APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING, AND AUTHENTICATION SERVER AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

Disclosed are an apparatus and method for controlling printing using a virtual printer, and an authentication server and authentication method therefor. A virtual printing unit of the printing control apparatus encrypts data to be printed corresponding to a print command, as an input, the print command for outputting a document, and generates document information which is information on the data to be printed, and/or user information for user authentication. A user authentication unit transmits the document information and/or the user information to the authentication server for user authentication, and receives, from the authentication server, a print request command including printer identification information designated by a user and/or authentication information indicating the result of user authentication. A printing control unit decrypts the encrypted data to be printed when the print request command is received, and transmits the decrypted data to be a designated printer.

主权项

1. A printing control apparatus comprising:
a virtual printing unit configured to encrypt printing target data corresponding to a printing command for printing out and generate at least one of document information which is information on the printing target data and user information which is used to authenticate the user when the printing command is entered from a user of a user terminal in which the printing target data is stored; a user authentication unit configured to transmit at least one of the document information and the user information to an authentication server for authenticating the user between the user terminal and a separate authentication device and receive a printing request command including at least one of identification information of a printer designated by the user and authentication information indicating an authentication result of the user from the authentication server; and a printing control unit configured to receive the printing request command, decrypt the encrypted printing target data, and transmit the decrypted printing target data to the printer designated by the user, wherein the authentication server performs user authentication by comparing the user information received from the user terminal with login information received from the user who has performed access through the authentication device and transmits the printing request command to the user authentication unit when the user is determined to have printing authority.