Patent ID: 8130407

Claim:
A print data editing apparatus that edits print data, comprising: a display that displays a two-dimensional code comprising a number of cells, wherein the code is a QR code which is represented by an approximately square shape in which a plurality of squared cells, each of which is a structure-wise basic unit, is arranged vertically and horizontally; a scale-up/down device that scales up or down the QR code being displayed on the display without changing a size of the cells, wherein said apparatus provides for displaying a graphical handle on said display with said QR code, said handle capable of being engaged and dragged by a user through operation of a mouse; a size specification device that, responsive to a user's up or down scaling of said two-dimensional code on said display, by dragging the handle of the QR code through operation of the mouse, specifies a size of the code being displayed on the display; wherein the size specification device specifies a size of the QR code being displayed on the display by scaling up or down a size of the QR code by using the scale-up/down device; a version determination device that determines a version that specifies an altered number of cells of unchanged size that constitute the scaled two-dimensional code, based on the size specified by the size specification device; a code re-creation device that re-creates the code whose size has been specified by the size specification device into a code of the version determined by the version determination device, without changing the size of the cells; and a display control device that displays the QR code re-created by the code re-creation device on the display.