IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming method and an image forming apparatus enabling a user to acquire the same product as an original document including a ground tint even if the user performs normal duplication processing if the user is a creator himself/herself of the original document including the ground tint.

SOLUTION: The method is provided with a user information acquiring step for acquiring user information about the user trying to print out a paper original including the ground tint; an attribute information acquiring step for scanning the paper original to acquire attribute information added to the paper original; an information extracting step for extracting creator information about the creator having created the paper original, image data storing area information about the storing area storing the image data of the paper original and ground tint storing area information about the storing area storing the ground tint data; a permission level determining step for determining the permission level of the user by comparing the user information with the creator information; and a print output step for performing different print output depending on the permission level of the user.

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