Patent ID: 7299233

Claim:
A copying apparatus comprising: an image input device that inputs an image signal read from an original; an additional information reading device that reads additional information from the inputted image signal; a file path information obtaining device that obtains file path information from the read additional information, the file path information addressing a location where an original file corresponding to the original is stored; a search device that carries out a search for the original file corresponding to the original based on the file path information obtained from the read additional information; a copy output device that outputs a copy of the original using the original file found as a result of the search by said search device; a display device that displays the file path information obtained from the read additional information; an editing device that edits the displayed file path information; a determining device that determines whether said search device found the original file based on the file path information obtained from the read additional information; and a controller that prompts a user to correct the displayed file path information with said editing device, and controls said search device to carry out the search for the original file with the corrected file path information when said determining device determines that said search device did not find the original file based on the file path information obtained from the read additional information, wherein said controller controls said copy output device to output the copy of the original file searched by said search device without displaying the file path information in said display device when said determining device determines that said search device found the original file based on the file path information obtained from the read additional information.