Patent ID: 8964231
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G03G,G06F,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to input an image; a detecting unit configured to detect a two-dimensional code in the input image; a determining unit configured to determine whether a version which is included in the detected two-dimensional code is a compliant version of the printing apparatus; a replacing unit configured to replace the detected two-dimensional code with a new two-dimensional code in the input image; and a printing unit configured not to print in a case that the version which is included in the detected two-dimensional code is determined not to be a compliant version of the printing apparatus, and configured to print the input image in which the detected two-dimensional code has been replaced with a new two-dimensional code in a case that the version which is included in the detected two-dimensional code is determined to be a compliant version of the printing apparatus.