Data processing system, data processing method and apparatus, document printing system, client device, printing device, document printing method, and computer program

摘要

In a network-based printing system having a communication network, such as the Internet or an intranet, printing control information is added to document data or image data, and the document or image data to which the printing control information is added is transmitted to a user designated by an access privilege level that is stored in a server. Printing of the transmitted data is controlled according to authentication information that is input by the user and the printing control information added to the document or image data.