Patent ID: 8514428

Claim:
A printing apparatus, comprising: a reading unit adapted to read a document image; an extraction unit adapted to extract application data from the document image read by said reading unit; a first determination unit adapted to determine whether a license to direct-print the application data extracted by said extraction unit is permitted; a second determination unit adapted to determine, if it is determined by said first determination unit that a license to direct-print the application data extracted by said extraction unit is not permitted, whether a temporary licensing key is recorded in the document image read by said reading unit; and a processing unit is adapted to, a) if it is determined by said first determination unit that a license to direct-print the application data extracted by said extraction unit is permitted, analyze the application data extracted by said extraction unit and generate bitmap data, b) if it is determined by said second determination unit that the temporary licensing key is recorded in the document image read by said reading unit, temporarily permit a license to direct-print, analyze the application data extracted by said extraction unit, generate bitmap data, print the bitmap data and return the temporarily permitted license to direct-print to original state.