Advanced Peripherals Technologies, Inc.

Ibm Japan, Ltd.

Hirobumi Katoh

Tetsuo Kanno

Yoshio Kurishita

Narihiko Okada

To provide an output data controller which is capable of protecting the secrecy of print data and enhancing operability and where the degree of freedom of system constructability is high. In a file server, ID data is added to the header file of the print data stored in a first queue, and data representative of copy printing is added to the header file stored in a second queue. In security print mode, print data is not output to a printing device, if an ID and a password number collate with each other in a print server. In copy print mode, print data with data representative of copy printing is selected and output to the printing device.

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Chigasaki, Japan

Hirobumi Katoh