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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2012
Toshihiko Hosotsubo, Kamakura, JP;
Kentaro Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Toshihiko Hosotsubo, Kamakura, JP;
Kentaro Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A document management system includes a document operation log recording unit configured to record as an operation log a history of operations for each document managed by the document management system, a print log collecting unit configured to collect a print log indicating a history of printing executed by a printing device, a log comparison unit configured to compare the operation log recorded by the document operation log recording unit with the print log collected by the print log collecting unit, a document printing determination unit configured to determine, based on a result of comparison by the log comparison unit, whether each document managed by the document management system was printed, and a document print information updating unit configured to update, based on a result of determination by the document printing determination unit, print information of each document managed by the document management system.