Patent ID: 7543082

Claim:
A printing apparatus comprising: a detachable ink cartridge having a plurality of non-contact IDs; a non-contact ID reader configured to detect the plurality of non-contact IDs including a non-contact ID of the ink cartridge attached to a predetermined ink cartridge setting position of the printing apparatus and a non-contact ID attached to print sheet, upon receiving an instruction to start printing; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of operation parameters corresponding to the respective non-contact IDs detected by said non-contact ID reader by referring to a correspondence information table describing correspondence between the non-contact IDs and the plurality of operation parameters; and an output unit configured to display print status information and animation characters and to output a sound effect in accordance with the plurality of operation parameters acquired by said acquisition unit, during printing, wherein said output unit further displays a print dialog capable of setting a predetermined printing mode when the plurality of non-contact IDs include a combination of a specific non-contact ID of the ink cartridge and a specific non-contact ID of the print sheet.