JP7275904B2 - Print processing program, print processing method, and print processing apparatus - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a print processing program, a print processing method, and a print processing apparatus.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for the protection of personal information, a method of masking personal information written in a document before printing is known. Further, there is known a cloud-type print service in which whether or not to perform masking for each user who performs printing can be set in a multifunction device.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-204433 JP 2013-054638 A JP 2007-004694 A JP 2013-105274 A JP 2015-082136 A

However, with the above technique, there is a problem that it may be difficult to efficiently determine whether or not to mask the personal information of the document before printing. For example, in the conventional technology, administrators may manually set users to be masked, which may reduce efficiency and accuracy.

An object of one aspect is to efficiently determine whether or not to print a document with personal information masked.

The print server 10 receives the input of the identification information of the first user and the print job, and determines whether personal information is included in the document corresponding to the print job. When the print server 10 determines that personal information is included, the print server 10 generates a document in which the portion corresponding to the personal information is made invisible. The print server 10 stores the document and the invisible document in association with the identification information of the first user. When the print server 10 receives the identification information of the second user, the print job output instruction, and the information about the image forming apparatus that has received the output instruction, the print server 10 receives the first user's identification information associated with the document corresponding to the print job. Identify the user's identity. The print server 10 determines whether to output the document or the invisible document based on the received information and the attribute information associated with the identified first user identification information.

To efficiently determine whether or not to mask personal information of a document for printing.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the flow of processing in the print processing system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a print server; FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a document before and after masking. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a document before and after masking. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of information included in a DB server. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of print processing according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of determination processing according to the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating the flow of processing in the print processing system according to the second embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the flow of processing in the print processing system according to the third embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example.

Embodiments of a print processing program, a print processing method, and a print processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited by these examples. Moreover, each embodiment can be appropriately combined within a range without contradiction.

A print processing system according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the flow of processing in the print processing system according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1 , the print processing system 1 has a print server 10 , a client 20 and an image forming apparatus 30 . It is also assumed that the print server 10 is connected to each of the client 20 and the image forming apparatus 30 via a network.

It is also assumed that the print server 10 is connected to the DB server 40 and the file server 50 . The print server 10, DB server 40, and file server 50 may be different devices, or may be the same device.

The client 20 is a personal computer or the like. Further, the image forming apparatus 30 is a printer, a multifunction device, or the like, which has a function of printing out predetermined data in a document format on paper. Hereinafter, document-format data may be simply referred to as a document.

The DB server 40 stores information such as users, groups to which the users belong, bases where the groups exist, bases where each image forming apparatus exists, and the like. The information stored in the DB server 40 may not be information used only for the print processing system 1 . For example, the DB server 40 may be a master or the like used by various business applications.

A process flow of the print processing system 1 according to the first embodiment will be described. First, the client 20 transmits the user's identification information, a print job, and an output instruction for the print job to the print server 10 according to the operation of the user requesting printing (step S11).

The print server 10 determines whether or not personal information is described in the document, and if it determines that the personal information exists, transfers the document 102b with the personal information masked to the file server 50 together with the document 101b before masking. (Step S12).

The print server 10 also registers information about the print job transmitted from the client 20 in the job management table 121 . The job management table 121 includes information specifying the document 101b before masking, user identification information, identification information of the image forming apparatus that performs output, output date and time, and the like. Further, when masking is performed, the job management table 121 includes information specifying the masked document 102b.

Here, the user moves to the position of the image forming apparatus 30 to collect the printed matter (step S13). Then, the user instructs the print server 10 to output the printed matter by operating the image forming apparatus 30 or a predetermined terminal (step S14).

The print server 10 determines whether to output the masked document or the document before masking based on the information about the user and the image forming apparatus 30 stored in the DB server 40 (step S15). Then, the print server 10 transfers the determined document from the file server 50 to the image forming apparatus 30, and causes the image forming apparatus 30 to output the transferred document (step S16). A procedure for determining a document to be output by the print server 10 will be described later in detail.

[Function configuration]
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a print server; As shown in FIG. 2 , the print server 10 has a communication section 11 , a storage section 12 and a control section 13 . The communication unit 11 performs data communication with other devices. For example, the communication unit 11 is a NIC (Network Interface Card).

The storage unit 12 is an example of a storage device that stores data, programs executed by the control unit 13, and the like, such as a hard disk or memory. The storage unit 12 stores a job management table 121. FIG.

The control unit 13 executes a program stored in an internal storage device using, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) or the like as a work area. It is realized by Also, the control unit 13 may be implemented by an integrated circuit such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) or an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array). The control unit 13 has a reception unit 131 , a determination unit 132 , a generation unit 133 , a specification unit 134 , a determination unit 135 and an instruction unit 136 .

The accepting unit 131 accepts input of identification information of the first user, a print job, and an output instruction for the print job. The reception unit 131 receives each information via the communication unit 11 . Further, the receiving unit 131 stores each information based on the received print job in the job management table 121 .

The job management table 121 also stores the document and the invisible document in association with the identification information of the first user. For example, the job management table 121 stores the path of the document 101b before masking and the path of the document 102b after masking in the file server 50 in association with user identification information. User identification information is an example of personal identification information.

The determination unit 132 receives the input of the identification information of the first user and the print job, and determines whether personal information is included in the document corresponding to the print job. For example, the determination unit 132 determines that personal information is included if there is a place where a name, address, etc. are written. The determination unit 132 can determine whether or not the document contains personal information using a known natural language analysis technique or the like.

When determining that the personal information is included, the generating unit 133 generates a document in which the portion corresponding to the personal information is made invisible. For example, the generating unit 133 generates a masked document by blacking out portions corresponding to personal information in the document or replacing them with predetermined characters such as “#”.

3 and 4 are diagrams showing examples of documents before and after masking. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the generation unit 133 generates a document 102b after masking by blacking out the portion of "385945 Hanako of Japan" described in the document 101b before masking. Here, "385945" in the document 101b is a number for specifying an individual, and "Nippon Hanako" is the name of the individual.

Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, the generation unit 133 generates a masked document 102b in which portions such as addresses, company names, and telephone numbers described in the unmasked document 101b are blacked out.

When the identifying unit 134 receives the identification information of the second user, the print job output instruction, and the information about the image forming apparatus that has received the output instruction, the specifying unit 134 refers to the storage unit 12 to create a document corresponding to the print job. Identifying the associated identification information of the first user.

Here, the identification information of the second user may be the same as or different from the identification information of the first user. That is, the user who instructed to output the print job and the user who actually collects the printed matter may be the same or different. It is conceivable that a certain user gives an output instruction and another user collects the printed matter as a proxy. Furthermore, the print server 10 may not perform masking when the user who issued the output instruction and the user who came to collect the paper are the same.

The specifying unit 134 can specify each piece of information by referring to the DB server 40 . First, each piece of information stored in the DB server 40 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of information included in a DB server. As shown in FIG. 5, the DB server 40 stores group information 101a, image forming apparatus information 102a, user information 103a, and print logs 104a.

The group information 101a is information indicating a group existing at each site. "Place" is a base and "Prj" is a group. For example, the group information 101a in FIG. 5 indicates that groups "PrjA" and "PrjB" exist at the site "Numazu Factory".

The image forming apparatus information 102a is information indicating the address and location of each image forming apparatus. "Printer" is information specifying an image forming apparatus, "IP" is an IP address, and "Place" is a location. For example, the image forming apparatus information 102a in FIG. 5 indicates that the image forming apparatus "PrtA" has an IP address of "11.11.11.11" and is installed at a base of "Numazu Factory".

The user information 103a is information indicating the group to which each user belongs. "User" is information identifying a user, and "Prj" is a group. For example, the user information 103a in FIG. 5 indicates that the user "UserA" belongs to the group "PrjA".

The print log 104a is information indicating the print history of each document. "Document" is information specifying a document, "Printer" is information specifying an image forming apparatus, "User" is information identifying a user, and "Time" is output date and time. For example, the print log 104a in FIG. 5 indicates that the document "DocA" was output from the image forming apparatus "PrtA" at the date and time "yymmdd".

The determination unit 135 determines which of the document and the invisible document to output based on the received information and the attribute information associated with the identified identification information of the first user.

The attribute information includes information for determining for each individual whether a document or a document made invisible should be output according to the position at which the image forming apparatus is installed. The determination unit 135 determines whether to output the document or the invisible document based on the attribute information and the position information of the image forming apparatus specified by the received information on the image forming apparatus.

For example, the attribute information may include group information associated with the identification information of the first user. In this case, the identification unit 134 identifies identification information of a plurality of users different from the identification information of the first user associated with the group. Then, the determination unit 135 can make a determination based on the information regarding the image forming apparatus as the output destination of the past print job associated with each of the identified identification information of the plurality of users.

Specifically, first, the specifying unit 134 refers to the user information 103a and specifies the group to which the user who requested the printing belongs. Then, the specifying unit 134 refers to the group information 101a to specify the site to which the user's group belongs. Further, the specifying unit 134 refers to the image forming apparatus information 102a to specify the location of the image forming apparatus 30 requested to print, that is, the location of the image forming apparatus 30 .

Here, the determination unit 135 determines whether or not the printing is from a site to which the user's group belongs. Specifically, when the base where the user's group belongs and the base where the image forming apparatus 30 is located are the same, the determination unit 135 determines that the printing is from the base where the user's group belongs. When it is determined that the printing is from a site to which the user's group belongs, the determining unit 135 determines to print the document before masking.

On the other hand, if the base where the user's group belongs and the base where the image forming apparatus 30 is located are not the same, the determination unit 135 determines that the printing is not from the base where the user's group belongs. When the determining unit 135 determines that the printing is not from a site to which the user belongs to, the specifying unit 134 further refers to the print log 104a to identify jobs output in the past by other users belonging to the same group as the user. Acquire n items from the newest one.

Then, when the image forming apparatus 30 is included in the top m number of times of use among the image forming apparatuses included in the acquired n logs, the determination unit 135 determines to print the document before masking. Conversely, if the image forming apparatus 30 is not included in the top m number of times of use among the image forming apparatuses included in the acquired n logs, the determining unit 135 determines to print the masked document. . Note that n and m are set in advance.

A specific example will be given for explanation. Here, n is set to 100, for example, and m is set to 2, for example. First, it is assumed that the user "UseA" requests the image forming apparatus "PrtA" to print. It is also assumed that the document requested to be printed contains personal information. In this case, the generator 133 performs masking.

Then, the identifying unit 134 refers to the DB server 40 to confirm that the user "UserA" belongs to the group "PrjA" in the base "Numazu factory" and that the image forming apparatus "PrtA" belongs to the "Numazu factory". identify something. At this time, since the user is printing from the site where the group to which he/she belongs exists, the determination unit 135 determines to output the document before masking.

Next, it is assumed that the user "UserB" requests the image forming apparatus "PrtB" to print. It is also assumed that the document requested to be printed contains personal information. In this case, the generator 133 performs masking.

Then, the specifying unit 134 refers to the DB server 40 and determines that the user "UserB" belongs to the group "PrjA" at the base "Numazu factory" and that the image forming apparatus "PrtB" is located at the base "Kawasaki factory". Identify what is in

At this time, the user is printing from a base where the group to which the user belongs does not exist. Identify the matter. Here, among the 100 specified jobs, 50 jobs are for printing from the image forming apparatus "PrtA", 40 jobs are for printing from the image forming apparatus "PrtB", and 10 jobs are for printing from the image forming apparatus "PrtC It is assumed that it was printed from At this time, the image forming apparatus “PrtB” has the second highest number of outputs and is included in the top two cases, so the determining unit 135 determines to output the document before masking.

Furthermore, it is assumed that the user "UserC" requests the image forming apparatus "PrtB" to print. It is also assumed that the document requested to be printed contains personal information. In this case, the generator 133 performs masking.

Then, the specifying unit 134 refers to the DB server 40 to confirm that the user "UserC" belongs to the group "PrjB" in the base "Numazu factory" and that the image forming apparatus "PrtB" belongs to the "Kawasaki factory". identify something.

At this time, the user is printing from a base where the group to which the user belongs does not exist. Identify the matter. Here, of the 100 specified jobs, 60 are for printing from the image forming apparatus "PrtC", 25 are for printing from the image forming apparatus "PrtA", and 15 are for printing from the image forming apparatus "PrtB It is assumed that it was printed from At this time, the image forming apparatus “PrtB” has the third output count and is not included in the top two cases, so the determining unit 135 determines to output the masked document.

In this way, the determination unit 135 determines whether a document is a document or a document made invisible based on the number of output times to each image forming apparatus as an output destination of past jobs associated with each of the identification information of a plurality of users in the group. You can decide which to output.

[Process flow]
The flow of print processing by the print server 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of print processing according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6, the print server 10 first receives input of personal identification information and a print job (step S101). Here, the print server 10 determines whether or not there is personal information in the document of the print job (step S102).

When the print server 10 determines that personal information is not included (step S102, No), it determines to output the document without masking (step S103). On the other hand, if the print server 10 determines that personal information is included (step S102, Yes), it masks the personal information (step S104).

Then, the print server 10 stores the document before masking and the document after masking in association with the personal identification information (step S105). Here, the print server 10 identifies the user group, group site, image forming apparatus site, and predetermined print log corresponding to the personal identification information from the DB server 40 (step S106).

The print server 10 determines whether to output the document before masking or the document after masking based on the specified information (step S107). The print server 10 then instructs the image forming apparatus 30 to output the determined document (step S108).

Next, a process of determining whether the print server 10 outputs a document before masking or a masked document will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of determination processing according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, first, it is determined whether or not the printing is from a site to which the user's group belongs (step S201).

If it is determined that the printing is from a site to which the user's group belongs (step S201, Yes), the print server 10 determines to output the document before masking.

On the other hand, if the print server 10 determines that the printing is not from the site where the user's belonging group exists (step S201, No), the print server 10 identifies the latest n jobs output in the past by the user belonging to the group ( step S202). Then, the print server 10 determines whether printing is being performed by the image forming apparatus with the highest number of uses among the n cases (step S203).

When the print server 10 determines that the top m image forming apparatuses are printing (step S203, Yes), it determines to output the document before masking (step S205). On the other hand, when the print server 10 determines that the top m image forming apparatuses are not printing (step S203, No), it determines to output the masked document (step S204).

[effect]
As described above, the determination unit 132 receives the input of the identification information of the first user and the print job, and determines whether personal information is included in the document corresponding to the print job. do. When determining that the personal information is included, the generating unit 133 generates a document in which the portion corresponding to the personal information is made invisible. The storage unit 12 stores the document and the document made invisible in association with the identification information of the first user. When the identifying unit 134 receives the identification information of the second user, the print job output instruction, and the information about the image forming apparatus that has received the output instruction, the specifying unit 134 refers to the storage unit 12 to create a document corresponding to the print job. Identifying the associated identification information of the first user. The determination unit 135 determines which of the document and the invisible document to output based on the received information and the attribute information associated with the identified identification information of the first user. In this manner, the print server 10 refers to each data and automatically determines whether to output the document before masking or the masked document. Therefore, according to the embodiment, it is possible to efficiently determine whether or not to mask the personal information of the document before printing.

The attribute information also includes information for determining for each individual whether a document or a document made invisible is to be output according to the position where the image forming apparatus is installed. The determination unit 135 determines whether to output the document or the invisible document based on the attribute information and the position information of the image forming apparatus specified by the received information on the image forming apparatus. Thereby, the print server 10 can automatically determine whether or not to mask the personal information of the document before printing by referring to the attribute information about the user.

Also, the attribute information includes group information associated with the identification information of the first user.
The determining unit 135 determines whether to output the document or the invisible document based on the comparison between the group information and the group information stored in association with the identification information of the second user. decide. Accordingly, by specifying the user group, the print server 10 can automatically determine whether or not to mask the personal information of the document before printing.

Also, the attribute information includes group information associated with the identification information of the first user. The determining unit 135 identifies identification information of a plurality of users that is different from the identification information of the first user associated with the group, and identifies past print jobs associated with each of the identified identification information of the plurality of users. Based on the information about the image forming apparatus of the output destination, it is determined whether to output the document or the invisible document. As a result, the print server 10 can reflect the usage status of the image forming apparatuses of the users belonging to the same group in determining whether or not to mask the personal information of the document before printing.

In addition, the determination unit 135 determines the number of output times for each image forming apparatus as an output destination of past print jobs associated with each of the identification information of a plurality of users included in the group. Determines whether to output a document that has been As a result, the print server 10 can reflect the number of times of use in the image forming apparatus in determining whether or not to mask the personal information of the document before printing.

In the first embodiment, the print server 10 stores both the unmasked document and the masked document in the file server 50 when the document contains personal information. On the other hand, the print server 10 may perform masking as necessary at the timing when printing is actually performed.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating the flow of processing in the print processing system according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 8, first, the client 20 transmits user identification information, a print job, and an output instruction for the print job to the print server 10 according to the operation of the user requesting printing (step S21).

The print server 10 transfers the document 101b before masking to the file server 50 (step S22). The print server 10 also registers information about the print job transmitted from the client 20 in the job management table 121 .

Here, the user moves to the position of the image forming apparatus 30 to collect the printed matter (step S23). Then, the user instructs the print server 10 to output the printed matter by operating the image forming apparatus 30 or a predetermined terminal (step S24).

The print server 10 determines whether or not personal information is described in the document, and if it determines that personal information exists, masks the personal information. Then, the print server 10 determines whether to output the masked document or the document before masking, based on the information about the user and the image forming apparatus 30 stored in the DB server 40 (step S25). Then, the print server 10 transfers the determined document from the file server 50 to the image forming apparatus 30, and causes the image forming apparatus 30 to output the transferred document (step S26).

In the first embodiment, the print server 10 actually prints the document according to an instruction from the user who has moved to the image forming apparatus 30 . On the other hand, the print server 10 may cause the image forming apparatus 30 to output the document immediately after printing from the client 20 .

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the flow of processing in the print processing system according to the third embodiment. As shown in FIG. 9, first, the client 20 transmits user identification information, a print job, and an output instruction for the print job to the print server 10 according to the operation of the user requesting printing (step S31).

The print server 10 determines whether or not personal information is described in the document, and if it determines that the personal information exists, transfers the document 102b with the personal information masked to the file server 50 together with the document 101b before masking. (Step S32).

The print server 10 also registers information about the print job transmitted from the client 20 in the job management table 121 . The print server 10 determines whether to output the masked document or the document before masking, based on the information about the user and the image forming apparatus 30 stored in the DB server 40 (step S33). Then, the print server 10 transfers the determined document from the file server 50 to the image forming apparatus 30, and causes the image forming apparatus 30 to output the transferred document (step S34).

In the above-described embodiment, the print server 10 refers to the group information 101a to specify the site where the group exists, and then determines whether or not to output the masked document. On the other hand, the print server 10 may determine whether to output the masked document without referring to the group information 101a. In that case, the print server 10 does not determine whether or not the printing is from a site to which the user's group belongs. In other words, the print server 10 always sets the determination result of step S201 of FIG. 7 as "No" and performs the process.

[system]
Information including processing procedures, control procedures, specific names, and various data and parameters shown in the above documents and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified. Further, the specific examples, distributions, numerical values, etc. described in the examples are only examples, and can be arbitrarily changed.

Also, each component of each device illustrated is functionally conceptual, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. That is, the specific forms of distribution and integration of each device are not limited to those shown in the drawings. That is, all or part of them can be functionally or physically distributed and integrated in arbitrary units according to various loads and usage conditions. Furthermore, all or any part of each processing function performed by each device can be implemented by a CPU and a program analyzed and executed by the CPU, or implemented as hardware based on wired logic.

[hardware]
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example. As shown in FIG. 10, the print server 10 has a communication interface 10a, a HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 10b, a memory 10c, and a processor 10d. 10 are interconnected by a bus or the like.

The communication interface 10a is a network interface card or the like, and communicates with other print servers. The HDD 10b stores programs and DBs for operating the functions shown in FIG.

The processor 10d reads from the HDD 10b or the like a program that executes the same processing as each processing unit shown in FIG. 2 and develops it in the memory 10c, thereby operating the process of executing each function described with reference to FIG. 2 and the like. That is, this process executes the same function as each processing unit of the print server 10 . Specifically, the processor 10d reads a program having functions similar to those of the reception unit 131, the determination unit 132, the generation unit 133, the identification unit 134, the determination unit 135, and the instruction unit 136 from the HDD 10b or the like. Then, the processor 10d executes processes for executing the same processes as those of the reception unit 131, the determination unit 132, the generation unit 133, the identification unit 134, the determination unit 135, the instruction unit 136, and the like. The processor 10d is, for example, a hardware circuit such as CPU, MPU, ASIC.

In this manner, the print server 10 operates as an information processing apparatus that executes a classification method by reading and executing a program. Also, the print server 10 can read the program from the recording medium by the medium reading device and execute the read program, thereby realizing the same functions as the above embodiment. Note that the programs referred to in this other embodiment are not limited to being executed by the print server 10 . For example, the present invention can be similarly applied when another computer or print server executes the program, or when they cooperate to execute the program.

This program can be distributed via a network such as the Internet. Also, this program is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a hard disk, flexible disk (FD), CD-ROM, MO (Magneto-Optical disk), DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), etc., and is read from the recording medium by a computer. It can be executed by being read.

1 print processing system 10 print server 11 communication unit 12 storage unit 13 control unit 20 client 30 image forming apparatus 40 DB server 50 file server 101a group information 102a image forming apparatus information 103a user information 104a print log 101b, 102b document 121 job management table 131 reception unit 132 determination unit 133 generation unit 134 identification unit 135 determination unit 136 instruction unit

Claims (7)

receiving input of first personal identification information and a print job, determining whether personal information is included in a document corresponding to the print job;
When it is determined that the personal information is included, generating a document in which the part corresponding to the personal information is made invisible,
storing the document and the document made invisible in a storage unit in association with the first personal identification information;
When the second personal identification information, the print job output instruction, and the information about the image forming apparatus that accepted the output instruction are received, the storage unit is referred to and associated with the document corresponding to the print job. identifying the first personal identification information that has been identified, and based on the received information and the attribute information associated with the identified first personal identification information, either the document or the document made invisible to determine whether to output
A print processing program that causes a computer to execute processing. The attribute information includes information for determining for each individual whether the document or the invisible document is to be output according to the position where the image forming apparatus is installed;
The determining process outputs either the document or the invisible document based on the attribute information and positional information of the image forming apparatus specified by the received information on the image forming apparatus. 2. The print processing program according to claim 1, wherein the print processing program determines whether the The attribute information includes group information associated with the first personal identification information,
The determining process outputs either the document or the invisible document based on the site specified by the information on the group and the site specified by the information on the image forming apparatus. 2. The print processing program according to claim 1, wherein the print processing program determines whether the The attribute information includes group information associated with the first personal identification information,
The determining process includes identifying a plurality of personal identification information different from the first personal identification information associated with the group, and past printing associated with each of the identified plurality of personal identification information. 2. The printing process according to claim 1, wherein the process determines which of the document and the invisible document is to be output based on information about an image forming apparatus that is an output destination of the job. program. The determining process is based on information regarding the number of output times for each image forming apparatus as an output destination of past print jobs associated with each of the plurality of pieces of personal identification information included in the group. 5. The print processing program according to claim 4, wherein the processing determines which of the disabled documents is to be output. receiving input of first personal identification information and a print job, determining whether personal information is included in a document corresponding to the print job;
When it is determined that the personal information is included, generating a document in which the part corresponding to the personal information is made invisible,
storing the document and the document made invisible in a storage unit in association with the first personal identification information;
When the second personal identification information, the print job output instruction, and the information about the image forming apparatus that accepted the output instruction are received, the storage unit is referred to and associated with the document corresponding to the print job. identifying the first personal identification information that has been identified, and based on the received information and the attribute information associated with the identified first personal identification information, either the document or the document made invisible to determine whether to output
A print processing method characterized in that the processing is executed by a computer. a determination unit that receives input of first personal identification information and a print job and determines whether personal information is included in a document corresponding to the print job;
generating a document in which a portion corresponding to the personal information is made invisible when it is determined that the personal information is included, and combining the document and the made invisible document with the first personal identification information; a generation unit that stores in the storage unit in association with
When the second personal identification information, the print job output instruction, and the information about the image forming apparatus that accepted the output instruction are received, the storage unit is referred to and associated with the document corresponding to the print job. a specifying unit that specifies the first personal identification information;
Determining whether to output the document or the document made invisible based on the received information and the attribute information associated with the first personal identification information specified by the specifying unit Department and
A print processing device comprising:

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