摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus capable of reducing an opportunity for browsing a printed matter by a person who is permitted to perform a printing operation and reducing a chance of leakage of confidential information or personal information to the outside of a printing system when the printed matter is discharged to a specific discharging device, and to provide a method for controlling the image forming apparatus and a program. <P>SOLUTION: It is analyzed whether or not first image data common to pages and second image data different between pages are included in print data. A specific discharge device is specified on the basis of the print data as a discharge device to which a printing medium to be printed is discharged. As the result of analysis, when the print data includes the second image data having different print data between pages as the result of the analysis, a printing operation is controlled so as not to print the second image data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |