When a selection for canceling a security image is input at a client
computer, then a password authentication unit causes a display unit to
display a password reception screen, whereby an input password is
compared with an authentication password stored in a password storage
unit. When the passwords are matching, the print data generation unit of
the client computer generates print data without adding a security image
to the original data, and outputs the print data to a print server. A
control unit of the print server transfers the print data to a printer, a
print log acquisition unit acquires print log information from the
printer, and the print log information and print data are stored in a
print information storage unit.