Patent ID: 8780378

Claim:
An inspection system including a printing apparatus configured to output a printed product, an inspection apparatus configured to inspect the printed product by comparing a print image acquired by reading the printed product and a reference image, and a discharge apparatus configured to receive the printed product from the inspection apparatus and discharge the printed product, wherein the inspection apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether positional alignment of the reference image and the print image for comparison is to be performed based on a feature of the reference image, an inspection unit configured to execute an inspection based on the comparison of the reference image and the print image after performing the positional alignment in a case where execution of the positional alignment is determined as acceptable by the determination unit, and execute an inspection based on a number of feature points of the print image in a case where the execution of the positional alignment is determined as not acceptable by the determination unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit information used for controlling the discharge apparatus based on an inspection result of the printed product performed by the inspection unit to the discharge apparatus, wherein the discharge apparatus receives the information transmitted from the transmission unit, and discharges the printed product based on the received information so that the inspection result of the printed product is distinguishable.