Limited printing of electronically transmitted information

摘要

Limited printing of a source document (11) is performed. The source document (11) is encrypted to produce an encrypted document (15). The encrypted document (15) is combined with program objects (16) to form a limited print document (18). The limited print document (18) is received by a user. Upon the user executing the limited print document (18), the program objects (16) are run. The program objects (16) oversee decryption of the encrypted document (15) and printing the source document (11) on a printer (41).