Information processing apparatus and method

Abstract

In an information processing apparatus, a printer driver is activated (S1). When a watermark to be added to print data is selected (S2: YES), it is determined whether the watermark is linked to a confidential print processing while referring to a watermark setting table (S3). When it is determined that the watermark is linked to the confidential printing processing (S3: YES), it is determined whether confidential printing is set (S4). When it is determined that the confidential printing is not set (S4: NO), a state where the confidential printing is selected is displayed on a screen (S5), and a password input inbox for setting a password is displayed (S6). A user is thereby prompted to make a setting of the confidential printing.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an information processing device, specifically, an information processing device and an information processing method capable of effectively setting confidentiality during image data processing, and a computer program for realizing such an information processing device using a general-purpose computer. Background technique [0002] As an existing print driver that controls a printing device and an image forming device such as a multifunction printer by an information processing device, it has a feature called a watermark ( There are already many commercially available printer drivers for the Watermark function. The watermark function is used to arouse people's attention when handling printed jobs by printing text and graphics such as "Top Secret", "Important", "Circular", "Urgent", "Copying is strictly prohibited" on the printed jobs, etc. (see For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-77600). [000...

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[0008] In addition, since the above-mentioned existing technology adopts a configuration in which the print data is not printed according to the judgment of the image forming device but is stored in the storage device, it is difficult for the user to know whether the print data has been stored in the storage device or not.

Therefore, there are also cases where the print data cannot be printed due to the storage of the print data against the user's wishes.

In addition, in the prior art described above, in order to print directly without storing the print data in the storage device, the user must take a long time to confirm the characters and graphics used in the print data, which is very difficult for the user. trouble

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