Printing method
View Patent ↗An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving a control command including first identification information; an identification information obtaining unit for obtaining the first identification information from the control command thus received; a storage unit for storing second identification information related to a specific user; an identification information comparing unit for comparing the first identification information with the second identification information; and a control command processing unit for performing a first process when the first identification information matches to the second identification information and performing a second process when the first identification information does not match to the second identification information.
1. A printing method comprising the steps of:
generating print data;
generating a duplicate command corresponding to the print data;
printing an original according to the print data;
detecting the duplicate command;
converting the print data to duplicate print data when the duplicate command is detected; and
printing a duplicate copy according to the duplicate print data.
2. The printing method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the step of converting the print data to the duplicate print data, said print data are converted so that the duplicate print data use a color different from that of the print data.
3. The printing method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of converting the print data to the duplicate print data, said print data are converted so that the duplicate print data use a number of colors smaller than that of the print data.
4. The printing method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of converting the print data to the duplicate print data, said print data are converted so that the duplicate print data are formed of a specific region of the print data having a specific attribute.
5. The printing method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of converting the print data to the duplicate print data, said print data are converted so that the duplicate print data are formed of a specific region of the print data having a specific text.