Image forming system for executing confidential print job based on location of sender

An image forming method, comprising:

• a confirming step of confirming one or more pages of a multiple-page document as one or more confidential print pages;
• a first printing step of, upon receiving an execution command for a confidential print job according to which the document including the one or more confidential print pages is printed, printing one or more normal print pages that are pages to be printed according to the confidential print job that exclude the one or more confidential print pages, and suspending printing of the one or more confidential print pages;
• a determining step of determining whether or not a sender of the execution command for the confidential print job has arrived at a location where an image forming apparatus is installed;
• a second printing step of printing, when it has been determined by the determining step that the sender of the execution command for the confidential print job has arrived at the location where the image forming apparatus is installed, the one or more confidential print pages among the pages to be printed according to the confidential print job;
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• an addition processing step of respectively adding, to the pages to be printed according to the confidential print job, identification images that indicate respective groups to which the pages are classified and an order of the groups in the pages to be printed, each of the groups made up of one or more of the confidential print pages or one or more of the normal print pages having sequential page numbers in the pages to be printed, wherein
• the first printing step prints each of the one or more normal print pages to which the identification images have been added, and
• the second printing step prints each of the one or more confidential print pages to which the identification images have been added.

An image forming system, comprising:

• a confirmation processing portion configured to confirm one or more pages of a multiple-page document as one or more confidential print pages;
• a first print controlling portion configured to, upon receiving an execution command for a confidential print job according to which the document including the one or more confidential print pages is printed, print one or more normal print pages that are pages to be printed according to the confidential print job that exclude the one or more confidential print pages, and suspend printing of the one or more confidential print pages;
• a determination processing portion configured to determine whether or not a sender of the execution command for the confidential print job has arrived at a location where an image forming apparatus is installed;
• a second print controlling portion configured to print, when the determination processing portion determines that the sender of the execution command for the confidential print job has arrived at the location where the image forming apparatus is installed, the one or more confidential print pages among the pages to be printed according to the confidential print job;
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• an addition processing portion configured to respectively add, to the pages to be printed according to the confidential print job, identification images that indicate respective groups to which the pages are classified and an order of the groups in the pages to be printed, each of the groups made up of one or more of the confidential print pages or one or more of the normal print pages having sequential page numbers in the pages to be printed, wherein
• the first print controlling portion prints each of the one or more normal print pages to which the identification images have been added, and
• the second print controlling portion prints each of the one or more confidential print pages to which the identification images have been added.