Printing apparatus, information management apparatus, print processing method and computer program product

• US 20070012769A1
• Filed: 12/02/2005
• Published: 01/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Tanaka, Kei
• Application Number:
  US11/292,000
• Publication Number:
  US 20070012769A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/432
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00846 based on detection of a dedicated indication, e.g. marks or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00854 Recognising an unauthorised user or user-associated action
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00875 Inhibiting reproduction, e.g. by disabling reading or reproduction apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3205 of identification information, e.g. name or ID code H04N2201/3209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3215 of a time or duration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3225 of data relating to an image, a page or a document
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3226 of identification information or the like, e.g. ID code, index, title, part of an image, reduced-size image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3235 Checking or certification of the authentication information, e.g. by comparison with data stored independently
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3236 Details of authentication information generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/327 which are undetectable to the naked eye, e.g. embedded codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3271 Printing or stamping
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3281 Encryption; Ciphering

Abstract

A printing apparatus comprises an electronic document acquisition part that acquires an electronic document of a print target, a code information generation part that generates code information for uniquely identifying a medium on which a document image of the electronic document is printed, a code image generation part that generates a code image for printing from the code information generated by the code information generation part, a document image generation part that generates the document image from the electronic document, a printing part that prints the generated code image and the document image on the medium, and a management part that associates at least one of information obtained in a case of acquiring the electronic document and information obtained in a case of printing the electronic document with the code information and managing the information.

Claims

1. A printing apparatus comprising:

an electronic document acquisition part that acquires an electronic document of a print target;

a code information generation part that generates code information for uniquely identifying a medium on which a document image of the electronic document is printed;

a code image generation part that generates a code image for printing from the code information generated by the code information generation part;

a document image generation part that generates the document image from the electronic document;

a printing part that prints the generated code image using an invisible toner and the document image using a visible toner on the medium; and

a management part that associates at least one of information obtained when acquiring the electronic document and information obtained when printing the electronic document with the code information, the management part managing the information.

2. A printing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the code information generation part generates the code information based on identification information regarding a user and at least one of information regarding print time and print order.

3. A printing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the management part manages at least one of identification information about the electronic document and identification information about a creator of the electronic document.

4. A printing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the management part manages at least one of identification information about a person who gives instructions to print the electronic document and information about time at which the instructions to print are given.

5. A printing apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the printing part prints the code image and the document image on the medium when the instructions to print given to the printing part are proper, and the management part manages at least one of identification information about a person who gives the instructions to print and information about time at which the instructions to print are given when printing is done by the printing part.

6. An information management apparatus comprising:

a receiving part that receives instruction to print in a terminal apparatus of an electronic document;

a code information generation part that generates code information that uniquely identifies a medium on which a document image of the electronic document is printed;

a code image generation part that generates a code image that prints from the code information generated by the code information generation part;

a document image generation part that generates the document image from the electronic document;

a sending part that sends instruction to print the generated code image using an invisible toner and the document image using a visible toner on the medium to a printing apparatus; and

a management part that associates at least one of information obtained when acquiring the electronic document and information obtained when printing the electronic document with the code information, the management part managing the information.

7. An information management apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the management part manages at least one of identification information about the electronic document, identification information about a creator of the electronic document, identification information about a person who gives instructions to print in the terminal apparatus and information about time at which the instructions to print are given.

8. An information management apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the receiving part receives at least one of identification information about a person who gives instructions to print in the printing apparatus and information about time at which the instructions to print are given, and the management part manages at least one of information about time and identification information received by the receiving part.

9. A print processing method comprising:

giving instruction to print an electronic document;

generating code information that uniquely identifies a medium on which a document image of the electronic document is printed;

generating a code image that prints from the generated code information;

generating the document image from the electronic document;

printing the generated code image using an invisible toner and the document image using a visible toner on the medium; and

associating at least one of information obtained when acquiring the electronic document and information obtained when printing the electronic document with the code information and managing the information.

10. A storage medium readable by a computer, the storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function, comprising:

receiving instructions to print an electronic document;

generating code information that uniquely identifies a medium on which a document image of the electronic document is printed;

generating a code image that prints from the generated code information;

generating the document image from the electronic document;

sending instruction to print the generated code image using an invisible toner and the document image using a visible toner on the medium; and

associating at least one of information obtained when acquiring the electronic document and information obtained when printing the electronic document with the code information and managing the information.