request to the spooler 22-2 by specifying a job ID so that a print job that is not in a paused state is suspended. . Further, the spooler control system 21 sets the “status” of the print job information 82 of the print job that has been paused to the pause status. The spooler 22-2 sets the “state” of the print job information 81 of the print job that has been suspended to a suspended state.

  In step S67, the user holds the card over the card reader / writer 3. In step S68, the card reader / writer 3 reads the card ID from the card, and notifies the spooler control system 21 of the card ID and the IP address included in the card reader / writer information 84.

  In step S69, the spooler control system 21 transmits a card ID to the authentication system 11 and requests conversion to a user ID. The authentication system 11 uses the authentication information 83 to convert the card ID into a user ID and notifies the spooler control system 21 of the user ID.

  In step S70, the spooler control system 21 converts the IP address into a printer name based on the printer / card reader / writer correspondence information 85. In step S71, the spooler control system 21 acquires two job IDs of the print job to be printed from the print job information 82 based on the user ID and the printer name.

  In step S72, the spooler control system 21 designates the job ID and requests the spooler 22-1 to resume printing. Further, the spooler control system 21 sets the “status” of the print job information 82 of the print job that has been resumed to the print status. The spooler 22-1 sets the “state” of the print job information 81 of the print job that has been temporarily stopped to the print state. In step S73, the spooler 22-1 causes the printer 4-1 to perform printing based on the print job.

  In step S74, the spooler control system 21 specifies a job ID and requests the spooler 22-2 to resume printing. Further, the spooler control system 21 sets the “status” of the print job information 82 of the print job that has been resumed to the print status. The spooler 22-2 sets the “status” of the print job information 81 of the print job temporarily suspended to the print status. In step S75, the spooler 22-2 causes the printer 4-2 to perform printing based on the print job.

  After printing based on the print job, the spooler control system 21 proceeds to step S76 and records a print log. In addition, by recording the print log, the authentication print control system according to the present invention can leave information on printing performed by the printers 4-1 and 4-2 as a log.

  In order to realize the authentication printing control system according to the present invention, the spooler control system 21 has a state as shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing the state of the spooler control system.

  The spooler control system 21 first transitions to the “standby” state 100. When a print command is issued from the client PC 5, the spooler control system 21 transitions to a “print job pause processing” state 101. When the print job suspension process ends, the spooler control system 21 transitions to the “waiting” state 100.

  When the user holds the card over the card reader / writer 3, the spooler control system 21 shifts to a “print job resuming process” state 102. When the print job restart process is completed, the spooler control system 21 transitions to the “waiting” state 100.

  The present invention is not limited to the specifically disclosed embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the claims. Note that the authentication print control apparatus described in the claims corresponds to the print server 2 in FIGS. 1, 2, and 4 and the client PC 5 in FIG.

1 is a system configuration diagram of an embodiment of an authentication printing control system according to the present invention. FIG. It is a system block diagram of the other Example of the authentication printing control system by this invention. It is a system block diagram of the other Example of the authentication printing control system by this invention. It is a system block diagram of the other Example of the authentication printing control system by this invention. It is a block diagram of an example of a computer system. It is a related figure of an example of the information which the authentication printing control system by this invention has. It is a sequence diagram showing the process of the authentication printing control system by this invention. It is a sequence diagram showing the other process of the authentication printing control system by this invention. It is a sequence diagram showing the other process of the authentication printing control system by this invention. It is a sequence diagram showing the other process of the authentication printing control system by this invention. It is a schematic diagram showing the state of the spooler control system.

Explanation of symbols

1 Authentication Server 2 Print Server 3 Card Reader / Writer 4 Printer 5 Client PC
11 Authentication System 21 Spooler Control System 22 Spooler 61 Input Device 62 Output Device 63 Drive Device 64 Auxiliary Storage Device 65 Memory Device 66 Arithmetic Processing Device 67 Interface Device 81, 82 Print Job Information 83 Authentication Information 84 Card Reader / Writer Information 85 Printer / Card Reader / writer information 86 Printer information B bus

Claims (16)

An authentication printing control apparatus that controls printing based on authentication by a user,
Spool means for storing a print job based on a print command from a user;
Print job information acquired from the spool means is stored in association with the user, and after the authentication from the user, the spool means to print means based on the print job information associated with the user. An authentication print control apparatus, comprising: a spool control unit that outputs a print job based on a print command from the user and records a print log. The spool control means; a print job suspension means for temporarily suspending a print job based on a print command from the user;
The authentication print control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a print job resuming unit that resumes a paused print job after authentication from the user.   The authentication print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the spool control unit notifies the user that a print operation is not performed if there is no print job information associated with the user.   The spool control means notifies the user that he / she has forgotten to print if there is no authentication from the user until a predetermined time elapses after the print job information is stored. 1. The authentication print control apparatus according to 1.   The spool control means deletes a print job based on a print command from the user if there is no authentication from the user until a predetermined time elapses after notifying the user that the printing is forgotten. The authentication print control apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the authentication print control apparatus is configured to notify the user to delete the print job, and to record a print log.   6. The authentication printing control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the spool control unit controls one or more spool units corresponding to the one or more printing units.   The authentication print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the authentication print control apparatus is a print server or a client operated by the user. An authentication print control method of an authentication print control apparatus that controls printing based on authentication by a user,
A spool step in which the spool means stores a print job based on a print command from the user;
A print job information storing step in which the spool control means stores the print job information acquired from the spool means in association with the user;
The spool control means outputs a print job based on a print command from the user to the printing means from the spool means based on the print job information associated with the user after authentication by the user. A print job output step,
An authentication print control method, wherein the spool control means includes a print log recording step for recording a print log. The spool control means, a print job pausing step for pausing a print job based on a print command from the user;
9. The authentication print control method according to claim 8, further comprising: a print job restarting step in which the spool control unit restarts a paused print job after authentication from the user.   9. The authentication print control method according to claim 8, wherein the spool control means notifies the user that a print operation is not performed if there is no print job information associated with the user.   The spool control unit notifies the user that he / she has forgotten to print if there is no authentication from the user until a predetermined time elapses after the print job information is stored. 9. The authentication printing control method according to 8.   If the user does not authenticate until a predetermined time elapses after the spool control means notifies the user that the printing has been forgotten, the print job based on the print command from the user is deleted. 12. The authentication print control method according to claim 11, wherein the user is notified of the fact that the print job is to be deleted, the print job is deleted, and a print log is recorded.   13. The authentication printing control method according to claim 8, wherein the spool control means controls one or more spool means corresponding to one or more printing means.   14. The authentication print control method according to claim 8, wherein the authentication print control apparatus is a print server or a client operated by the user. An authentication print control program executed in an authentication print control device including a storage device and an arithmetic processing device for controlling printing based on authentication by a user,
The arithmetic processing unit;
Spool means for storing a print job based on a print command from a user in the storage device;
Print job information acquired from the spool means is stored in the storage device in association with the user, and the spool is based on the print job information associated with the user after authentication by the user. An authentication printing control program for causing a printing job based on a printing command from the user to be output from the printing unit to the printing unit and functioning as a spool control unit that records a print log in the storage device.   A computer-readable recording medium storing the authentication printing control program according to claim 15.

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