Patent ID: 8325355

Claim:
A printing order reception apparatus comprising: a new display means for carrying out various kinds of display for a print order; input means for carrying out various kinds of input for the print order; a plurality of types of slots for inserting therein various types of recording media each storing an image and equipment including a recording medium storing an image; changeover means for switching, in the case where a specific one of the slots has a corresponding one of the recording media or the equipment inserted therein, between execution of printing processing according to a predetermined printing condition regarding the image stored in the recording medium or the recording medium in the equipment and execution of printing processing according to a printing condition different from the predetermined printing condition regarding the image stored in the recording medium or the recording medium in the equipment; and printing control means for executing the printing processing according to the printing condition switched by the changeover means regarding the image stored in the recording medium or the recording medium in the equipment in the case where the specific slot has the recording medium or the equipment inserted therein.