JP2015210591A - Program, information processor and printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program, an information processor and a printing system capable of reducing maintenance work while preventing leakage of confidential information.SOLUTION: A printer driver 103 controls a printer 200 and a presenter 300 to execute any one of: discharging of a sheet printed with a document (i.e. print data); collecting sheets printed with a document; and blotting out printing of the confidential information on the sheet printed with the document according to the confidential level, the remaining amount of sheets and the availability state of a collection box (steps S205-S212).

Description

  The present invention relates to a program, an information processing apparatus, and a printing system.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a printing apparatus including a presenter having a presenter function for discharging and presenting a receipt and a collecting function for collecting a receipt that has been discharged but not received (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Further, conventionally, when a predetermined time elapses with the confidential tray being discharged, the discharged paper is captured by the roller, and the pattern image stored in advance in the storage unit is overwritten on the image forming surface of the discharged paper. An image forming apparatus is known (for example, see Patent Document 2).

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a printing system for receipts. The host computer 1 is connected to the printer 5 and the presenter 6 through the printer interface 4. A print application 2 and a printer driver 3 are installed on the host computer 1.

  In the printing application 2, a document is created on a memory (not shown) (S1), characters, figures, images, and the like are drawn (S2). When the printing application 2 is instructed to perform printing (S3), the printing application 2 is a printer. Call driver 3.

  The printer driver 3 acquires the image data created by the application 2 and performs dithering (S4), and generates print data according to a data format that can be printed by the printer 5 (S5). Thereafter, the printer driver 3 adds a printer control command to the print data as necessary and transmits the print data to the printer (S5). Further, the printer driver 3 transmits a presenter control command to the printer 5 while monitoring the status of the presenter 6.

  The printer 5 receives the print data and the printer control command from the printer driver 3, prints the print data on the roll paper 7, and cuts the printed roll paper 7. The cut roll paper is called cut paper. In the presenter 6, the conveying rollers 8A and 8B convey the cut sheet to the discharge port 9, and the cut sheet placed in the discharge port 9 is extracted by the user. If the cut sheet is not extracted from the discharge port 9 within a certain time, the cut sheet is discharged as it is from the discharge port 9 and discarded, or the transport rollers 8B and 8C transport the cut sheet to the recovery port 10. The collection box 11 collects the cut sheet.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-19845

JP 2004-284081 A

  In the control of the presenter 6 described above, the cut sheet is discarded or collected when the cut sheet is not extracted within a predetermined time due to the user forgetting to remove it. When the remaining amount of roll paper 7 is reduced or the collection box 11 is full, the operation of the printer 5 and the presenter 6 is stopped, the roll paper 7 is replenished, and unnecessary cut paper is removed from the collection box 11. Maintenance work to remove is performed.

  However, the operation of the printer 5 and the presenter 6 may not be stopped immediately even if the remaining amount of roll paper 7 is reduced or the collection box 11 is full. For example, there is a case where a person who can perform maintenance work is not near the printer 5 and the presenter 6.

  Furthermore, when the collection box 11 is not empty and the print data includes confidential information such as personal information or confidential information, the cut sheet is discharged without being collected, and the confidential information is leaked. In addition, when printing is executed even when the importance of the print content is low as in advertising or promotion, the remaining amount of the roll paper 7 is further reduced, and the period required for maintenance work is shortened.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a program, an information processing apparatus, and a printing system capable of suppressing leakage of confidential information and reducing maintenance work.

  In order to achieve the above object, a program disclosed in the specification includes a printer having a first sensor for detecting the remaining amount of paper, a recovery box for recovering the paper, and a second for detecting an empty state of the recovery box. A computer connected to a presenter having a sensor; an acquisition means for acquiring print data with a label; a type of security level; a label added to the print data; and a process executed by the printer and the presenter. Holding means for holding information associated with each other, and a label added to the acquired print data and a security level of the print data determined based on the information held in the holding means, the first sensor Depending on the detected remaining amount of paper and the empty state of the collection box detected by the second sensor, the print data is Discharge of the printing by the sheet, the print data recovery of printed paper, and the print data is to function as a control unit for controlling the printer and the presenter to perform fill printing of the printed paper.

  In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus disclosed in the specification detects a printer having a first sensor for detecting the remaining amount of paper, a recovery box for recovering the paper, and an empty state of the recovery box. Executed by the printer and the presenter, connecting means for connecting a presenter having a second sensor, acquisition means for acquiring print data with a label, a type of security level, a label added to the print data, Holding means for holding information associated with each other, and the security level of the print data determined based on the acquired print data and the information held in the holding means, detected by the first sensor Depending on the remaining amount of paper and the empty state of the collection box detected by the second sensor, discharging the paper on which the print data is printed, Recovery of paper printing data is printed, and a control means for the print data to control the printer and the presenter to perform one of the fill printing confidential information on the printed sheet.

  In order to achieve the above object, a printing system disclosed in the specification collects a sheet of a printer having a printing unit that performs printing based on acquired print data, a first sensor that detects a remaining amount of the sheet, and the sheet. And a presenter having a second sensor for detecting an empty state of the collection box, and information that associates a classification of a security level with a label added to the print data. A holding unit for holding, a label of the acquired print data and a security level of the acquired print data based on the information held in the holding unit, and a remaining amount of paper detected by the first sensor; and Discharging the paper on which the print data corresponding to the determined confidential level is printed according to the empty state of the collection box detected by the second sensor; Serial collection of print sheet data is printed, and a control means for executing control of printing based on the print data.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to suppress leakage of confidential information and reduce maintenance work.

It is a schematic block diagram of the printing system for receipts. It is a hardware block diagram of the information processing apparatus contained in the printing system concerning this Embodiment. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of a printing apparatus and a presenter included in a printing system according to an embodiment. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a printing system according to an embodiment. It is a figure which shows the table information showing the relationship between the classification | category of a confidential level, the label added to a document name, and the process performed by a printer and a presenter. 3 is a flowchart illustrating processing executed by a printer driver. It is a flowchart which shows control of the presenter of step S104 of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of a control command. It is a figure explaining the process of step S209. (A)-(C) is a figure which shows the example in which black solid printing is performed on confidential information according to the format information of print data.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of the information processing apparatus included in the printing system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram of the printing apparatus and the presenter included in the printing system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of the printing system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4 illustrates an arrangement of each element included in the printer and the presenter.

  In FIG. 2, the information processing apparatus 101 is, for example, a computer. The information processing apparatus 101 has a timer 110A that measures time and stores a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 110 that controls the entire apparatus, a memory 111 that is used as a working area, an application, a printer driver, a program, and data. A hard disk drive (HDD) 112, a video interface (IF) 113 connected to a monitor 116, an input interface (IF) 114 connected to a keyboard 117 and a mouse 118, and a printer interface (connected to a printer 200 and a presenter 300 described later) IF) 104. The printer IF 104 is an example of a connection unit. The CPU 110 is connected to the memory 111, the HDD 112, the video IF 113, the input IF 114, and the printer IF 104 via the system bus 115. The input IF 114 and the printer IF 104 are, for example, an LPT (Line PrinTer) port or a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port. Therefore, for example, the printer IF 104 is connected to the printer 200 and the presenter 300 via a printer cable or a USB cable (not shown).

  3 and 4, the printer 200 prints print data on the roll paper 201, a CPU 210 that controls the operations of the printer 200 and the presenter 300, a memory 211 that holds values and data read by various sensors, and the like. A printing unit 202, a cutting unit 203 that cuts the roll paper 201, a paper remaining amount sensor 204 that detects the remaining amount of the roll paper 201, and the cut roll paper (hereinafter referred to as cut paper) are conveyed to the presenter 300. A roller 213, a drive unit 212 that drives the roller 213, and a printer IF 214 that communicates with the information processing apparatus 101 are provided. The remaining sheet sensor 204 is an example of a first sensor. The CPU 210 is connected to the memory 211, the printing unit 202, the cutting unit 203, the remaining paper amount sensor 204, the driving unit 212, and the printer IF 214 via the system bus 215.

  For example, the cutting unit 203 includes a cutter that cuts the roll paper 201, and the printing unit 202 includes a thermal head that prints on the roll paper 201 that is thermal paper. Further, the driving unit 212 is configured by, for example, a motor, and when the cut sheet is conveyed to the presenter 300, the roller 213 (upper side in FIG. 4) is driven in the counterclockwise direction, and the cut sheet is printed in the printing unit 202. In the case of reverse feeding, the roller 213 is driven clockwise. For example, when personal information or confidential information is blacked out, the cut sheet is sent back to the printing unit 202. Hereinafter, personal information and confidential information are referred to as confidential information. The CPU 210 acquires information on the remaining amount of the roll paper 201 from the remaining sheet sensor 204. The printer IF 214 is, for example, an LPT (Line PrinTer) port or a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port, and is connected to the printer IF 104 via a printer cable or a USB cable (not shown).

  In FIG. 3, a presenter 300 includes rollers 302 </ b> A to 302 </ b> C that convey cut paper, a drive unit 301 that drives the rollers 302 </ b> A to 302 </ b> C, and a discharge port paper sensor 303 that detects whether there is cut paper in the discharge port 305. And a recovery box paper sensor 304 for detecting whether the recovery box 307 is empty, that is, whether the recovery box 307 is full of cut paper. The collection box paper sensor 304 is an example of a second sensor. The drive unit 301 is configured by a motor, for example, and drives the rollers 302A to 302C in the clockwise direction or the counterclockwise direction.

  The drive unit 301, the discharge port sheet sensor 303, and the collection box sheet sensor 304 are connected to the CPU 210 via system buses 215 and 308. Therefore, the CPU 210 can control the rotation and stop of the rollers 302 </ b> A to 302 </ b> C and the rotation direction via the driving unit 301. Further, the CPU 210 acquires information indicating whether or not there is a cut sheet in the discharge port 305 from the discharge port sheet sensor 303, and information indicating the empty state of the collection box 307, that is, the collection box 307 is full of cut sheets. Is acquired from the collection box paper sensor 304.

  In FIG. 4, the printing system 100 includes an information processing apparatus 101, a printer 200, and a presenter 300. As described above, the information processing apparatus 101 is connected to the printer 200 and the presenter 300 via a printer cable or a USB cable. The information processing apparatus 101 includes a print application 102, a printer driver 103, and a printer IF 104. The print application 102 and the printer driver 103 are installed in the HDD 112, are called from the HDD 112 to the memory 111, and are activated by the CPU 110. Accordingly, the functions of the print application 102 and the printer driver 103 are realized by the CPU 110 and the memory 111. The CPU 110 and the memory 111 that activate the printer driver 103 are examples of an acquisition unit, a holding unit, a control unit, and a discard unit.

  Next, a schematic operation of the printing system 100 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the print application 102, a document (that is, print data) is created on the memory 111 (S10). At this time, a label indicating the confidential level of the document is added to the document name (namely, print data name) given to the document (S10). The print application 102 draws characters, graphics, images, and the like to create image data (S11). When the print application 102 is instructed to execute printing (S12), the print application 102 calls the printer driver 103.

  The printer driver 103 acquires the image data created by the print application 102, and acquires the confidential level of the document from the document name (S13). Further, the printer driver 103 performs a preset dithering process on the acquired image data (S14), and generates print data in accordance with a data format printable by the printer 200 (S15). Thereafter, if necessary, the printer driver 103 adds a printer control command to the print data and transmits the print data and the printer control command to the printer 200 (S15). Further, the printer driver 103 transmits a presenter control command to the CPU 210 of the printer 200 while monitoring the status of the presenter 300. Specifically, the printer driver 103 determines the printer 200 and the presenter 300 based on the confidential level acquired from the document name and the information acquired from the remaining paper amount sensor 204, the discharge port paper sensor 303, and the collection box paper sensor 304. The operation is controlled (S16).

  When the printer 200 receives print data and a printer control command from the printer driver 103, the printer 200 prints the print data on the roll paper 201 and cuts the printed roll paper 201. The cut roll paper is called cut paper. In the presenter 300, the conveyance rollers 302A and 302B convey the cut sheet to the discharge port 305. The cut sheet placed in the discharge port 305 is extracted by the user. If the cut sheet is not removed from the discharge port 305 within a predetermined time, (1) the process of discharging the cut sheet as it is from the discharge port 305, (2) the cut sheet is conveyed to the collection port 306 by the conveyance rollers 302B and 302C. The process of collecting the cut sheet in the collection box 307, or (3) the cut sheet conveyed to the discharge port is once sent back to the printing unit, and the printing unit 202 is blacked out the confidential information, and the painted cut sheet is Any one of the processes of transporting again to the discharge port 305 is performed. In the case of (3), the filled cut sheet is held at the discharge port 305 or discharged from the discharge port 305 as it is.

  Next, a method in which the print application 102 sets a security level for a print job will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing table information representing the relationship between the type of confidential level, the label added to the document name, and the processing executed by the printer 200 and the presenter 300.

  In the present embodiment, the security level is divided into four stages, but the number of security levels is not limited to four. In the table information of FIG. 5, the classification of the security level, the label added to the document name, and the processing executed by the printer 200 and the presenter 300 are associated with each other. The associated table information is held in the memory 111 or the HDD 112, for example, and is defined in advance in the printer driver 103.

  The processes executed by the printer 200 and the presenter 300 are defined in advance in the printer driver 103 for each security level. In the example of FIG. 5, when the security level is “high”, the printing is executed (printing is required), and the cut sheet is collected (recovery is required), but the cut sheet cannot be discarded (cannot be discarded). ). When the security level is “medium”, printing is executed (printing required), cut paper is collected (recovery required), and cut paper can be discarded after black solid printing is performed on confidential information. (Can be discarded after printing solid black). When the security level is “low”, printing is performed (printing is required), but the cut sheet is not collected (no collection is required), and the cut sheet can be discarded (can be discarded). When there is no security level (or the lowest) “None”, printing is not executed when paper is near-end (when the remaining amount of paper is low) (printing is not required when paper is near-end), and cut paper is not collected. (Recovery is not required), and cut paper can be discarded (can be discarded).

  Note that the processing executed by the printer 200 and the presenter 300 defined for each security level can be changed by changing the setting of the printer driver 103.

  The print application 102 creates a print job by adding any of the labels “* SL1” to “* SL4” to the beginning of the document name according to the confidential level of the document. Thus, the printer driver 103 can determine the security level of the print job by referring to the document name when executing printing.

  In the above example, a label indicating the security level is added to the document name, but a label indicating the security level may be set in the print data. In this case, the printer driver 103 analyzes the print data and determines the security level of the print job. Further, the label is not limited to “* SL1” to “* SL4”, and may be arbitrarily defined.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing processing executed by the printer driver 103.

  First, the printer driver 103 acquires a print job (that is, a document with a label) from the print application 102 (step S101). The printer driver 103 determines whether the label added to the document name is “* SL4” (step S102). Here, it is determined whether or not there is a confidential level.

  If the label is other than * SL4 (NO in step S102), the printer driver 103 transmits print data to the CPU 210 of the printer 200 (step S103). Thereafter, the printer driver 103 controls a presenter 300 (described later) according to the security level (step S104), and this process ends.

  If the label is * SL4 (YES in step S102), the printer driver 103 acquires information on the remaining amount of the roll paper 201 from the remaining sheet sensor 204 (step S105).

  The printer driver 103 determines whether or not the remaining amount of the roll paper 201 is less than the threshold (paper near-end) based on the information on the remaining amount of the roll paper 201 (step S106). If the remaining amount of roll paper 201 is equal to or greater than the threshold (NO in step S106), the procedure proceeds to step S103. If the remaining amount of the roll paper 201 is less than the threshold (YES in step S106), the printer driver 103 discards the print job (step S107), and ends this process without performing printing.

  In step S107, since the remaining amount of the roll paper 201 is small, the print job is discarded and the printing itself is stopped. This is because if the security level of the print job is “none”, there is no problem even if printing is stopped.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the presenter control in step S104 of FIG. Here, at the start of the processing in FIG. 7, the CPU 210 of the printer 200 receives print data, the print data is printed on the roll paper 201, and the roll paper 201 printed by the cutting unit 203 is cut. To do.

  The printer driver 103 outputs, to the CPU 210, a cut sheet conveyance control command for controlling the operation of the driving unit 212 for the roller 213 and the driving unit 301 for the roller 302A so as to convey the cut sheet to the discharge port 305 (step S110). S201). FIG. 8 shows an example of the control command.

  The printer driver 103 determines whether or not there is a cut sheet in the discharge port 305 based on information acquired from the discharge port sheet sensor 303 (that is, information indicating whether or not there is a cut sheet in the discharge port 305). Step S202). The printer driver 103 can acquire information from a desired sensor by outputting a sensor information request command to the CPU 210. In this case, the code in the sensor information request command is different for each sensor that requests information.

  If there is no cut sheet at the discharge port 305, that is, if the cut sheet has been extracted by the user (NO in step S202), the process is terminated.

  If there is a cut sheet at the discharge port 305, that is, if the cut sheet has not been removed by the user (YES in step S202), the printer driver 103 determines whether or not a certain time (for example, 30 seconds) has passed (step S202). Step S203). Specifically, the printer driver 103 determines whether or not a fixed time has elapsed by acquiring time information from the timer 110A or by acquiring an interrupt from the timer 110A every fixed time (for example, 30 seconds). If the predetermined time has not elapsed (NO in step S203), the procedure returns to step S202. On the other hand, if the predetermined time has elapsed (YES in step S203), the printer driver 103 determines the type of label added to the document name (step S204).

  In step S204, if the type of the label added to the document name is “* SL3” or “* SL4”, that is, if the security level is “low” or “none”, the printer driver 103 displays A cut sheet discarding control command for controlling the operation of the driving unit 301 for the roller 302B is output to the CPU 210 so as to discharge the cut sheet at 305 (step S205), and this process is terminated. As a result, the cut sheet at the discharge port 305 is discharged to the outside of the presenter 300, and the cut sheet is discarded. In this case, since the confidential level of the document is “low” or “none”, there is no problem from the viewpoint of leakage of confidential information even if the cut sheet is discharged to the outside of the presenter 300 as it is.

  In step S204, when the type of the label added to the document name is “* SL2”, that is, when the security level is “medium”, the printer driver 103 reads the collection box 307 from the collection box paper sensor 304. Information indicating an empty state, that is, information indicating whether or not the collection box 307 is full of cut sheets is acquired (step S206).

  Next, based on the information acquired from the collection box paper sensor 304, the printer driver 103 determines whether or not the collection box 307 is empty (step S207).

  If there is no empty space in the collection box 307 (NO in step S207), the printer driver 103 causes the driving unit 301 and the roller 302A and 302B for the rollers 302A and 302B to send the cut sheet in the discharge port 305 back to the printing unit 202. A control command for reverse conveyance of the cut sheet for controlling the operation of the driving unit 212 for 213 is output to the CPU 210 (step S208). As a result, the cut sheet at the discharge port 305 is sent back to the printing unit 202.

  The printer driver 103 outputs a black image pattern file and a printer control command to the CPU 210 in order to execute black solid printing on the confidential information of the reversely sent cut sheet (step S209). As a result, black solid printing is executed on the confidential information of the cut sheet that has been sent back.

  The printer driver 103 controls the operation of the driving unit 212 for the roller 213 and the driving unit 301 for the rollers 302A and 302B so that the black solid-printed cut sheet is conveyed to the discharge port 305 and discharged to the outside. The control command for conveyance and the control command for discarding the cut sheet are output to the CPU 210 (step S210), and this process ends. As a result, the cut sheet in which the confidential information is blacked out is discharged to the outside and discarded. In this case, since the cut sheet in which the confidential information is blacked out is discharged to the outside, leakage of the confidential information is suppressed. Further, it is not necessary to stop the operations of the printer 200 and the presenter 300, and the maintenance work can be reduced.

  If the collection box 307 is empty (YES in step S207), the printer driver 103 operates the driving unit 301 for the rollers 302B and 302C so as to convey the cut sheet at the discharge port 305 to the collection box 307. A control command for cut sheet control to be controlled is output to the CPU 210 (step S211), and this process is terminated. Thus, the cut sheet at the discharge port 305 is conveyed to the collection box 307 and collected. In this case, since the cut sheet is collected in the collection box 307 without being discharged outside, leakage of confidential information is suppressed. Further, it is not necessary to stop the operations of the printer 200 and the presenter 300, and the maintenance work can be reduced.

  In step S204, if the type of label added to the document name is “* SL1”, that is, if the security level is “high”, the printer driver 103 executes the processing of steps S206 to S209.

  Thereafter, the printer driver 103 controls the operation of the driving unit 212 for the roller 213 and the driving unit 301 for the roller 302A so as to transport the cut sheet printed with black solids to the discharge port 305. The command is output to the CPU 210 (step S212). As a result, the cut sheet with the confidential information blacked out is conveyed to the discharge port 305.

  Since it is determined in S207 that there is no space in the collection box, the printer driver 103 displays an abnormality in the collection box 307 on the monitor 116 and notifies the user of the abnormality in the collection box 307 (step S213). Exit. Thereby, the user or the service person can perform maintenance of the presenter 300, that is, collect the cut sheet from the collection box 307. In this case, since the cut sheet printed with solid black is not discharged to the outside and stops at the discharge port 305, leakage of confidential information is suppressed. Further, since it is not necessary to perform the maintenance work until the abnormality of the collection box 307 is notified, the maintenance work can be reduced.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the process in step S209.

  The printer driver 103 acquires the format information of the print data that is the target of the black solid printing from the setting information set in advance (step S301). Then, the printer driver 103 acquires an image pattern for solid black printing corresponding to the format information from the memory 111 or the HDD 112 (step S302). Finally, the printer driver 103 outputs to the CPU 210 a printer control command indicating an image pattern and print area corresponding to the format information (step S303). As a result, as shown in FIGS. 10A to 10C, black solid printing is executed on the confidential information according to the format information of the print data.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the printer driver 103 discharges a sheet on which a document (that is, print data) is printed according to the security level, the remaining amount of the sheet, and the empty state of the collection box. Then, the printer 200 and the presenter 300 are controlled so as to perform any one of the collection of the paper on which the document is printed and the printing of the confidential information on the paper on which the document is printed (steps S205 to S212). Therefore, leakage of confidential information can be suppressed and maintenance work can be reduced.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be implemented with various modifications within a range not departing from the gist thereof. For example, some or all of the processes shown in FIG. 6 executed by the printer driver may be executed by the printer (and the presenter).

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Printing system 101 Information processing apparatus 102 Printing application 103 Printer driver 110 CPU
200 Printer 204 Paper Remaining Sensor 300 Presenter 303 Ejector Paper Sensor 304 Collection Box Paper Sensor 307 Collection Box

Claims (8)

A computer connected to a printer having a first sensor for detecting the remaining amount of paper and a presenter having a collection box for collecting the paper and a second sensor for detecting an empty state of the collection box;
Acquisition means for acquiring print data with a label;
A holding unit that holds information that associates a classification of a security level, a label added to the print data, and processing executed by the printer and the presenter, and a label added to the acquired print data And the security level of the print data determined based on the information held in the holding means, the remaining amount of paper detected by the first sensor, and the empty state of the collection box detected by the second sensor. In response, the printer and the presenter are controlled to execute discharge of the paper on which the print data is printed, collection of the paper on which the print data is printed, and filling printing on the paper on which the print data is printed. A program that functions as a control means.     2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a discard unit configured to discard the acquired print data in accordance with a security level of the print data when a remaining amount of paper detected by the first sensor is less than a threshold value. Program.   3. The program according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the printer and the presenter to discharge a sheet on which the print data is printed according to a confidential level of the print data. .   When the collection box is empty, the control means controls the presenter to collect the paper on which the print data is printed in the collection box according to the confidential level of the print data. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the program is characterized in that:   5. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the collection box is not vacant, the control unit executes filling printing of a sheet on which the print data is printed according to a confidential level of the print data. The program according to item 1.   The control means further controls the printer and the presenter so as not to discharge the filled and printed paper according to a confidential level of the print data when the collection box is not empty. The program according to claim 5. Connecting means for connecting a printer having a first sensor for detecting the remaining amount of paper and a presenter having a collection box for collecting the paper and a second sensor for detecting an empty state of the collection box;
An acquisition means for acquiring print data with a label;
Holding means for holding information that associates a type of a security level, a label added to the print data, and processing executed by the printer and the presenter with each other;
The security level of the print data determined based on the acquired print data and information held in the holding unit, the remaining amount of paper detected by the first sensor, and the recovery detected by the second sensor Depending on the empty state of the box, any one of discharge of the paper on which the print data is printed, collection of the paper on which the print data is printed, and filling printing of confidential information on the paper on which the print data is printed An information processing apparatus comprising: control means for controlling the printer and the presenter so as to execute one. A printer having a printing unit that performs printing based on the acquired print data, and a first sensor that detects the remaining amount of paper;
A printing system having a collection box for collecting the paper and a presenter having a second sensor for detecting an empty state of the collection box,
Holding means for holding information that associates a classification of a confidential level with a label added to the print data;
Based on the label of the acquired print data and the information held in the holding unit, the security level of the acquired print data is determined, and the remaining amount of paper detected by the first sensor and detected by the second sensor Depending on the empty state of the collected collection box, the ejection of the paper on which the print data corresponding to the determined security level is printed, the collection of the paper on which the print data is printed, and the printing control based on the print data A printing system comprising: a control means for executing

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