Print management in print-on-demand jobs

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having a computer readable program code embedded therein for controlling a data processing apparatus, the computer readable program code configured to cause the data processing apparatus to execute a process for managing reproduction of an original print of a document, where a machine-readable pattern of the original print has been previously generated and printed on the original print and containing document registration and management information of the original print, the process comprising:

• receiving a print-on-demand (POD) job order for producing a reprint of the original print;
• retrieving document registration information and print management information from the machine-readable pattern;
• authenticating the original print based on the document registration information;
• verifying reprint permission based on the print management information;
• generating a new machine-readable pattern for the reprint;
• maintaining a master machine-readable pattern on a digital form of the document or a data file for the document with updated information of the reprint;
• and
• completing the POD job order by producing the reprint with the new machine-readable pattern.