Patent ID: 8472065

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a position deciding component configured to decide a printing position of an identification code according to a print setting designated for printing target data; an identification code generating component configured to generate the identification code including link information for designating the printing target data saved in a saving component; a combining component configured to combine bitmap data for the generated identification code into a printing position in bitmap data generated from the printing target data, wherein the printing position is decided by the position deciding component; and an output component configured to output the combined bitmap data, wherein when the print setting is set to reduction layout printing performed on the precondition that a plurality of logical pages are printed on a physical page and that the printed matter is handled on a physical page basis, the position deciding component decides on the physical page a printing position of an identification code including link information for designating printing target data corresponding to the plurality of logical pages and the identification code generating component generates the identification code including link information for designating printing target data corresponding to the plurality of logical pages.