摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic authenticating method and its system for print processing which eliminate use's input operation for an identification ID and a password and enhance secrecy keeping by automatically performing authentication without any user's input, according to print information embedded in a file and information on an application program. SOLUTION: In print processing which requires user authentication, a printer driver 202 extracts information related to an application 201 which performs the print processing and/or a document as attribute information 206 and compares the information 206 with information stored in a user registration information database 208 on a server to perform user authentication. When the user is authenticated, a printer 204 is made to print and the sever manages and stores charging or the like by department units in a department management information database 211. |