摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make an access right to an electronic document hardly influenced by the restriction of a conventional method, when restricting the access right to the electronic document. <P>SOLUTION: The method for printing policy-enabled electronic documents using locked printing is provided. The client device includes a user interface (UI), an application program (AP) and a print driver. The AP allows a user to generate an electronic document. The print driver corresponds to a particular printing device and is configured to display a graphical user interface (GUI) on the user interface. The GUI allows a user to specify one or more access policies applied to the electronic document. The print driver is configured to generate print data that include a plurality of print commands which, when processed by the particular printing device, cause a printed version of the electronic document to be generated at the printing device. The print data include data that indicate one or more attributes of one or more access policies that are applied to the electronic document. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT |