KR20060006426A - The method of printing the document securely - Google Patents

Abstract

A secure printing method of a document is disclosed. In the secure printing method of a document according to the present invention, a print target document created on an application program is opened, a preset secure print item is selected in a registration information window on a printer driver, and a field name input window provided by selection of a secure print item is selected. When the field name corresponding to the area to be secured is input, the input field name is registered, a print job is requested, and then the same part as the registered field name is checked among the contents of the document to be printed, and the predetermined field described in the document to be printed. Calculating position information on the security setting area corresponding to the predetermined field name and the position information where the field name is located, and the contents of the print data belonging to the security setting area based on the calculated position information on the predetermined security field. Converting to text. According to the present invention, there is an advantage that it is possible to perform secure printing on important information about an individual's identity using a simple secure printing function implemented on a printer driver.

Printer driver, host, security, configuration file, spooler

Description

The method of printing the document securely}

1 is a flowchart illustrating a general printing procedure;

2 is a functional block diagram of a secure printing system of a document for carrying out the present invention;

3 is a flowchart provided for explaining a secure printing method of a document according to the present invention;

4 is a view showing a registration information window according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; and

5 is a diagram illustrating a field name input window according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Brief description of the main parts of the drawing

4: Registration information window 5: Field name input window

10: application program 20: key input unit

30: printer driver unit 32: rendering module unit

34: user interface 36: configuration file

38: security zone processing unit 40: spooler

50: host 60: printer interface

70: control unit 70: printing unit

90: image forming apparatus

The present invention relates to a secure printing method of a document, and more particularly, to a secure printing method of a document for securely processing contents of important information of a document by using a secure print option function provided in a registration information window, which is a user interface on a printer driver. will be.

The image forming apparatus refers to an apparatus for printing an image corresponding to input original image data onto a recording medium such as printing paper. Examples of the image forming apparatus include a printer, a copier, or a facsimile. Among these image forming apparatuses, a printer is one of peripheral devices of a computer, and refers to an output device displayed on printing paper so that a user can know contents according to the operation of the computer.

In order to drive such a printer, a printer driver is installed in a host computer to which the printer is connected, and a related program is separately installed.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a general printing procedure.

Referring to the flowchart, first, a user opens a document to be printed on an application program of a computer (S1). After that, the page to be printed is selected by the printer driver, and the print data is transmitted to the spooler (S2). At this time, the printer driver converts the print data into content that can be understood by the printer through a command.                         

The converted data is transferred to the control board of the printer through the printer interface and then printed (S3). The computer user can change the printer's operation using the printer driver function.

If you want to set security for a specific part of the document using this general printing method, you must 1) perform the conversion directly on the part you want to set in the application program, or 2) the watermark on the printer driver. The method of setting security in the background by using was used.

However, the method of 1) is troublesome because the user needs to perform the conversion directly on the application, and the method of 2) has a problem that the efficiency of security setting is not high.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a secure printing method of a document for securely processing important information of a document using a simple user interface on a printer driver.

Security printing method of a document according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a step of opening a print target document created on the application program, a predetermined security print item is selected in the registration information window on the printer driver, by selecting a secure print item In the provided field name input window, the field name corresponding to the area to be secured is input, and the input field name is registered. After the print job is requested, the same part as the registered field name in the document to be printed is checked. Calculating positional information on the security setting area corresponding to the predetermined field name and the position information where the predetermined field name described in the document to be printed is printed, and the print data belonging to the security setting area based on the calculated position information on the security setting area. And converting the contents of the text into predetermined secure text. Preferable.

The method may further include verifying that all of the location information of the field name and the security setting area related to the field name have been identified in the document to be printed; And when all the location information is known, transmitting the print data related to the document to be printed to the image forming apparatus to perform secure printing.

Here, when calculating the position information of the security setting area, it is preferable to classify whether the security setting area is arranged in the form of vertical or horizontal on the document to be printed, and then calculate the position information of the security setting area according to each divided form. Do.

Here, the field name input to the field name input window is preferably present in the document created on the application program.

Here, the field name is preferably any one of a social security number, a telephone number, an ID, and a password.

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

2 is a functional block diagram of a secure printing system of a document for carrying out the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, a secure printing system for a document for carrying out the present invention comprises a host 50 and an image forming apparatus 90. As shown in FIG.                     

The host 50 includes a key input unit 20 for a user's key operation, a printer driver unit 30 for driving a printer, and a spooler 40 for transmission of print data.

The printer driver 30 includes a rendering module 32, a user interface 34, a configuration file 36, and a security zone processor 38.

The rendering module unit 32 receives information about a document created by the application program 10 on the window, generates data in a predetermined manner, and provides the data to the user interface unit 34. Perform various processing to convert to language.

The user interface unit 34 performs an interface between the host and the user in response to a key input signal of the user, and displays data generated by the rendering module unit on the screen. The configuration file 36 stores field names, security setting areas, and the like input by the user in a file form. The secure area processing unit 38 performs various operations related to secure printing, which is a core function of the present invention.

The image forming apparatus 90 controls each part of the image forming apparatus 90 for printing, such as a printer interface unit 60 for performing an interface between the host 50 and the image forming apparatus 90, and an emulation process. It includes a control unit 70 and a printing unit 80 for performing a print job under the control of the control unit 70.

3 is a flowchart provided for explaining a secure printing method of a document according to the present invention. Referring to the flowchart, first, when a user wants to print by setting security on a specific area of a document created on the application program 10, the user sets a block on a predetermined area to which security is to be set.

After the block setting is completed for the area to be secured, when the user selects a print icon, the user interface 34 of the printer driver 30 displays a registration information window (commonly referred to as a 'standard tab'). Display on. In the registration information window provided by the user interface unit 34, the user selects a secure print setting item (S310).

The registration information window is a screen provided on the printer driver to change various print option settings. Generally, a print option such as a paper setting, a print quality, a graphic mode, and the like is provided.

4 is a diagram illustrating a registration information window according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 4, according to the registration information window 4 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a security setting item is provided along with a general printing option.

5 is a diagram illustrating a field name input window according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. In step S310, when the secure print setting item is selected as the print option, the field name input window 5 shown in FIG. 5 is provided by the user interface 34.

The user inputs a field name corresponding to an area to be secured in the field name input window 5 shown in FIG. 5 (S320). The field name should be included in the contents described in the document worked on the actual application program 10.

In this case, enter the field name by dividing the area to be secured into the horizontal area and the vertical area. If the area to be secured corresponds to only one of the horizontal and vertical areas, enter the field name only in the corresponding area. Enter it.

In operation S320, when the user inputs a field name corresponding to an area to be secured in the field name input window 5 through the key input unit 20, the area to be secured may be a printer driver unit ( 30 is registered on the configuration file (36). The contents to be secured mainly correspond to important information that requires security such as social security number, telephone number, ID, password, etc. related to personal identity.

Thereafter, when the user requests printing through the key input unit 20 (S330), the security area processing unit 38 of the printer driver unit 30 reads the contents of the entire print target document while constructing the configuration file 36. The file is stored in a file format, and the part of the contents of the read document that matches the field name registered in the configuration file 36 is checked (S340).

If a portion of the document content that matches the field name registered in the configuration file 36 is identified, the security area processing unit 38 of the printer driver 30 stores the location information and security setting area of the 'field name' described on the actual document. The location information of the device is calculated and stored in the configuration file 36 (S350).

In operation S350, when calculating the location information of the security setting area, it is checked in advance whether the security setting area is arranged vertically or horizontally on the document, and then the location information of the security setting area is calculated differently in each case.

Thereafter, the security area processing unit 38 converts the contents of the data belonging to the security setting area from the print data stored as a file to the secure text with reference to the position information of the security setting area (S360). As the secure text, special characters such as "*" and "$" are preferably used.

As described above, the process of converting data belonging to the security setting area into the security text is repeated until all the information of the security setting area corresponding to the field name registered in the configuration file 36 is recognized (S370).

When all of the data belonging to the secure area is converted into secure text, the printer driver 30 transmits the print data of the entire document including the converted data to the spooler 40. The spooler 40 transmits the print data of the entire document received from the printer driver 30 through the printer interface unit 60 to the control unit 70 of the printer, and under the control of the control unit 70, the print unit 80. Secure printing is performed in operation S380.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is an advantage that it is possible to perform secure printing on important information about an individual's identity using a simple secure printing function implemented on a printer driver. This saves users the trouble of converting data directly on the application program for secure printing.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments of the present invention without departing from the spirit of the present invention as claimed in the claims. Anyone skilled in the art can make various modifications, and such changes fall within the scope of the claims.

Claims (5)

Opening a print target document created on an application program, and selecting a secure print item preset in a registration information window on the printer driver; Inputting a field name corresponding to an area to be secured into a field name input window provided by the selection of the secure print item, and registering the input field name; After the print job is requested, the same portion as the registered field name in the contents of the print target document is checked, and the position information and the security setting area corresponding to the predetermined field name are located in the print target document. Calculating location information for the; And And converting the contents of the print data belonging to the security setting area into a predetermined security text based on the calculated position information of the security setting area. The method of claim 1, Confirming whether all of the location information of the field name and the security setting area related to the field name have been grasped in the document to be printed; And And transmitting all print data related to the print target document to an image forming apparatus and performing secure printing when all of the location information is known. The method of claim 1, When calculating the location information of the security setting area, And classifying whether the security setting area is arranged in a vertical or horizontal manner on the document to be printed, and calculating position information of the security setting area according to each divided form. The method of claim 1, The field name input to the field name input window is And a document present on the document created on the application program. The method of claim 1, wherein the field name, A security printing method for a document, characterized in that any one of a social security number, telephone number, ID, and password.

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