摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control the output of an image in a copy inhibit area depending on the level of an entered identification ID by setting the identification ID to the image in response to the copy inhibit area set to image data. SOLUTION: The image formation control method includes a step S11 of reading an original image, a step S12 of discriminating the copy inhibit area included in the original image, steps S14, S14 of obtaining the identification ID set to the copy inhibit area, a step S17 of entering the identification ID instructed by a user in the case of forming the original image, a step S19 of printing out the copy inhibit area as it is depending on the level of the entered identification ID and the level of the identification ID set to the copy inhibit area or steps S22, S23 of attaching a particular pattern denoting the copy inhibit area to the image and printing out the resulting image, or a step S24 of inhibiting the print of the image. |