DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD

A document management system is provided which makes it possible to easily obtain original electronic document data of a printed material from the printed material. The document management system is arranged such that a host computer, an image information processing apparatus, and a document management server which manages electronic document data are connected to each other on a network. In the image information processing apparatus, a reader section reads image information, a printer section outputs the read image information and print data output from the host computer, a document searching section searches the electronic document data within the document management server for original electronic document data corresponding to electronic document data within the read image information, and a controller notifies a search result.