Patent ID: 6728466
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image printing control apparatus, comprising:a reading device for reading, from a recording medium on which have been recorded image data representing an image, recording tune data, which is provided for each item of the image data, representing time at which the image data was recorded, ordering information for specifying an ordered image to be printed, and designation time data representing time at which the ordered image was designated, said image data, said recording time data, said ordering information and said designation time data; time data retrieval means for retrieving the recording time data and the designation time data regarding image data representing the ordered image specified by the ordering information; time determination means for determining whether the recording time represented by the recording time data found by said time data retrieval means is earlier than designation time represented by the designation time data; and printing control means for printing the ordered image by a printing device if said time determination means has determined that the recording time is earlier than the designation time and for executing error processing if said time determination means has determined that the recording time is later than the designation time.