Printing device, electronic document management system, printing medium, print processing method

Abstract

A printing device includes an electronic document acquisition unit that acquires an electronic document to be printed on a medium, a code information generation unit that generates code information including information for uniquely specifying a medium on which a document image of the electronic document acquired by the electronic document acquisition unit is printed and address information within the medium, a code image generation unit that converts the code information generated by the code information generation unit into a print image to generate a code image, a document image generation unit that generates the document image from the electronic document, and a printing unit that prints the generated code image and the document image on a surface of the medium.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a printing apparatus such as a copier or a printer, an electronic document management system for managing electronic documents to be printed with such a printing apparatus, and a program. Background technique [0002] Recently, attention is being drawn to a technique that allows users to send data such as characters or graphics recorded in tiny dots printed on special paper to a personal computer or mobile phone so that the data can be saved or passed through mail to send it. With this technique, tiny dots are printed on special paper at intervals of around 0.3 mm, for example, so that different patterns can be drawn, for example, for each grid with a predetermined size. Therefore, for example, by reading a pattern using a dedicated ballpoint pen equipped with a digital camera, an address can be specified for data such as characters recorded on dedicated paper. As a result, handwritten characters recorded on paper can...

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